Production Engineer

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Support and influence the entire production and new product development lifecycle while driving continuous improvement and excellence in manufacturing processes.

Production Engineer
Fareham

Permanent | Full-time – Monday to Friday 7.30 – 4.30
£40,000 - £55,000 DOE

Are you a proactive Production Engineer with a passion for driving excellence in manufacturing? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment where innovation, continuous improvement, and quality are part of everyday life? If so, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

We are a growing UK-based manufacturing business dedicated to designing and delivering high-quality engineered products. We take pride in developing our team, celebrating success, and upholding strong values that emphasise support, honesty, accountability, passion, and excellence.

The Role

As a key member of our Operations team, you will support and influence the entire production and NPD lifecycle – from concept and prototype through to full-scale manufacture. You will play a pivotal role in shaping efficient production systems, removing waste, improving processes, and ensuring exceptional product quality.

This position offers the opportunity to contribute significantly to our business objectives, with exposure to a wide variety of projects including new product introduction, manufacturing cell design, and machinery implementation.

Key Responsibilities

  • Leading manufacturing process design and improvement initiatives
  • Integrating new products into production in a cost-effective, high-quality manner
  • Producing manufacturing documentation including work instructions and assembly guides
  • Designing tooling, fixtures, and cell layouts
  • Conducting root-cause analysis and driving continuous improvement (Lean/Six Sigma)
  • Supporting equipment tendering, installation, and maintenance planning
  • Improving workflow efficiency, reducing waste, and optimising layouts
  • Supporting engineering investigations and introducing Poka-Yoke methodologies
  • Presenting findings, leading meetings, and collaborating across all levels
  • Staying current with evolving engineering and manufacturing trends
  • Travel is involved with this role – once each quarter for around one week, and this will include abroad.

Requirements

  • Degree-qualified in an Engineering discipline
  • Practical experience within a manufacturing/production engineering role
  • Lean knowledge, ideally Six Sigma Green Belt would be ideal.
  • Experience supporting NPD and technical teams
  • Working knowledge of CAD or similar tools
  • Electrical assembly experience (advantageous)
  • Strong communicator with a collaborative approach
  • Highly organised, adaptable, and solutions-driven
  • Confident decision-maker with a drive for continuous improvement

    Who You Are
    You live and breathe continuous improvement, take pride in your work, and inspire others to do the same. You enjoy solving problems, working as part of a supportive and committed team, and contributing to shared success. You hold yourself to high professional standards and deliver results with integrity and accountability.

Benefits

  • A supportive and passionate team culture
  • Opportunities to contribute to meaningful improvements and business growth
  • Professional development and ongoing training
  • A business that values innovation, team spirit, and excellence

If you're excited to bring your engineering expertise to a forward-thinking manufacturer and want to be part of a company where your ideas make a difference, we’d love to hear from you.

Universal Business Team (“UBT”) is a global enterprise spanning 19 countries across the United Kingdom, Europe, North America, Central America and Australasia. UBT, headquartered in Sydney, Australia, is a diversified business consultancy that supports clients with business-advisory and group-buying services with the objective to help businesses develop a competitive edge. UBT was launched in 2009 in response to the Global Financial Crisis to support client organisations that were either in distress or looking to improve their competitiveness and financial performance. Currently, UBT turns over $500M (AUD) and has aspirations for significant growth over the next three to five years. A recent decision was made to bring four separate global regions together under the one global brand and leadership team. UBT’s business advisory services comprise corporate training, consulting, recruitment, accounting, and group buying services. UBT facilitates leadership and business excellence for our client’s in their respective industries. Through the group buying function, UBT nurtures mutually-beneficial relationships between member businesses and world-leading providers of business goods and services. The outcome to which we strive is a “win-win” for small-to-medium enterprises and big business alike. UBT provides services and products to approximately 3,000 independent, family-owned businesses globally with combined annual revenues exceeding $12B (AUD). The majority are small to medium sized enterprises with typical annual revenue ranges between $5m-$20m. However, there are also some larger businesses with annual revenues in the range of $100m-$250m. The unifying feature of all UBT’s clients is that the owners are parishioners of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church (PBCC). UBT (which is owned by the PBCC) supports clients by providing products, services and support designed to increase their profitability and growth. The after-tax profits generated by UBT are reinvested into community initiatives, predominantly through schools (established to educate the children of Brethren families) and charities, such as the Rapid Relief Team (“RRT”) and the Red Cross. UBT Recruitment are an Equal Opportunities Employer. We will apply a rigorous, objective selection process using non-discriminatory criteria, as far as possible on behalf of all the businesses we recruit for.To view our policy in full please contact [email protected]

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