Manufacturing Engineer

Manufacturing EngineerLocation: Rainham, Essex (RM13)Salary: Up to £50,000This is a hands-on position suited to an experienced CNC machinist who has stepped into a supervisory or team-leading capacity. You will be responsible for supporting day-to-day production activities, troubleshooting manufacturing issues and ensuring output, quality and efficiency targets are achieved.

The successful candidate will be comfortable leading by example, mentoring operators and technicians, and stepping onto the machines when required. Responsibilities of this Manufacturing Engineer role: Support and coordinate daily production activities across the manufacturing areaLead, mentor and develop production operators and machinistsSet production priorities and ensure schedules are achievedMonitor performance, productivity and quality metricsCarry out root cause investigations and implement corrective actionsProvide hands-on machining support when requiredSupport machine set-ups, process optimisation and production troubleshootingDrive continuous improvement initiatives to improve efficiency and reduce wasteEnsure compliance with quality, health & safety and manufacturing proceduresAssist with training and development of production staffWork closely with engineering and quality teams to resolve manufacturing challengesSupport capacity planning and resource allocationHelp introduce best practice manufacturing techniquesParticipate in production review meetingsPromote a positive and proactive shop floor cultureExperience Required for this Manufacturing Engineer role: Background as a CNC Machinist, CNC Setter, CNC Programmer, CNC Team Leader or Production SupervisorStrong machining knowledge within milling, turning or similar precision manufacturing environmentsPrevious experience leading or supervising a manufacturing teamAbility to provide examples of improving team performanceExperience implementing continuous improvement activitiesStrong problem-solving and fault-finding skillsComfortable working in a hands-on manufacturing environmentGood understanding of production KPIs and manufacturing processesExcellent communication and leadership skillsClick Apply or contact Jamie Garcia - Courtice for more info: Jamie.garciacourtice@orion-group.co.uk– 01296 737332.

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