Production Engineer

Job Title: Production Engineer
Salary: Circa £45,000
Location: Heywood, Greater Manchester (on-site)
Hours: 40 hours per week – Early Friday finish.

The Business

This is a well-established engineering business supplying cutting edge equipment to customers globally.

They’re not standing still either.

• Recently invested heavily into new machinery.
• Multiple ongoing projects in progress to improve processes and efficiencies.
• Ongoing focus on improving how parts are manufactured, not just maintaining output.

You’ll be joining a business that is actively upgrading its capability and expects its engineers to play a key role in that journey.

The Role

This is a hands-on Production Engineering role supporting machining operations.

It’s not a “sit behind a desk” position.

You’ll be working closely with the shop floor, taking CAD models from engineering and making sure they are machinable, efficient, and right first time.

You’ll be part of a team of experienced engineers, reporting directly to the Engineering Manager.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Create and develop CNC programs for lathes and machining centres.
• Work from SolidWorks models to support machining operations.
• Define and improve manufacturing processes.
• Produce routings, BOMs, and process documentation
• Support the shop floor with technical problem solving.
• Improve cycle times, methods, and process reliability.
• Work closely with engineering, purchasing, and operations teams.

What They’re Looking For

They are very clear on this:

They want a strong engineer first. Systems can be taught.

• Solid background in production/manufacturing engineering
• Proven experience with CNC machining (lathes and machining centres)
• Experience working with 3D CAD (SolidWorks preferred)
• Understanding of 4 and 5-axis machining
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings
• Experience creating routings and BOMs
• Apprenticeship + HNC/HND (or equivalent experience)
• Around 5+ years in a similar role

The Team & Environment

• High calibre of capability in the team.
• Straightforward, down-to-earth culture.

This isn’t a place where people coast, it’s somewhere where you can continue to learn and develop throughout your career.

Interested? Apply below and I’ll be in touch to arrange a call.