Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Senior Manufacturing Engineer
Wimborne, Dorset
Senior Manufacturing Engineer salary: £55,400 – £61,500
Please note: only applicants with the full-time, permanent right to work in the UK will be considered.

Senior Manufacturing Engineer Overview:

✅ Lead manufacturing engineering activity across complex assembly and test environments
✅ Support the shop floor with technical problem-solving, routings, BOMs and engineering changes
✅ Drive APQP, PFMEA, RCCA and zero-defect improvement activity
✅ Improve tooling, build methods, repeatability, quality and manufacturing efficiency
✅ Work closely with Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality and external suppliers

This Senior Manufacturing Engineer role is with a global aerospace engineering business in Wimborne, supporting complex assembly, test and aftermarket activity. The Senior Manufacturing Engineer will provide day-to-day technical support to production while improving manufacturing methods, resolving engineering issues and ensuring processes remain efficient, repeatable and compliant.

This is a hands-on Senior Manufacturing Engineer role requiring a strong shop-floor presence and the ability to move between immediate production issues, process improvement and longer-term manufacturing engineering activity.

The Senior Manufacturing Engineer role

As Senior Manufacturing Engineer, you’ll take ownership of manufacturing engineering tasks across assigned products and projects. You’ll interpret drawings and test information, create manufacturing instructions, maintain routings and BOMs, implement engineering changes and work directly with production teams to resolve technical problems.

You’ll also play a key role in APQP and continuous improvement activity, including PFMEA, RCCA, tooling improvements and process optimisation.

Day-to-day responsibilities of a Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Provide technical support to production and resolve day-to-day manufacturing issues
Create and improve manufacturing instructions from drawings, test schedules and engineering data
Maintain production routings and Bills of Material within ERP systems
Review engineering changes and define appropriate manufacturing implementation points
Support design-related manufacturing issues with the wider Engineering team
Identify tooling requirements and introduce practical solutions into build processes
Work with Supply Chain and suppliers to resolve manufacturing and technical queries
Drive improvements in cost, repeatability, quality and production efficiency
Lead or support PFMEA, RCCA and wider APQP activity
Contribute to daily production meetings, material reviews and engineering change reviews
Support zero-defect initiatives and continuous improvement programmes
Promote safe, compliant and disciplined manufacturing practicesWhat they’re looking for - Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Strong experience in Manufacturing Engineering within aerospace, defence or another regulated environment
Around 5+ years’ experience in a Manufacturing Engineer or similar role
HNC/HND or equivalent engineering qualification
Good understanding of assembly, test and wider manufacturing processes
Experience with ERP/MRP and document management systems
Confident creating routings, BOMs, work instructions and controlled manufacturing data
Strong shop-floor problem-solving capability
Experience managing engineering changes within production
Able to work effectively across Engineering, Quality, Production and Supply Chain teams
Practical, analytical and comfortable taking ownership of technical issuesDesirable - Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Aerospace experience with knowledge of EASA/CAA Part 21 or Part 145
APQP or PPAP experience
PFMEA and RCCA experience
Lean, Six Sigma or Green Belt qualification
IOSH, NEBOSH or similar Health & Safety qualification
Tooling, fixture or test equipment experience
Previous involvement in zero-defect or structured quality improvement programmes 

What’s on offer - Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Senior Manufacturing Engineer salary: £55,400 – £61,500

A senior manufacturing engineering role with real influence over production performance, quality and process improvement.
The chance to work closely with complex engineered products across assembly, test and aftermarket activity.
A technically varied position combining shop-floor support, engineering change, tooling, APQP and continuous improvement.

How to apply for the Senior Manufacturing Engineer position

If you’re interested in this Senior Manufacturing Engineer role, get in touch to talk through the manufacturing environment and technical scope.
Call or message Hayden at Holt Engineering on (phone number removed)