Manufacturing Process Engineer

3 days ago

Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom Elevation Recruitment Group Full time £40,000 - £60,000 per year

Manufacturing Process Engineer

Location: Sheffield

Salary: Up to £45k DOE

Elevation Recruitment Group are working with a long-standing manufacturing organisation in Sheffield that is investing in process development, optimisation and modernisation.

As a Manufacturing Process Engineer, you'll play a key role in shaping continuous improvement activity, leading projects and supporting site-wide performance enhancements.

This is a great opportunity for a Manufacturing Process Engineer who thrives on ownership, enjoys variety and wants to make a real impact within a busy industrial environment.

Summary of Main Duties and Responsibilities


• Lead and support improvement projects across a range of manufacturing processes on site


• Manage individual projects including cost saving, H&S and business critical workstreams, ensuring realistic timeframes and regular updates


• Contribute to wider group projects and support team KPIs


• Work alongside operators and area leads to turn improvement suggestions into structured plans and actions


• Support production teams with lean tools including 5S, Kaizen, GEMBA and DMAIC


• Carry out justification and feasibility studies including ROI calculations, CAPEX submissions and cross-functional review


• Support the introduction of new products, new processes and emerging manufacturing techniques


• Optimise existing processes to reduce cost and improve performance, liaising with technical and quality teams


• Identify continuous improvement opportunities and apply modern manufacturing methods to strengthen performance and capability


• Capture and analyse production data to highlight improvement opportunities


• Present regular project updates to all levels of management, taking ownership of overdue actions


• Work cross-functionally to ensure projects deliver full value and measurable benefits


• Support quality investigations, conduct root cause analysis and implement corrective actions


• Proactively identify and improve health and safety standards across site


• Carry out any reasonable tasks requested by the line manager

Qualifications and Skills we are looking to see for the role:


• Experience delivering project or process implementation, either leading or as part of a project team


• Ability to evaluate processes, identify improvement opportunities and carry actions through to completion


• Exposure to a variety of manufacturing techniques and material processing


• Strong decision making skills with the confidence to drive performance improvements


• Solid problem solving skills, both individually and as part of a team


• High level of ownership, working to a SMART framework


• Experience writing justifications for equipment or process implementation


• Basic understanding of quality functions including root cause and corrective actions


• Strong health and safety awareness with a proactive mindset


• Excellent attention to detail


• Practical approach to spotting and delivering continuous improvement


• Ability to handle pressure and work to time critical tasks


• Team player with excellent organisational skills

Desirable


• Understanding of forging procedures


• Confident communicator with good liaison skills


• Basic knowledge of CI and Lean tools (PFMEA, VSM, DMAIC, Lean/6 Sigma etc.)


• Ability to use 2D and 3D CAD packages

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