1,696 Technical Production jobs in the United Kingdom

Technical Production Manager needed for a leading production company that has been a key player in Formula 1, supporting elite teams and event organisers.

Their work spans from enhancing fan experiences in hospitality suites and paddock areas to technical installations in garages and team facilities. With 24 major events a year, the company delivers innovative, cutting-edge AV solutions through strong collaboration with suppliers and a drive for continuous innovation.

Beyond motorsport, the company provides AV production services across a range of live events, including festivals, concerts, conferences, theatre, and dance. They regularly work with prestigious London venues, supplying equipment, technical support, and skilled crew for high-profile performances and productions.

Job Description: 

The Technical Production Manager will work closely with project management, operations, finance, and clients to deliver complex and high-impact events. This includes analysing venue specifications and requirements to design optimal AV setups, and producing detailed production plans, including kit specifications, staffing, and schedules.

The role requires a collaborative approach to budget creation and delivery, encompassing equipment, crew, and any rechargeables. The Production Manager is also responsible for generating planning documentation to forecast potential issues and communicating these effectively with clients, offering solutions that minimise cost and disruption.

The successful candidate will lead a team of technicians and production crew, offering clear guidance and support while encouraging ownership and accountability. Task delegation and efficient time management are key to delivering successful builds and seamless event delivery.

Responsibilities:

•  Plan and deliver world-class live events in high-profile environments, including work alongside internationally renowned talent.
•  Produce detailed production schedules, equipment lists, and team briefings.
•  Write post-event debriefs with clear recommendations and actionable insights.
•  Build and maintain strong relationships with existing clients while identifying opportunities for new partnerships.
•  Create, manage, and reconcile budgets, including tracking of additional or unforeseen costs.
•  Communicate effectively with internal teams both on-site and remotely.

Requirements:

•  Minimum 5 years’ experience in live events or technical production, including leadership or management roles.
•  Expertise in at least one core discipline (lighting, sound, or AV), with a broad understanding of technical requirements across all areas.
•  Confident, adaptable, and able to thrive under pressure in fast-paced environments.

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About the role

Are you a science graduate with a passion for precision and communication? We're looking for someone like you – a detail-oriented professional who combines strong scientific knowledge with exceptional English writing skills and grammar expertise. You're naturally proactive, thriving on solving complex problems while juggling multiple priorities and tight deadlines with ease. Whether you're collaborating with teammates or building relationships with external partners, your excellent communication skills help you connect with people at every level. If you're organised, work well under pressure, and take pride in delivering high-quality results, we'd love to hear from you. Experience with STM publishing would be a bonus, but your enthusiasm and skills matter most.

If it is you, then read further as we currently have an amazing opportunity – we are looking for a Supplier and Technical Production Specialist to join our team – on a 28-hour fixed-term contract (maternity cover, up to 12 months).

The role involves contributing to the strategic development of the journals through day-to-day communication with the suppliers to ensure that the journals’ articles accepted into publication meet our high standards. You will play an essential role to support the journals production team.

In this role, you will:

• Coordinate the production workflow to ensure journal articles are published to agreed timescales and budgets.

• Apply your science and English language skills to carry out quality control checks on our external suppliers’ copyediting work.

• Keep the Supplier and Technical Production Manager, Journals, up to date with supplier performance data.

• Be a trusted adviser for our external suppliers by providing guidance, responding to their production queries and providing regular performance feedback.

• Act as a point of contact between RSC journals’ editorial teams and external suppliers and between authors and external suppliers, communicating issues and responding to queries.

• Be encouraged to apply your knowledge of our production processes to identify problems and suggest solutions.

• Have the opportunity to lead or contribute to projects within the team or on a wider scale with other teams across the journals department.

The successful candidate will receive full on-the-job training.

If you have the following, we would love to hear from you:  

• A good honours degree in science (chemical science normally preferred).

• Excellent written English skills and the confidence to identify, correct and explain issues in the fundamentals of English grammar.

• Knowledge of STM publishing (beneficial not essential).

• A proactive approach to problem solving.

• Excellent organisational and time-management skills.

• Ability to work under pressure, to prioritise tasks and to meet deadlines.

• Excellent attention to detail.

• Excellent communication skills in interacting with internal and external contacts.

• Ability to work well as part of a team. 

About the Royal Society of Chemistry

The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is an international organisation dedicated to advancing excellence in the chemical sciences. We publish over 55 world-leading journals that span the core chemical sciences and related fields. Known for rigorous, fair peer review and fast publication times, our journals publish the best science, from original research articles to authoritative reviews. As a not-for-profit publisher, we reinvest surplus funds back into the global scientific community, supporting our purpose to help the chemical science community make the world a better place.  

Benefits

We promote a healthy work/life balance and flexible working options. Our benefits package includes:

• 26 days’ paid holiday per annum plus bank holidays.

• Pension plan with up to 12% employer contributions (depending upon your contribution).

