Production Engineer

📍 Hucknall, Nottinghamshire
💰 Salary: Up to £45,000 per annum

About the Role

An opportunity has arisen for a Production Engineer to join a fast-paced, specialist manufacturing business operating in high-performance sectors where quality and turnaround times are critical.

This is the first dedicated Production Engineer within the company and will play a key role in supporting the leadership team by taking ownership of a broad range of engineering and production activities from initial customer requirements through to final delivery.

The role is highly varied, combining technical engineering, customer interaction, production support, and quality responsibilities within a small, agile team.

Key Responsibilities

• Interpret customer drawings and specifications.
• Produce quotations and support customer discussions where required.
• Create and maintain manufacturing documentation and work instructions.
• Provide technical support to production teams on the shop floor.
• Monitor job progress and help resolve production or technical issues.
• Carry out inspection and quality checks on finished components.
• Manage concessions, NCRs, and customer quality queries.
• Support audits and maintain quality system requirements.
• Oversee packaging and dispatch of completed parts.

Essential Requirements

• Strong engineering background, ideally within composites or a related manufacturing sector.
• Confident decision-maker with the ability to take ownership of tasks and outcomes.
• Comfortable balancing technical engineering work, customer interaction, production support, and quality responsibilities.

Package

• Salary up to £45,000, depending on experience.
• Opportunity to be the first dedicated Production Engineer in the business.
• High responsibility role with direct impact on operations and delivery.
• Close-knit, fast-moving working environment.

To apply or find out more, please get in touch for a confidential discussion.

At Morgan Ryder we can provide you with a full range of employment opportunities from short term and fixed term temporary vacancies to permanent positions.

We recruit for companies that operate in the following industries: Defence Equipment, Food and Drink Manufacturers, FMCG, Packaging, Engineering, Automotive, Aerospace, Warehousing, Logistics, Waste Management, Petro Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Power & Renewable Energy.

Our commitment:

Equal opportunities are important to us. We believe that diversity and inclusion at Morgan Ryder Associates are critical to our success as DE&I positive company, so we want to recruit, develop, and keep the best talent. We encourage applications from everyone, regardless of background, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, ethnicity, belief, age, family or parental status, and any other characteristic.

Please note that calls to and from the offices of Morgan Ryder Associates Ltd. may be monitored or recorded. This is to ensure compliance with regulatory procedures, record business transactions and for training purposes.