Technical Engineer

Technical Engineer who enjoys getting onto the shop floor and working out why things happen?

We're recruiting a Technical Engineer for an established specialist manufacturing business.

The focus is very much on the technical side of manufacturing: understanding processes, solving problems, improving performance, supporting production and helping develop better ways of doing things.

There is also a significant quality element, so you'll gain exposure to audits, customer quality issues, PPAP, APQP and quality systems without this becoming a predominantly paperwork-based Quality Engineer role.

The Role

Working closely with production, engineering, quality, suppliers and customers, you'll become a key technical point of contact for manufacturing and coating processes.

You'll be involved in:

Providing day-to-day technical support to manufacturing

Troubleshooting process and product problems

Investigating coating defects and production failures

Running technical trials and evaluating results

Optimising processes to improve quality, consistency and productivity

Establishing and maintaining process parameters and specifications

Analysing production data and identifying opportunities for improvement

Supporting the introduction of new products, processes and technologies

Testing coating performance including thickness, adhesion, appearance and corrosion resistance

Working with production teams to turn technical findings into practical improvements

Supporting continuous improvement and engineering projects

Alongside this, you'll gain good exposure to the quality engineering side of the operation, including customer concerns, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, internal audits, PPAP, APQP, FMEAs, Control Plans and quality documentation.

What We're Looking For

You'll be a technically minded engineer who enjoys understanding how and why manufacturing processes work.

Ideally, you'll have experience within areas such as:

Metal coatings or surface treatment

Industrial coatings or paint

Electroplating or anodising

Materials or chemical processing

Corrosion protection

Process manufacturing

Surface preparation and finishing

We'd also consider someone from a broader manufacturing or process engineering background who has the technical grounding and curiosity to learn the coatings side.

A Degree, HNC, HND or equivalent in ...