Innova Solutions
Manufacturing Engineer
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Job Advert: Manufacturing Engineer (Contract – 9 Months)
Location: On-site (Peterborough, UK)
Contract Length: 9 months
Pay Scale: £38-38.16/ Hourly
About the Role
We are looking for an experienced Manufacturing Engineer to support the development, improvement and delivery of manufacturing processes across Assembly and Final Assembly value streams. This 9-month contract role will focus on driving safety, quality, velocity and cost improvements, delivering manufacturing projects, supporting New Product Introduction activities, and providing technical support for process development, equipment improvements and manufacturing system capability.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide technical expertise and guidance on manufacturing projects across Assembly and Final Assembly, supporting productivity, efficiency, cost improvements and successful product introduction.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver process design, PFMEA, control plans, standard work and documentation.
- Support manufacturing improvement, development and New Product Introduction projects from initiation through to implementation, managing scope, resources, timing and delivery.
- Develop and implement process improvements, ensuring safe installation, robust operation and compliance with quality, safety and customer requirements.
- Work with engineering teams, suppliers and stakeholders to implement best manufacturing practices, optimise design for manufacture and support industrialisation of new and existing products.
- Monitor equipment and process reliability, identify problem areas, and support effective resolution of manufacturing issues.
- Support prototype, pilot, and validation build phases, ensuring issues are resolved between gateways.
- Collaborate with Product Engineering on Design for Manufacturing and change management.
- Identify and implement enhancements to manufacturing equipment, tooling, automation and production processes.
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What We’re Looking For
- Strong manufacturing engineering experience within a production, assembly or industrial environment.
- Experience working on technical, industrialisation or New Product Introduction projects, with the ability to manage priorities, risks and delivery milestones.
- Good understanding of process control tools such as PFMEA, control plans, standard work and validation activities.
- Excellent communication, collaboration and stakeholder management skills.
Core Responsibilities
1. Manufacturing Project Delivery, NPI Support & Technical Leadership
- Lead or support manufacturing engineering activities across improvement, development and New Product Introduction projects.
- Maintain project plans, action trackers and risk logs to support successful delivery and manufacturing readiness.
- Provide technical updates to stakeholders, highlighting progress, issues and recovery actions where needed.
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2. Process Design, Improvement & Validation
- Develop and improve process flows, PFMEAs, control plans, standard operating procedures and work instructions.
- Support validation activities, process capability studies and implementation of robust process controls for new and existing products.
3. Equipment, Tooling & Manufacturing Systems
- Define equipment, tooling and manufacturing system requirements to support safe, capable and efficient operations.
- Work with suppliers and internal teams through specification, installation, commissioning and continuous improvement of manufacturing equipment.
4. Manufacturing Support & Continuous Improvement
- Support production and operational teams by resolving manufacturing issues and improving process reliability and performance.
- Identify waste, inefficiencies and recurring issues, and implement practical countermeasures to improve safety, quality, velocity and cost.
5. Quality, Safety & Compliance
- Ensure manufacturing processes meet required safety, regulatory and quality standards.
- Support structured change control, risk management and documentation to maintain process discipline and compliance.
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