Production Engineer

Production Engineer, Blaby, Leicestershire

£40,000 - £45,000 per annum + Annual Bonus

37.5 hour week – 8.30 – 4.30 pm – Monday – Friday (Working Onsite)

About the Role

Supporting the manufacture of high-quality products by translating customer requirements into efficient, cost-effective, and repeatable production processes.

This is a varied role that combines engineering, production support, quality documentation, tooling design, and continuous improvement. Working closely with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, Customer Service, and external suppliers, you will play a key role in ensuring customer requirements are successfully converted into robust manufacturing processes and documentation.

Key Responsibilities

Customer Order Entry & Engineering Administration

• Review customer orders to ensure all technical and commercial requirements are fully understood and accurately captured.
• Participate in New Order Review (NOR) meetings to support cross-functional alignment on scope, specifications, and delivery requirements.
• Create item numbers and maintain product set-up within the ERP system.
• Produce and maintain detailed material and component drawings in line with customer and manufacturing requirements.
• Create, configure, and maintain Bills of Materials (BOMs).
• Create, configure, and maintain manufacturing routings.
• Design and specify tray inserts, customer-specific packaging solutions, and goods-inward instructions.
• Establish production costs and maintain accurate costing data within the ERP/MRP system.

Tooling, Fixtures & Manufacturing Support

• Design tooling, jigs, fixtures, and component drawings to support efficient and repeatable manufacturing processes.
• Raise purchase requisitions for tooling, fixtures, and components as required.
• Liaise with suppliers to resolve technical issues and ensure tooling and components meet specification requirements.
• Provide day-to-day engineering support to manufacturing operations.

Quality & Documentation

• Set up and maintain product quality folders to ensure full traceability and compliance.
• Prepare engineering and quality documentation, including:

oAcceptance Test Reports (ATRs)

oSpectral Performance Graphs

oEnvironmental Test Documentation

oFirst Article Inspection (FAI) Reports

• Ensure all engineering and quality documentation is accurate, controlled, and readily available to production teams.

Engineering Change Management

• Participate in Engineering Change Review meetings.
• Support the implementation of engineering changes through updates to drawings, BOMs, routings, documentation, and production instructions.
• Communicate engineering changes effectively to all relevant stakeholders.

Continuous Improvement

• Identify opportunities to improve manufacturing efficiency, product quality, cost performance, and throughput.
• Support and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across production and engineering processes.
• Assist in the development of best practices, standardisation, and process optimisation activities.

Communication & Collaboration

• Work closely with Manufacturing, Production Coordination, Supply Chain, Quality, and Customer Service teams to support production activities and resolve issues.
• Collaborate with external suppliers to address technical queries, non-conformances, and improvement opportunities.
• Build effective working relationships across departments to ensure customer and business requirements are achieved.

What We're Looking For

• Engineering qualification or equivalent practical engineering experience.
• Experience working within a manufacturing or production engineering environment.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings and technical specifications.
• Experience with ERP/MRP systems, BOM creation, and manufacturing routings.
• Strong problem-solving and organisational skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and documentation control.
• Effective communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively across multiple functions.
• Proactive approach to continuous improvement and process optimisation.