Design Engineer

An opportunity has become available for a Design Manufacturing Engineer to join a busy engineering team on a contract basis, supporting ongoing programmes and production improvement activities.

This role focuses on production engineering, jig and fixture design, and process improvement, working closely with cross-functional teams to support manufacturing operations - with a particular need for experience in steel fabrication environments.

The Role

You will be responsible for supporting manufacturing through design, planning and continuous improvement activities.

Key responsibilities:

• Design and detail jigs and fixtures using 2D and 3D CAD systems

• Plan and define manufacturing routings

• Support procurement of engineering components

• Work cross-functionally to support new product introduction (NPI) activities

• Contribute to factory layout improvements and new layout proposals

• Analyse existing processes and implement improvement plans

• Experience within manufacturing or production engineering

• Background working in steel fabrication or similar heavy engineering environments

• Strong CAD skills (2D and 3D)

• Experience with jig and fixture design

• Understanding of manufacturing processes and process improvement

• Familiarity with lean manufacturing techniques

• Able to work collaboratively across engineering and production teams

• Contract role offering £30-35 per hour depending on experience - potential to go permanent for the right candidate

• Involvement in a range of engineering and process improvement projects

• Opportunity to support both ongoing production and new initiatives