Senior Manufacturing Engineer - NPI

Great Yarmouth Source: WhatJobs

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Overview

In this role you drive the end-to-end manufacturing engineering for new products, from concept through ramp-up to stable production. You own manufacturing readiness, process development and production release, coordinating cross-functional teams to meet safety, quality, delivery and cost targets. You translate design intent into robust, scalable processes and lead build readiness, trials and lessons learned. This is a hands-on, impact-driven role focused on delivering manufacturable products and ensuring smooth transition from development to production.

Responsibilities

Lead the full NPI lifecycle from concept to ramp-up and production release.
Create and maintain NPI manufacturing plans with clear deliverables, owners, milestones and acceptance criteria.
Lead Design for Manufacture and Assembly reviews translating requirements into manufacturing solutions.
Coordinate build readiness reviews, prototype/pilot builds, process prove-out, production trials and lessons learned.
Define manufacturing process flows, routings, equipment, tooling, fixtures, test interfaces, and training needs.
Ensure readiness before production release with documented processes, validated tooling and trained personnel.
Own the transfer from development into production and maintain support until stability and performance criteria are met.
Develop, validate and continuously improve robust, scalable manufacturing processes.
Lead process characterization, verification and validation using objective data.
Own and approve manufacturing documentation including SOPs, work instructions and BOMs.
Lead complex root cause investigations and implement corrective actions.
Define process controls, inspection points, KPIs and production targets.
Drive yield, cycle time, throughput, scrap, rework and delivery improvements.
Lead NPI/industrialisation projects from initiation to completion with proportionate project plans.
Coordinate activities across functions and manage risks, issues and dependencies.
Ensure governance with dashboards, RAID logs and status reporting.
Provide manufacturing input to product changes, obsolescence and capacity decisions.
Act as technical liaison with customers, suppliers and design authority on Manufacturing Engineering matters.
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to Engineers and Technicians.
Support capability development and knowledge transfer across the team.
Maintain ownership while promoting ownership culture, quality and evidence-based decisions.
Facilitate cross-functional collaboration and governance through reviews and status meetings.

Key requirements

Significant manufacturing engineering experience in a production environment.
Proven hands-on NPI and industrialisation experience from prototype to stable production.
Experience developing and validating manufacturing processes, tooling and documentation.
Strong experience with build readiness, production trials and ramp-up.
Ability to interpret drawings, BOMs and product requirements.
Experience leading root cause investigations and corrective actions.
Experience planning and controlling engineering work with milestones, risks and dependencies.
Able to coordinate cross-functional teams and suppliers to achieve outcomes.
Able to maintain project dashboards, RAID logs and stakeholder reporting.