Manufacturing Development Engineer

Job Description

Salary up to £40,000 depending on experience

The Manufacturing Development Engineer defines, develops and delivers manufacturing projects and technical workstreams that improve manufacturing capability, capacity, quality, safety, cost and efficiency. The role owns assigned activities from requirements capture and feasibility through specification, procurement, development, installation, commissioning, validation and controlled handover into Production. It brings together technical engineering, project governance and stakeholder leadership to ensure that manufacturing solutions are safe, capable, documented, accepted and aligned with business requirements.

Responsibilities

• Project definition and planning
• Manufacturing process and equipment development
• Delivery, installation and commissioning
• Validation and production readiness
• Cost, efficiency and business value
• Safety, environmental and quality compliance
• Stakeholder leadership
• Professional behaviour and confAlict management
• Knowledge sharing and continuous improvement

Key responsibilities

• Degree, higher apprenticeship or equivalent experience in mechanical, manufacturing, production, industrial, electrical or a related engineering discipline.
• Experience of delivering engineering projects or technical workstreams in a manufacturing environment.
• Understanding of manufacturing process development, equipment specification, commissioning, validation and production handover.
• Ability to interpret technical drawings, specifications, process data and acceptance evidence.
• Working knowledge of project planning, risk management, cost control and change management.
• Experience of working across functions and with external suppliers or contractors.
• Strong written and verbal communication with the ability to adapt to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to manage competing priorities while maintaining accuracy, process discipline and professional judgement.

Desirable responsibilities

• Capital-equipment procurement and machine-tool implementation.
• CNC machining, automation, robotics, metrology or manufacturing data analysis.
• Process-capability analysis, statistical process control or measurement-system analysis.
• Design for Manufacture and production-process optimisation.
• Experience of controlled engineering-change or manufacturing-release processes.
• Experience of multi-site projects or transfers between manufacturing platforms.

Person specification

The successful candidate will take ownership of assigned workstreams, operate independently within agreed governance frameworks, and remain composed and constructive under pressure. They will use evidence to make sound recommendations, communicate risks early, align competing stakeholder interests, and deliver safe, capable, and well-documented solutions through to robust production handover. They will respond positively to feedback and demonstrate a commitment to continuously improving their personal effectiveness.

Benefits

When you join Renishaw, we're committing to your future career. That's because we believe in developing our people's skills and promoting them internally. We also offer a benefits package that's highly desirable; including a 9% non-contributory pension, discretionary annual bonus, *subsidised onsite restaurants and *coffee shops, free parking, *car sharing scheme and *24 hour fitness centres. ( not available at all sites).

We also want to promote a healthy work-life balance as much as possible, so we have introduced a hybrid working policy which allows for a combination of home and office based working depending on the nature of your role. We also offer a variable working programme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, Life Assurance policy of 12 times annual salary, Cycle to Work scheme, enhanced maternity pay subject to qualifying criteria, Health Cash Plan, the option to join Renishaw Health Trust (Aviva) and an Employee Assistance Programme for employees and family.

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At Renishaw we believe that our success is powered by welcoming a workforce of diverse and talented people. Through encouraging an inclusive culture, where all our employees are free to be themselves, we can achieve our core values: Innovation, Inspiration, Integrity, and Involvement.

If you are excited about the role but feel as though you don’t meet all the requirements, we would encourage you still to apply. You might just be the right person for this role or another opportunity at Renishaw.

We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments to make interviews and jobs more accessible. Should you have any difficulty during the recruitment process, or require any reasonable adjustments please contact the recruitment team on 01453 490384 or recruitment@renishaw.com.

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Employment Type:

Permanent

Time Type:

Full time

Requisition Number:

R10206 Manufacturing Development Engineer (Open)

About Us

Renishaw is a FTSE 250 global engineering and scientific technology company, with core skills in measurement, motion control, additive manufacturing, healthcare, spectroscopy and manufacturing. We supply products and services that push the boundaries of what is possible in applications as diverse as jet engine and wind turbine manufacture, through to dentistry and brain surgery. We are also a world leader in the field of metal additive manufacturing (also referred to as 3D printing), where we design and make industrial machines that ‘print' parts from metal powder.

We currently have 77 offices in 36 countries, with around 5,200 employees worldwide. Over 3,000 people are employed within the UK where we carry out the majority of our research and development, and manufacturing.

With a global presence in a broad range of sectors, we aim to ensure that our workforce reflects the diverse global communities we serve. Every year we welcome a wide range of new employees, from apprentices to experienced professionals. By joining Renishaw you will be making a difference to the world in which we live, in a global company that encourages innovation and personal achievement.

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Our people help us to pursue this purpose so that we can continue to be a world leader in precision technology and deliver on our vision to innovate and transform capabilities in manufacturing, science and healthcare through unparalleled levels of precision, productivity and practicality.