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Production Engineering Manager
- portsmouth, england, United Kingdom
- Job type not listed
- £63 - £77 Per Hour
Job Description
Production Engineering Manager
Portsmouth
Salary Up to £70k
About the Role
This is a key leadership role within manufacturing operations, responsible for driving production engineering performance across a busy, bespoke engineering environment. You will be central to improving how we build engineered products; focusing on efficiency, manufacturability, and continuous improvement across assembly and test processes.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and develop the production engineering function across manufacturing
- Improve workflows, routing, and shop floor efficiency in a bespoke production environment
- Drive design-for-manufacture (DFM) improvements with design engineers
- Work closely with fabrication, assembly, and test teams to resolve production issues
- Lead lean manufacturing and structured continuous improvement activity
- Identify and deliver measurable improvements in cost, quality, and lead time
- Support introduction of new products into production
- Ensure compliance with H&S and quality standards across operations
About You
- Engineering background (mechanical, manufacturing, or industrial)
- Proven experience in a fabrication or engineered-to-order manufacturing environment
- Strong understanding of lean manufacturing in a low/medium volume production environment
- Hands-on, practical engineering mindset
- Experience with chillers, heat exchangers, HVAC, refrigeration or sheetmetal fabrication would be highly beneficial.