• Life assurance at 3 times basic annual salary.

• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave.

• Paid volunteering days.

Visit our Work For Us website to learn more about us, our benefits, equal opportunities statement and inclusive culture pledge.

At the RSC, we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce and welcome applicants from a range of backgrounds to apply. We particularly encourage applications from disabled and ethnic minority candidates.

As a part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we endeavour, where possible, to offer an interview to candidates meeting the essential criteria of the role, who has a substantial physical/mental impairment which impacts their ability to carry out day-to-day tasks.

We are committed to making our recruitment processes accessible to all and as part of this, we are flexible in the ways we give and receive information. If you would like to apply using a different format, please contact the Recruitment Team at or on +44 (0) and we will do our best to put any reasonable adjustments in place.

If you have any questions, please contact us at

We’re looking for a Technical Author to manage our customer-facing product documentation.

OpenWorks develops world leading technology. As Technical Author, you'll be responsible for working with subject matter experts across the company to translate technical intent, product features and capabilities into clear English which is easily understood by our customers and end-users.

This role involves a significant amount of time working with our physical products and so is primarily an on-site role. OpenWorks has a culture of flexible working (both in time and location) dependant on project requirements.

More about us? We’re a rapidly growing business operating globally with a passion for exceptional engineering and building on a legacy of defence innovation in the North East of England.

Our products provide ultra-high performance, real-time detection, tracking, identification and targeting of dynamic aerial threats. They have been deployed internationally to protect high profile military and civilian assets, and contribute towards the defeat of nuisance, misguided and maliciously deployed drones during operations.

We are very proud to have supported a wide range of law enforcement and military operators, protecting many of the most high profile sites and individuals around the world.

The amazing things we do are only possible because of a dedicated and passionate team.

Our benefits:

• Salary between £35,000 - £5,000 depending upon experience

• Performance related bonus

• Flexible working options available. We recognise the commitment and care of our team in making OpenWorks the success that it is and understand that life and work don’t always fit neatly into set hours so we're happy to consider flexible working arrangements

• 25 days holiday plus public holidays (+ long-service bonus days)

• Free breakfast and a free freshly cooked lunch served daily by Chef Mark and his team

• Private health care insurance (Aviva)

• Death in service cover to protect those close to you

• EV car scheme

• Cycle to Work Scheme

• Paid team socials (i.e. think quiz nights, football, board game events and more)

• Pension scheme (up to 4% matched contribution)

• Free eye tests and £75 towards a pair of gla es per prescription change

• A high-energy and dynamic work environment, based in the beautiful Northumberland countryside

• A positive company culture - we enable change, encourage challenge and demonstrate commitment

What you’ll be doing:

• Write and update internal technical documents (e.g. build procedures, training material)

• Create annotated images (from photos or CAD drawings)

• Create illustrative diagrams

• Take the lead on gathering information from the engineering design team to understand the intended build process, critical steps and inspection points in order to create clear instructions for the Production team.

• Interpret and analyse technical documents and drawings to extract essential data for documentation

• Leading technical reviews and validation of technical documents

What we’re looking for:

• Excellent English grammar and attention to detail

• Ability to communicate technical information

• Ability to write clear and succinct instructions in English

• Capability to manage multiple projects concurrently

• Detailed knowledge of how to create technical documents in MS Word

• Ability to create graphics to compliment the documentation

• Curious and creative

Desirable attributes:

• Experience working in the defence and security sector

• A degree in Engineering, English, Writing or other relevant subject

• Experience in revision control of documents

What you’ll get:

A front-row seat to cutting-edge innovation: you’ll work hands-on with world-class technology that’s redefining defence and security capabilities worldwide

A collaborative and high-trust environment: where engineers, designers and writers work side-by-side, sharing knowledge and ideas to produce outstanding results

Room to grow and shape your craft: with opportunities to influence how OpenWorks communicates its technology to customers and the wider world.

A workplace that values balance and belonging: enjoy flexible working, free daily meals, team socials and a culture that genuinely celebrates and empowers its people.

As a small, fast growing company (with approx 70 people), we offer the opportunity for a professional to have autonomy and responsibility. You’ll directly see the impact of your efforts.

More about us:

Vision

Help protect the territory and airspace of NATO countries and their allies.

Mission

Be a world-leading provider of autonomous technology for Surveillance applications and Defence

Values

Be a Good Egg: Earn respect, have mutual trust and be honest

Do cool stuff: We develop cool tech with an awesome team, and we get stuff done

Be empowered: We are autonomous, reliable and take personal responsibility

We are one team: Look out for each other and the team

Things go wrong: Fail fast, learn and move on

Have fun: We’re doing amazing things with passionate people

Job Title: Production Process Engineer

Department: Manufacturing

Reports To: Production Manager : Bordon Plant

Summary

My client is the World’s No.1 manufacturer of DC- DC converters and a leading producer of AC/DC power supplies and wound magnetic products. Their customers are  mainly focused on the computing, communications, industrial and medical markets. They design and manufacture the industry’s broadest offering of standard DC-DC products and are a market-leading designer of custom solutions. 

