Manufacturing Engineer
Posted Today by Mane Contract Services
£50 Per hour
Inside
Undetermined
Rugby, Warwickshire
Summary: The Manufacturing Engineer role involves leading CAPEX investment projects and driving Lean initiatives within a specialist team at a cutting-edge manufacturing facility in Rugby. The position focuses on enhancing operational efficiency and delivering measurable improvements across high-value engineering projects. Candidates will engage with senior stakeholders and mentor junior engineers while optimizing production workflows. This role is pivotal in supporting the organization's commitment to innovation and operational excellence in complex manufacturing environments.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead CAPEX investment projects from concept and cost justification through to installation and handover
- Drive Lean / Kaizen initiatives to improve efficiency, cost, and delivery performance
- Plan and coordinate installation, commissioning, and manufacturing readiness activities
- Analyse workflows, layouts, and space utilisation to optimise production
- Present improvement initiatives and business cases to senior stakeholders
- Track and deliver measurable cost savings and performance improvements
- Mentor and develop junior engineers within the team
- Work cross-functionally to ensure successful project delivery
Key Skills:
- Strong background in Lean Manufacturing / Continuous Improvement leadership
- Proven experience delivering engineering or manufacturing improvement projects
- Ability to lead change and drive cultural transformation
- Strong stakeholder engagement and leadership skills
- Experience within a complex manufacturing environment
- CAD experience (ideally Creo) - ability to design tooling concepts
- Lean qualifications (Six Sigma, Kaizen, etc.)
- Experience with CAPEX project delivery
- Broad understanding of manufacturing processes
Salary (Rate): £50/hour
City: Rugby
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Engineering
Join a globally recognised engineering organisation operating at the forefront of electrification, advanced manufacturing, and critical infrastructure technologies.
Based at a highly advanced manufacturing facility in Rugby, this role sits within a specialist Manufacturing Readiness & Technologies team, focused on driving innovation, efficiency, and operational excellence across complex, high-value engineering projects.
What You'll Be Doing
- Lead CAPEX investment projects from concept and cost justification through to installation and handover
- Drive Lean / Kaizen initiatives to improve efficiency, cost, and delivery performance
- Plan and coordinate installation, commissioning, and manufacturing readiness activities
- Analyse workflows, layouts, and space utilisation to optimise production
- Present improvement initiatives and business cases to senior stakeholders
- Track and deliver measurable cost savings and performance improvements
- Mentor and develop junior engineers within the team
- Work cross-functionally to ensure successful project delivery
What We're Looking For
Essential:
- Strong background in Lean Manufacturing / Continuous Improvement leadership
- Proven experience delivering engineering or manufacturing improvement projects
- Ability to lead change and drive cultural transformation
- Strong stakeholder engagement and leadership skills
- Experience within a complex manufacturing environment
Desirable:
- CAD experience (ideally Creo) - ability to design tooling concepts
- Lean qualifications (Six Sigma, Kaizen, etc.)
- Experience with CAPEX project delivery
- Broad understanding of manufacturing processes
Why Join?
- Work on highly complex, cutting-edge engineering products
- Play a key role in driving operational transformation
- Be part of a business delivering impact across critical global industries
- Opportunity to lead, influence, and deliver measurable improvements