Production Engineer

Production Engineer

Bournemouth | £41,500 – £45,750

Overview

• Build and deliver recovery plans for late production issues to protect OTD
• Reduce overruns and downtime by removing blockers and improving flow
• Maximise utilisation of shopfloor resources through prioritisation and coordination
• Own NCR/ECR raising and closure, reducing repeat internal non‑conformance
• Apply lean techniques to cut waste, cost and disruption across production

Day‑to‑day Responsibilities

• Creating and delivering recovery plans for late production issues
• Minimising the effect of overruns in production
• Minimising the effect of downtime in production
• Ensuring production resources are fully utilised
• Working with lean manufacturing techniques to reduce cost of waste
• Supporting jobs through the scheduling system to ensure OTD to customers
• Being responsible for ECRs being raised and supporting closure
• Being responsible for all shopfloor NCRs being raised and supporting closure
• Driving the reduction of the number of shopfloor NCRs
• Any other duties relevant to the role

KPIs

• Support to achieve the monthly sales invoice target
• Support to achieve the monthly quality target
• Support NCR and ECR targets are met and closed within the quoted timeline
• Reduction in number of internal NCRs

Qualifications

• Experience in a Production Engineer / Manufacturing Engineer role in a machining/precision manufacturing environment
• Confident driving recovery actions, priorities and scheduling to protect OTD
• Comfortable owning NCR/ECR activity from raising through to closure
• Lean mindset with evidence of waste reduction and practical improvements
• Strong problem‑solving skills and a structured approach to delivery
• Clear communication across production, planning and wider stakeholders

Benefits

• £41,500 – £45,750 salary
• High‑impact role with clear KPIs across delivery, utilisation and internal non‑conformance
• Fast‑moving environment where you’ll be central to production performance