Senior NPI Engineer

Senior NPI Engineer

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Permanent | £50,000 - £55,000
37.5 Hours per Week | 5 Days On Site | 9-Day Fortnight
Security Clearance Required

A growing electronics manufacturing business is looking to recruit an experienced Senior NPI Engineer to join its Production Engineering team in Great Yarmouth.

Supporting projects across the defence, aerospace and oil & gas sectors, you'll play a key role in bringing new products into manufacture while leading manufacturing engineering projects from concept through to production. Working closely with Production, Quality, Supply Chain and Design Engineering, you'll ensure new products are introduced efficiently whilst driving continuous improvement across existing manufacturing processes.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a business investing in growth, new technology and operational excellence, offering genuine long-term career development within a high-reliability manufacturing environment.

The Role

As a Senior NPI Engineer, you will take ownership of manufacturing engineering projects, ensuring successful delivery of New Product Introduction (NPI), process improvements and industrialisation activities. You'll coordinate cross-functional teams, manage project plans and support the transition of products from development into full production.

You'll also provide hands-on support to manufacturing operations, helping resolve production challenges, improve manufacturing capability and optimise quality, efficiency and throughput.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead Manufacturing Engineering and NPI projects from concept through to production
• Coordinate New Product Introduction activities, production readiness and manufacturing trials
• Support industrialisation of new and existing products
• Develop project plans, schedules and monitor progress against key milestones
• Coordinate activities across Manufacturing, Production, Quality, Supply Chain and Design Engineering
• Manage project risks, actions and priorities to ensure successful delivery
• Drive continuous improvement, yield improvement and cost reduction initiatives
• Support capacity planning and manufacturing process optimisation
• Produce project reports, dashboards and updates for senior stakeholders
• Ensure manufacturing documentation, processes and training are completed prior to production release
• Provide engineering support to resolve manufacturing and production issues
• Promote Lean Manufacturing principles and operational excellence across the business

About You

We're looking for an organised Manufacturing or NPI Engineer who enjoys managing projects, improving manufacturing processes and working collaboratively across multiple engineering disciplines.

You'll ideally have:

• Experience within Manufacturing Engineering, NPI or Industrialisation
• Previous experience delivering engineering or manufacturing projects
• Strong planning and project coordination skills
• Experience working within electronics manufacturing or other high-reliability industries
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Experience working with Production, Quality and Design Engineering teams
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement techniques
• Familiarity with ERP/MRP systems
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word and PowerPoint

Experience within electronics, defence, aerospace, oil & gas or other regulated manufacturing environments would be highly advantageous.

A qualification in Engineering (Degree, HNC/HND, apprenticeship or equivalent) is preferred, with project management qualifications such as APM, PRINCE2 or PMP beneficial but not essential.

What's on Offer

• £50,000 - £55,000 salary
• Permanent position
• 37.5-hour working week
• 9-day fortnight working pattern
• Growing, technology-led electronics manufacturer
• Opportunity to work on innovative defence, aerospace and oil & gas programmes
• Collaborative engineering environment with genuine opportunities for career progression

Please note: Due to the nature of the work, applicants must be able to obtain Security Clearance.