Manufacturing Systems Process Engineer

We are seeking a Manufacturing Systems Process Engineer to lead and support the continuous improvement of McLaren's manufacturing systems and related business processes.

The successful candidate will act as a bridge between Manufacturing, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Finance, and IT, translating operational needs into practical process improvements and system-enabled change.

Responsibilities:

• Support the effective use of MES/MOM, quality systems, SAP production interfaces, and associated shop-floor applications across Woking manufacturing operations.
• Translate business process requirements into clear system, data, and integration requirements for delivery teams, vendors, and technical specialists.
• Support controlled change, testing, release readiness, and adoption activity for production-critical manufacturing systems.
• Contribute to process governance, operational resilience, and continuous improvement while working within appropriate IT/OT, security, and service-management boundaries.
• Identify and drive continuous improvement opportunities that simplify processes, improve data quality, increase system adoption, and support world-class manufacturing performance.
• Capture, structure, and communicate business requirements for MES/MOM, quality, SAP production integration, and shop-floor application changes.
• Support option analysis, impact assessment, and prioritization for manufacturing systems enhancements, ensuring recommendations are practical, process-led, and aligned to IT and Manufacturing strategy.
• Coordinate testing, user validation, change readiness, and adoption activity for system-enabled process changes, ensuring production teams are prepared for implementation.
• Support incident and problem investigation by helping to assess business impact, clarify process context, and coordinate resolution between operational users and technical support teams.
• Maintain process documentation, standard work, training material, and knowledge articles to improve consistency, audit readiness, and operational resilience.
• Contribute to project planning, governance, risk management, and stakeholder communication for manufacturing systems and process improvement initiatives.

Requirements:

• Strong understanding of manufacturing business processes, production launch, continuous improvement, and operational problem-solving.
• Working knowledge of MES/MOM, quality systems, SAP production processes, and shop-floor digital applications; experience with DELMIA Apriso, 3DEXPERIENCE, or SAP would be advantageous.
• Able to document processes, define requirements, support testing, and coordinate business change across cross-functional teams.
• Awareness of ITIL service management, change control, release management, and production support practices in a manufacturing systems environment.
• Awareness of IT/OT integration principles, ISA-95 manufacturing system boundaries, and secure operation of production-critical systems would be beneficial.
• Degree, HNC/HND, or equivalent experience in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Quality, Business Systems, or a related discipline.
• Comfortable balancing operational urgency with governance, quality, security, and long-term process sustainability.

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 adaptable to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• Generous parental leave policies
• A range of wellbeing initiatives, such as employee assistance program and free financial & mortgage advice