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Coventry, United Kingdom | Posted on 04/24/2026

Manufacturing Manager

Pay: £45,000.00-£55,000.00 per year

• Lead the initial upscaling of manufacturing operations, including layout planning, tooling selection, and process definition for volume electronic assembly.
• Manage the day‑to‑day manufacturing operations for controller and ESC assembly.
• Plan, schedule, and coordinate production batches to meet project timelines and quality targets.
• Build and maintain efficient, repeatable assembly processes, detailed work instructions, and in‑line quality checkpoints.
• Integrate ERP/MRP data into production planning to ensure accurate lead times, work order tracking, and material availability.
• Perform and support hands‑on manual and semi‑automated assembly, including wiring, mechanical integration, and connector fitting.
• Support the development, specification, and implementation of functional test equipment for fully assembled units.
• Handle ESD‑safe environments and enforce proper handling procedures.
• Receive and inspect supplied PCBAs and components from vendors.
• Organize inbound and outbound logistics, including goods receiving, storage, and shipment of finished goods.
• Maintain inventory levels, BOM traceability, and work‑in‑progress status using spreadsheets or MRP tools.
• Raise non‑conformance reports for supplier defects and drive corrective actions.
• Support the implementation and adherence to quality assurance systems.
• Ensure manufacturing processes align with regulatory and compliance requirements.
• Maintain accurate production records, including build logs, serial tracking, and traceability documentation to support audits and quality reviews.
• Continuously improve assembly techniques and production flow.
• Identify opportunities to reduce rework, improve yield, and prepare for scale‑up.
• Contribute to DFM (Design for Manufacturing) feedback loops with engineering.
• Support lean initiatives and introduce process automation opportunities.

• Strong understanding of PCBA handling, electro‑mechanical assembly, and electronic testing.
• Experience managing or implementing manual and semi‑automated assembly processes.
• Ability to interpret technical drawings, wiring diagrams, and bills of materials.
• Hands‑on experience with ERP or MRP systems for production planning, purchasing, and inventory control.
• Working knowledge of quality management systems and ESD best practices.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Hands‑on and willing to contribute directly to builds as required in early‑stage production.
• Familiarity with ESCs, motor control systems, or automotive/aerospace electronics.
• Experience implementing lean manufacturing practices.
• Knowledge of ISO 9001 standards.
• Experience integrating logistics and procurement functions into ERP/MRP systems.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Manufacturing Engineer

Coventry, UK (Onsite)

Salary + Benefits

• £35,000 - £42,500 per annum (Fixed-Term Contract) or
• £200 - £250 per day (Ltd Company Contractor - Outside IR35)

Shift Pattern / Working Hours

• Monday - Thursday: 08:00 - 16:35
• Friday: 08:00 - 15:10

Must hold active UK Security Clearance

An established engineering organisation operating within the defence manufacturing sector is seeking immediately available Manufacturing Engineers to support a six-month programme. The role focuses on the introduction, industrialisation, and continuous improvement of vehicle-related protection systems used primarily on military platforms. Working within a highly regulated and technically demanding environment, you will ensure products are manufacturable, repeatable, cost-effective, and compliant with defence standards. This position offers the opportunity to contribute directly to programmes delivering critical protection solutions, while developing your expertise within an advanced manufacturing setting. Both fixed-term and day-rate engagement options are available.

Key Responsibilities

Manufacturing Readiness & Product Introduction

• Act as the manufacturing engineering interface for vehicle protection products
• Lead manufacturing readiness and industrialisation activities
• Introduce new products into production using design for manufacture principles
• Support prototyping, initial production runs, tooling, and equipment implementation

Process Development & Continuous Improvement

• Develop, optimise, and standardise manufacturing processes
• Drive improvements in cost, flow, quality, and repeatability
• Support production of composite, press‑moulded, and machined components
• Apply Lean manufacturing principles to improve operational performance

Technical Problem Solving & Collaboration

• Resolve technical and process‑related issues within production
• Apply structured problem‑solving methodologies (e.g., 5 Whys, Ishikawa, 8D)
• Work collaboratively with Engineering, Quality, Operations, and Programme teams
• Develop and maintain clear manufacturing documentation

