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Senior Manufacturing Engineer, £60K, Leicester, Leicestershire

  • £60,000 salary guide (depending on experience) + company pension + 25 days holiday

  • Dayshift: 08:00am – 17:00pm Monday to Thursday, 08:00am – 13:00pm Friday

  • Precision engineering company working across motorsport, aerospace, defence, and advanced manufacturing sectors

    Are you a Senior Manufacturing Engineer with a strong CNC machining background and a passion for driving process improvement and NPI? Are you confident in both customer-facing and internal leadership roles?

    Your background as a Senior Manufacturing Engineer:

  • Vast experience in manufacturing engineering or similar, ideally within a precision engineering environment.

  • Proven experience with CNC machining (turning and milling up to 5-axis), programming in Fanuc and Heidenhain

  • Skilled in offline programming (VISI CAM preferred), 3D modelling (SolidWorks/Visi)

  • Strong knowledge of GD&T, engineering drawings, materials, and machining processes

  • Comfortable planning and implementing new manufacturing processes, tooling, and fixturing

    Senior Manufacturing Engineer responsibilities:

  • Lead new product introduction and process improvement with a focus on lean manufacturing.

  • Develop robust manufacturing processes and process documentation.

  • Support production, quality, and machining teams with technical problem-solving

  • Engage with customers to deliver engineered solutions and technical support

  • Assist with fixture and tooling design, CNC programming, and CI activities

  • Produce 3d models and drawings for manufacture.

  • Ensure maximum Right First Time (RFT) and On Time In Full (OTIF) performance

    This Senior Manufacturing Engineer job is commutable from Wolverhampton, Walsall, Telford, Birmingham, Cannock, and surrounding areas.

    To apply please send your CV to Sam Hilton at Euro Projects Recruitment Ltd.

    Please note that if you are not contacted within the next ten days, your application has not been successful. This job is posted by Euro Projects Recruitment – specialists in engineering and manufacturing appointments

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