Senior Manufacturing Engineer
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Newport · posted 18 August 2026
Location
Newport, Wales
Category
Engineering
Responsibilities
- Responsible for supporting production requirements
- Identifying and driving process improvements
- Fully supporting projects from concept through to completion
- Ensuring that Planned Preventative Maintenance schedules are implemented
- Ensure the Health & Safety of all employees within area of responsibility
- Assist in daily/weekly H&S audits as required
- Good understanding of lock out tag out systems
- Ensure the highest levels of housekeeping within the department are maintained
- Carry out risk assessments for departmental tasks
- Contribute to the writing of safe operating procedures for operations within the Department
- Liaise with fellow employees
- Monitor scrap and yield trends and implement corrective actions
- Ensure all processes and procedures are always adhered to
- Ensure all Environmental controls and procedures are carried out
- Ensure Contractors on site are operating to the Company’s Site Rules
- Issuing work permits to contractors and tradesman under your control
- Work closely with Maintenance dept
Requirements
- Engineering Degree level or equivalent
- Previous recent experience of delivering measurable results in a busy manufacturing environment
- Experience of working with Cross-functional Teams to achieve objectives
- Previous experience of carrying out risk assessments in the workplace and driving resulting actions would be an advantage
- Good communication skills
- Flexible and adaptable to meet demanding business needs
- Target and objective driven
- Ideally trained in both an Engineering discipline and the use of Six Sigma tools and methodology
- Proficiency in AutoCAD, Microsoft Excel, and Minitab data analysis preferred
- Minimum of 3 yrs. recent experience
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Hard Skills
- Process Improvement
- Health And Safety Compliance
- Risk Assessment
- Planned Preventative Maintenance
- Safe Operating Procedures
- Environmental Controls
- Scrap And Yield Monitoring
- Cross-Functional Team Collaboration
- Measurable Results Delivery
- Lock Out Tag Out Systems
Soft Skills
- Good Communication Skills
- Flexible And Adaptable
- Target And Objective Driven
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