# Manufacturing Engineer

**Company**: McLaren Automotive
**Location**: Sheffield
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Manufacturing
**Industry**: Automotive
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1351854

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## Description

We are seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to drive continuous improvement in quality, cost efficiency, cycle time, and equipment availability across the manufacturing processes at the McLaren Composite Technology Centre.

**Responsibilities:**

- Lead the introduction of new composites products, processes, machinery, and tooling into production.

- Provide feedback to the design team to ensure robust design for manufacture of composite parts and tooling.

- Act as the primary Engineering contact for Production and Maintenance teams.

- Lead initiatives to improve composites manufacturing processes, focusing on reducing cycle time and scrap, enhancing equipment availability, and supporting product repairs and introductions.

- Collect, analyse, and interpret complex process data to deepen process understanding and inform technical development.

- Facilitate Practical Problem-Solving (PPS) activities to resolve quality issues within defined timeframes.

- Maintain and update production process documentation, including process flows, PFMEAs, and control plans.

- Support the creation and revision of production documents such as standard operating procedures, work instructions, and product standards.

- Manage engineering changes for existing production parts.

- Present project status updates and key performance indicators (KPIs) to stakeholders.

**Requirements:**

- Proven experience in a manufacturing engineering role, ideally within the composites manufacturing sector.

- Experience with pre-preg composite manufacturing is desirable.

- Experience with high-pressure and low-pressure resin transfer moulding is desirable.

- Familiarity with engineering CAPEX procurement is advantageous.

- Proficient in structured problem-solving methodologies (e.g., 8D, PPS).

- Demonstrated ability to lead process improvement projects using approaches such as DMAIC.

- Skilled in handling and analysing large datasets.

- Capable of establishing accurate and relevant data collection systems.

- Experience in CAD modelling, preferably for composite components.

- Knowledge of PFMEA reviews and control plan updates is beneficial.

- Strong presentation skills with the ability to communicate complex issues clearly.

- Familiarity with structured change management systems.

- Excellent IT proficiency.

**Personal Attributes:**

- Self-motivated and capable of both independent work and team leadership.

- Adaptable to a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

- Effective in influencing, negotiating, and resolving conflicts.

- Flexible and open-minded approach to tasks and responsibilities.

**Benefits:**

- Structured career development framework

- 25 days’ holiday, plus bank holiday

- Enhanced company pension scheme

- Discretionary annual bonus award

- Private medical insurance and health cash plan

- Life assurance benefit

- Ability to apply for a sabbatical of up to one year after only two years’ service

- Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping

- Generous parental leave policies

- A range of wellbeing initiatives, such as employee assistance programme and free financial & mortgage advice

## Skills

### Required
- composite manufacturing
- process improvement
- problem-solving
- data analysis
- CAD modelling
- PFMEA reviews

### Nice to have
- pre-preg composite manufacturing
- high-pressure resin transfer moulding
- low-pressure resin transfer moulding
- engineering CAPEX procurement

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