Manufacturing Engineer - Full Time in Surrey, Woking

Job Title Manufacturing Engineer – Paint (Series Production) Manufacturing Manufacturing Engineering Full Time Contract type Permanent 7:30am - 4:30pm Monday to Friday We are recruiting Paint Manufacturing Engineers for Series Production to join our Manufacturing Engineering department in Woking. In this role, you will support the day-to-day performance, stability, and continuous improvement of Paint processes within a live production environment, while contributing to quality, cost, delivery, safety, and efficiency objectives. You will work closely with Manufacturing, Quality, Production, Maintenance, Materials, and Operations teams to resolve process issues, improve first-time quality, maintain process capability, and support robust series production performance. Provide manufacturing engineering support to Paint series production areas, ensuring processes remain stable, capable, safe, and efficient. Investigate and resolve production, quality, and process-related concerns, applying structured problem-solving methods to identify root cause and implement robust corrective actions. Monitor process performance, identify trends, and drive continuous improvement activities to improve first-time quality, throughput, rework levels, and operational efficiency. Support Paint Shop readiness for daily production requirements, including process availability, tooling, fixtures, jigs, consumables, and standard operating conditions. Lead or support PFMEA reviews, control plan updates, risk reduction activities, and process change management within the series production environment. Work with Production, Quality, and Maintenance teams to reduce downtime, improve repeatability, and ensure timely resolution of process issues. Support facility, layout, and capacity improvement activities to optimise flow, efficiency, and operational performance within Paint. Generate, analyse, and report Hours Per Car and other operational performance data to support efficiency tracking, cost reduction, and continuous improvement. Support part quality maturation, concern containment, escalation, and long-term corrective action to protect customer quality and production delivery. What You'll Bring You will ideally hold a degree in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, or a related discipline, or bring equivalent experience gained in a similar manufacturing engineering role. Manufacturing engineering support within a live series production environment. Paint application processes, process control, defect reduction, and quality improvement activities. Root cause analysis and structured problem-solving methods, such as 5 Why, Ishikawa, 8D, or similar approaches. Specification, maintenance, and improvement of paint jigs, fixtures, tooling, and process equipment. Vehicle assembly processes, end-of-line vehicle processing, finishing, rework, or rectification environments. Continuous improvement, lean manufacturing, cost reduction, throughput improvement, and safe working practices within a manufacturing or production environment. What We'll Do for You We offer a wide – ranging benefits package, which includes: Structured career development framework25 days' holiday, plus bank holiday. Annual buy & sell up to five daysEnhanced company pension schemeDiscretionary annual bonus awardPrivate medical insurance and health cash planLife assurance benefitAbility to apply for a sabbatical of up to one year after only two years' serviceBenefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shoppingGenerous parental leave policiesA range of wellbeing initiatives, such as employee assistance programme and free financial & mortgage advice Who Are We? McLaren Automotive exists to create breath-taking performance road cars. It takes a community to do what we do. McLaren Automotive commits to equal opportunity for all. Diversity, Equality and Inclusion is at the heart of our impact, it drives our innovation and enables us to truly create something special.