The Person

• Proven experience operating as a Manufacturing Engineer within production environments
• Strong understanding and practical application of Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement principles
• Experience supporting industrialisation of engineered products within vehicle, defence, aerospace, or comparable sectors
• Confident using structured problem‑solving tools and methodologies
• Ability to work cross‑functionally in a fast‑paced, engineering‑led environment
• Clear communication skills and a collaborative working approach
• Must hold active UK Security Clearance

This is an excellent opportunity to join a technically advanced manufacturing organisation delivering critical protection systems within a highly regulated sector. If you are a proactive Manufacturing Engineer who thrives on improving processes and driving production excellence, we would welcome your application.

If this role sounds like the perfect fit for your skills and experience, please get in touch with Envisage Recruitment today. Submit your CV and a cover letter to or call me on for more information.

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• West Midlands
• Contract or Temp

Key detailsLocation: CoventryContract length: 3 months initially, with extensions expectedRate: £19 per hourDBS Required

Lead EngineerCoventry, UK (Onsite)Salary + Benefits£45,000 – £55,000 per annum (Fixed-Term Contract) or£350 – £375 per day Outside IR-35

The MTC - Manufacturing Technology Centre in Coventry is seeking a Senior Manager to work closely with manufacturing clients. The role involves leading large projects, managing stakeholders, and delivering programs that meet customer requirements and budgets.

The ideal candidate will have a good engineering degree, at least 10 years of relevant experience in manufacturing, and a strong understanding of supply chain management and operations.

The Manufacturing Technology Centre in Coventry is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer focused on project delivery to contribute to cutting-edge aerospace manufacturing projects. You will work collaboratively to translate customer requirements into robust manufacturing solutions.

The ideal candidate will possess a degree in engineering, have strong project management skills, and be proactive in a technically demanding environment. Join a supportive team influencing future design capabilities.

The Manufacturing Technology Centre is seeking a talented Additive Manufacturing R&D Engineer in Coventry. This role focuses on advancing ceramic and wax-based manufacturing processes for turbine components.

You will lead research activities, develop manufacturing techniques, and collaborate with various teams in a cutting-edge environment. Candidates should have a degree in engineering and knowledge of additive manufacturing technologies.

This position offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to advanced manufacturing innovation.

Lead Manufacturing Engineer

The Manufacturing Engineering function’s role is to create, develop and validate manufacturing/inspection processes to support the MTC’s projects that are delivered across a broad range of technology areas and industrial sectors.

• Directly manages a team of Manufacturing Engineers across multiple disciplines, providing technical leadership with a strong machining focus.
• Acts as the senior CNC authority within the Workshop, shaping capability, elevating machinist and ME skillsets, and driving consistency in machining processes, methods and best practices.
• Drives improvements in Manufacturing Engineering processes, ensuring CNC‑related workflows, tooling strategies, digital methods and verification techniques are robust, efficient and aligned with stakeholder needs.
• Delivers to customer and project needs largely independently, particularly where complex CNC machining, prove‑out or first‑off development is involved – managing expectations, risks and technical decisions to deliver high quality outputs within agreed budgets and timescales.
• Leads new business opportunities for CNC related or machining heavy work, collaborating with the Business Development team to scope technical requirements, shape proposals and identify manufacturing solutions.
• Supports in executing the Manufacturing Engineering Strategy with specific input into CNC capability development, technology roadmap, and team skills alignment.
• Leads capability acquisition projects from inception to completion, including: creating technical specifications for CNC and supporting equipment; overseeing procurement and supplier engagement; managing installation and commissioning of machining cells/tooling/digital systems; ensuring training and readiness of staff to utilise new CNC capability.
• Works with design teams to execute effective design for manufacture/inspection, advising particularly on CNC manufacturability, fixture concepts, tolerancing, and machining strategy to meet project milestones.
• Develops and validates CNC and broader manufacturing/inspection processes, working closely with engineering teams and external stakeholders to ensure repeatability, accuracy, safety and efficiency.
• Creates high quality manufacturing documentation, including machining methods and sequences, tool path strategy notes, PFMEAs, inspection/control plans, setup sheets and technical reports.
• Coordinates procurement of CNC tooling, fixturing, materials and gauges, ensuring all resources required for machining and build trials are available and appropriate.
• Owns and drives the resolution of manufacturing issues, particularly complex machining challenges, ensuring robust, sustainable solutions are implemented and customer requirements are met wherever possible.
• Leads continuous improvement of manufacturing processes.
• Acts as the technical lead for manufacturing within project teams, especially for machining‑led or CNC intensive programmes, guiding decisions and ensuring delivery of key project milestones.

Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills are required for the role; able to demonstrate a high standard of report writing and presentation skills.

A desire to support colleagues development and transfer knowledge in area of expertise to others in the department, and also to wider MTC colleagues.

Able to support senior colleagues with customer and internal partner liaison in collaborative projects, able to lead technical liaison with customers (both technical and non‑technical customers) during project to ensure delivery.

Strong commercial awareness and familiarity working within a project based environment.

Attend and provide manufacturing engineering inputs to project meetings – weekly mtg, workshops, assurance activities, design reviews. Communicate and elevate manufacturing/assembly issues to the project teams/clients.

Support the ongoing development of MTCs manufacturing engineering capability through bringing best practice manufacturing engineering techniques into our operations.

Enable innovative designs to be realised through providing manufacturing advice, process development and validation.

• Deep CNC machining expertise in low volume, high variety, first‑off environments, including 5 axis machining of complex geometries and tight tolerance work with experience of machining exotic & tough materials.
• Competent in CAD/CAM – Siemens NX preferred, if the applicant has no experience with NX they must be willing to learn and have solid capability in another professional CAD/CAM package.
• Cutting science & tooling: Knowledge of tooling selection, chip load/engagement, tool life models, high‑pressure coolant, heat management, dynamic tool pathing, and chatter mitigation.
• Fixturing & work holding: Design principles for rigid, repeatable fixtures or custom solutions for complex parts.
• Metrology & verification: Practical application of GD&T, in‑process measurement.
• Process development / prove out: Building a machining process from zero – material removal strategy, sequencing, datum strategy, in process control plans, first article sign off, and stabilisation to production ready state.
• Cell / equipment knowledge: Experience specifying and integrating CNC machining cells (machine selection criteria, spindle spec, control options, probing, tool management, swarf/chip handling, coolant systems, work holding, mist extraction) and coordinating installation & commissioning with vendors.
• Manufacturing risk & quality: Creating and using DFM/DFA inputs, PFMEA, control plans, and traceability in regulated environments.
• Leadership knowledge: Managing and upskilling MEs and machinists; coaching on best practice; setting technical standards; making go/no‑go calls on manufacturability and readiness.
• Customer & commercial awareness in a consultancy/project environment: scoping effort, shaping proposals, articulating technical risk, and defending estimates with clear assumptions.

• One Team Together, Pursuit of the Best, Insatiable Curiosity, and Enterprising Mindset, acting as a role model for others across the organisation.
• Hands on, pragmatic problem solver: Brings practical experience and a shopfloor credible approach; willing to physically participate in machining trials, prove outs, equipment commissioning, and technical problem resolution when required.
• Technically authoritative yet approachable: Able to influence, coach and upskill Manufacturing Engineers and machinists, setting high technical standards while remaining open, supportive and grounded.
• Self‑motivated and autonomous: A self‑starter with the ability to work independently to meet deadlines, budgets and quality expectations, whilst also contributing effectively within multidisciplinary teams.
• Ownership: Takes full responsibility for technical outcomes, especially in complex CNC machining environments where decisions have significant impact on cost, quality, and customer deliverables.
• Calm under pressure: Able to manage ambiguity, technical risk, and challenging delivery timelines in first‑off, high complexity environments without compromising quality or safety.
• Strong communicator: Comfortable engaging directly with customers, suppliers and internal stakeholders, able to explain complex CNC/manufacturing topics clearly, and capable of building trust rapidly.
• High integrity in secure environments: Experience working in contexts where adherence to process, governance, documentation and policy is critical to maintain customer confidentiality and operational security.

