Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Job Title: Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Location: Basildon

Contract: 10 Months (Extension possibility)

Day Rate: £325 (Inside ir35)

The Opportunity

Working within a multidisciplinary team, you’ll play a key role in transitioning new products from design into production, improving manufacturing processes, resolving production issues, and driving continuous improvement across operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Support New Product Introduction (NPI) and industrialisation activities.
• Develop, improve and validate manufacturing processes and methods.
• Create and maintain manufacturing documentation, routings, production plans and work instructions.
• Conduct root cause analysis using tools such as 8D and FMEA.
• Support Manufacturing Readiness Reviews and lifecycle management activities.
• Work closely with Engineering, Quality, Operations, Supply Chain and external suppliers.

Requirements

• Previous experience as a Manufacturing Engineer, Production Engineer, Process Engineer or NPI Engineer.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes and production environments.
• Experience supporting products through the product lifecycle and into production.
• Knowledge of manufacturing documentation, process validation and quality controls.
• Experience within a regulated manufacturing environment.

Desirable

• Defence, Aerospace, Electronics or High-Reliability Manufacturing experience.

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