At a Glance
- Tasks: Enhance manufacturing processes and support production performance in a hands-on role.
- Company: Established engineering business in Cramlington with a focus on innovation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, overtime opportunities, good pension, and long-term career growth.
- Other info: Fast-paced environment with opportunities for practical and structured improvement work.
- Why this job: Join a dynamic team to solve technical challenges and drive continuous improvement.
- Qualifications: Experience in manufacturing engineering or process improvement is essential.
The predicted salary is between 38000 - 42000 £ per year.
Location: Cramlington, Northumberland
Working Pattern: Site-based
Salary: Circa £40K
Benefits:
- Overtime available
- Good pension
- Long-term career opportunity
- Stable, established engineering business
- Varied role across process improvement, production support and manufacturing optimisation
We are recruiting for a Manufacturing Engineer to join an established engineering and manufacturing business in Cramlington. This is a hands-on manufacturing engineering role focused on improving processes, supporting production performance and driving continuous improvement across a busy industrial site. The role would suit someone with experience in manufacturing engineering, process improvement or industrial engineering who enjoys solving technical problems and improving efficiency, quality and output.
Responsibilities:
- Support the stability, performance and development of manufacturing operations.
- Work closely with production, quality and maintenance teams to improve processes, analyse performance data and implement practical engineering solutions across forging and machining operations.
- Improve and optimise manufacturing processes to increase efficiency, quality and output.
- Provide engineering support to production teams and resolve technical shopfloor issues.
- Analyse OEE, scrap, downtime and rework data to identify improvement opportunities.
- Support root cause analysis, corrective actions and structured problem-solving activity.
- Create and maintain SOPs, control plans, work instructions and process documentation.
- Support process validation, new product introduction, tooling readiness and production trials.
Requirements:
- Experience in manufacturing engineering or process improvement within an industrial, automotive, heavy engineering or regulated manufacturing environment.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced manufacturing setting and able to balance practical shopfloor support with structured improvement work.
- Degree, HNC or HND in Manufacturing, Mechanical, Production Engineering or similar.
- Experience within manufacturing, industrial, automotive or heavy engineering environments.
- CAD experience with the ability to read, interpret or update technical drawings.
- Strong understanding of process optimisation and Lean manufacturing principles.
- Experience improving production performance and resolving technical manufacturing issues.
- Knowledge of OEE, scrap, downtime, rework and structured problem-solving tools.
- Practical, analytical and solutions-focused approach with strong communication skills.
Manufacturing Engineer employer: Talent & Career Solutions Consulting Limited
Join a stable and established engineering business in Cramlington as a Manufacturing Engineer, where you will enjoy a hands-on role focused on process improvement and production support. With competitive salary and benefits including overtime and a good pension, this company fosters a collaborative work culture that encourages employee growth and development through varied responsibilities and continuous improvement initiatives. Experience the satisfaction of solving technical challenges in a supportive environment dedicated to enhancing efficiency and quality.
Contact Details:
Talent & Career Solutions Consulting Limited Recruitment Team