Coventry, United Kingdom | Posted on 06/02/2026

ePropelled flexible technology portfolio represents a major innovation in the market, just as many industries and society as a whole are gearing up for a greener world. We apply our knowledge and experience to create solutions based on in-depth research and thorough testing while looking into the future for inspiration.

Electronics Manufacturing Manager

We are seeking a proactive and hands‑on Manufacturing Manager to oversee the end‑to‑end production of electronic controllers and ESCs using pre‑supplied PCBAs. You will play a critical role in setting up and managing volume manufacturing operations, ensuring quality, efficiency, and traceability from component receipt to final assembly and testing.

• Production Oversight: Lead the initial upscaling of manufacturing operations, including layout planning, tooling selection, and process definition for volume electronic assembly.
• Day‑to‑day Operations: Manage the day‑to‑day manufacturing operations for controller and ESC assembly. Plan, schedule, and coordinate production batches to meet project timelines and quality targets. Build and maintain efficient, repeatable assembly processes, detailed work instructions, and in‑line quality checkpoints.
• Assembly & Testing: Oversee manual and semi‑automated assembly, including wiring, mechanical integration, and connector fitting. Support the development and implementation of functional test procedures for fully assembled units. Handle ESD‑safe environments and enforce proper handling procedures.
• Supplier & Inventory Management: Receive and inspect supplied PCBAs and components from vendors. Maintain inventory levels, BOM traceability, and work‑in‑progress status using spreadsheets or MRP tools. Raise non‑conformance reports for supplier defects and drive corrective actions.
• Quality & Compliance (Manufacturing Support Focus): Support the implementation and adherence to quality assurance systems. Ensure manufacturing processes align with regulatory and compliance requirements. Maintain accurate production records, including build logs, serial tracking, and traceability documentation to support audits and quality reviews.
• Process Improvement: Continuously improve assembly techniques and production flow. Identify opportunities to reduce rework, improve yield, and prepare for scale‑up. Contribute to DFM (Design for Manufacturing) feedback loops with engineering.

• Proven experience in electronics manufacturing.
• Strong understanding of PCBA handling, electro‑mechanical assembly, and electronic testing.
• Experience managing or implementing manual and semi‑automated assembly processes.
• Ability to interpret technical drawings, wiring diagrams, and bills of materials.
• Working knowledge of quality management systems and ESD best practices.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Hands‑on and willing to contribute directly to builds as required in early‑stage production.
• Familiarity with ESCs, motor control systems, or automotive/aerospace electronics.
• Experience implementing lean manufacturing practices.

Manufacturing BOM Engineer - Release Specialist

A leading automotive client is undergoing a major transformation in how it designs and builds its vehicles, including the introduction of a cutting-edge PLM system (3DExperience). As part of this shift, we're looking for a Manufacturing BOM Engineer - Release Specialist to join the team and play a crucial role in ensuring the accuracy and smooth delivery of Manufacturing Bills of Materials (MBOMs).

This is a year contract position paying £210 a day. The site is Whitley in Coventry.

• Manage and release Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) using DELMIA/3DExperience
• Ensure all MBOM updates are accurate, validated, and delivered on time across the vehicle lifecycle
• Liaise with cross-functional teams including engineering, manufacturing, and change management
• Track release progress, resolve issues, and escape risks when needed
• Support manufacturing teams with alerts and internal deviations, ensuring build accuracy
• Contribute to continuous improvement of release processes and system integration

• Proven experience in engineering release or BOM management (preferably in automotive)
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes and part structures
• Comfortable navigating complex engineering structures and working with stakeholders at all levels
• Experience with DELMIA, 3DExperience, or similar PLM tools
• Familiarity with SAP S4 Hana, WERS, GSPAS, or other automotive systems is a plus
• Experience working in Agile environments and using tools like JIRA or Confluence is beneficial

This is a great opportunity to work on high-impact vehicle programmes, supporting the rollout of new digital tools and improving how products move from concept to production. If you're a hands-on BOM or release specialist with automotive experience, we'd love to hear from you.