# Manufacturing Engineer **Company**: McLaren Automotive **Location**: Woking **Work arrangement**: onsite **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Category**: Manufacturing **Industry**: Automotive **Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1351854 **Apply**: https://mclarencareers.mclaren.com/careers/JobDetail/Manufacturing-Engineer/59474?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_ec301e45-783 ## Description We are seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to join our team. As a Manufacturing Engineer, you will use your process improvement experience to quantitatively assess current production/business system performance and execute change to reduce cost and optimize capacity. Responsibilities: - Display a positive attitude and practice strong work ethics that reflects the mission, philosophy and goals of McLaren. - Maintain process sequence, documentation, and product traceability methodology for the plant. - Own all aspects of PFMEA activities. - Lead series engineering change implementation through design reviews for new content. - Design and deliver entire or partial production lines and processes. - Define and implement line re-rate projects (Capacity increase / transformation). - Support with the definition of the process flow, build sequence, logistics strategies, equipment, and tooling specifications for specific Process Areas. - Develop strategies and business cases that justifies the benefit for automation based on quality, cost, ergo, and / or throughput requirements. - Partner with Operations teams to ensure a successful ramp and long-term production at our facilities. - Develop equipment qualification requirements including correlation, process capability (CP/CPk) and Gage Repeatability & Reproducibility (GR&R). - Management of equipment suppliers / partners during specification, design, buyoff, installation, commissioning and ramp up. - Drive the continuous evolution of McLaren processes & equipment standards. - Provide regular, metric-based project updates to the Leadership team. - Lead project activities from concept layout development, equipment design, specifications, RFQ, schedule, installation, commissioning, start-up, training & buyoff. - Develop Request for Quotation (RFQ) that defines the design, engineering, and timeline requirements. - Define Equipment design requirements like UPD, Uptime, availability, MTTR, MTBF, ergo, and Safety. - Plan / coordinate installation of new Tooling, Equipment and Automation systems for new models in conjunction with process and product requirements. - Alongside Supplier & Internal stakeholders ensure detailed documentation & drawings for new equipment, instruction manuals, spare parts lists, operating procedures, maintenance procedures and other important documents are received, written to standards, and updated to reflect any changes. - Collaborate with various teams including design, quality, controls, process, production to deliver optimum manufacturing solution. - Ensure achievement of safety, quality, cost, timing & performance targets. - Drive other projects as needed by management or as business needs change. Requirements: - A degree in mechanical / automotive engineering or similar (2:1 or above) is advantageous or equivalent experience in a similar role. - Ideally you will have experience with: Manufacturing support within a mid to low volume assembly environment, Hours per Car generation and monitoring, Vehicle assembly process instructions and visuals, Trim and Final processes, End of Line vehicle processing / finishing. - Demonstrated ability to optimize existing processes for rate, yield, availability. - Detailed knowledge of manufacturing and processing principles (cycle time analysis, quality control, equipment efficiency, equipment selection, return on investment, error proofing, ergonomics, material logistics). - Demonstrated ability to effectively solve difficult technical problems. - Ability to work independently with only general guidance. - Capable of working as a member of a team across several cross functional disciplines, including with external stakeholders. - Good verbal and written communication skills. - Experience working in both 2D & 3D CAD environments. - Experience in compliance with Health & Safety (e.g. DSEAR & COSHH) regulations. - Knowledge of GD&T principles in developing detailed RFQ. - Experience and understanding of Construction Design & Management (CDM) regulations and compliance. 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 - manufacturing engineering - process improvement - quality control - equipment efficiency - error proofing - ergonomics - material logistics - GD&T principles - CDM regulations ### Nice to have - 2D & 3D CAD environments - Health & Safety regulations - Construction Design & Management regulations --- Source: [Apply at mclarencareers.mclaren.com](https://mclarencareers.mclaren.com/careers/JobDetail/Manufacturing-Engineer/59474?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)