Production Process Engineer

Main Functions of the Job

The Production Process Engineer is responsible for developing, maintaining, and optimising manufacturing processes within an electronics production environment. The role ensures that production activities are efficient, repeatable, and aligned with quality standards. A key focus is placed on process documentation, standardisation, and continuous improvement through Lean Manufacturing methodologies. The engineer will also support the introduction of new products and process changes, collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and optimise manufacturing processes to improve efficiency, reduce waste, and ensure product quality.
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation including process flows, standard operating procedures, work instructions, and control plans.
• Conduct time and motion studies and implement changes to streamline workflow and reduce non-value-added activities.
• Apply Lean Manufacturing tools such as 5S, Kaizen, Value Stream Mapping, and root cause analysis (RCA) to drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Evaluate existing production lines and propose enhancements in layout, tooling, and automation to improve throughput and ergonomics.
• Collaborate with design, quality, and production teams during New Product Introduction (NPI) to ensure smooth process handover and manufacturability.
• Support and lead process validation activities including PFMEA, capability studies, and first article inspections.
• Identify, investigate, and resolve process-related issues that impact yield, quality, or efficiency.
• Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) for processes and use data to support decision-making and improvement projects.
• Ensure that all process changes are properly documented, validated, and communicated to relevant stakeholders.
• Support the training of production staff in new processes or updated work instructions.
• Maintain compliance with health and safety regulations and industry standards (e.g. ISO 9001, IPC).

Qualifications

• Degree or HND/HNC in Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electronics, or a related field.
• Additional training or certification in Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma is highly desirable.

Experience/Competence

The ideal candidate will have;

• 5+ years of experience in a production or manufacturing engineering role, ideally in the electronics or electromechanical industry.
• Proven experience in developing and maintaining technical documentation for manufacturing processes.
• Hands-on knowledge of Lean tools and methodologies, including practical implementation experience.
• Familiarity with ERP/MRP systems for process routing, BOMs, and production planning.
• Experience supporting or leading NPI transitions into production.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to use data to drive decisions.
• Working knowledge of quality and regulatory standards (e.g. ISO 9001, IPC standards, ESD practices).

• Analysing existing manufacturing processes to identify areas for improvement in efficiency, cost reduction, and quality enhancement.
• Developing and implementing process improvements and standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• Troubleshooting production problems and implementing corrective actions to minimise downtime.
• Designing and implementing process control strategies to ensure consistent product quality.
• Collaborating with R&D and engineering teams on the introduction of new products and processes.
• Conducting feasibility studies and pilot trials for new manufacturing technologies and equipment.
• Monitoring key performance indicators (KPIs) for production efficiency and implementing strategies to achieve targets.
• Ensuring all processes comply with health, safety, and environmental regulations.
• Training production staff on new processes and equipment.
• Utilising data analysis and statistical methods to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.
• Contributing to lean manufacturing initiatives and continuous improvement programmes.

• Analyze existing manufacturing processes to identify areas for improvement in efficiency, cost reduction, and quality enhancement.
• Develop, test, and implement new manufacturing processes and technologies.
• Design and optimize production workflows, equipment layouts, and material handling systems.
• Troubleshoot production issues, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including R&D, quality control, and operations, to ensure seamless integration of new processes.
• Develop and maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and process documentation.
• Conduct process capability studies and implement statistical process control (SPC) measures.
• Lead and mentor junior engineers and technicians in process improvement methodologies.
• Stay current with advancements in manufacturing technologies, automation, and lean manufacturing principles.
• Ensure all production activities comply with safety regulations and environmental standards.
• Manage projects related to process upgrades and new product introductions.

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related discipline.
• A minimum of 6 years of experience in a manufacturing or production engineering role, with a focus on process optimization.
• Proven track record of successfully implementing process improvements that have led to measurable gains in efficiency, cost, or quality.
• Strong understanding of lean manufacturing principles, Six Sigma methodologies, and statistical process control (SPC).
• Proficiency in CAD software and simulation tools for process design and analysis.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills.
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects concurrently.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate with diverse teams.
• Experience working within a remote engineering environment is essential.

• Lead the design, development, and implementation of new manufacturing processes and technologies.
• Analyze production data to identify bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and areas for optimization.
• Develop and implement process improvements to enhance product quality, reduce waste, and increase throughput.
• Ensure all production processes comply with industry standards, safety regulations, and quality control requirements.
• Manage and mentor a team of process engineers and technicians, providing technical expertise and direction.
• Develop and maintain process documentation, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and work instructions.
• Collaborate with R&D, engineering, and operations teams to support new product introductions and process validation.
• Conduct root cause analysis for production issues and implement corrective and preventative actions.
• Oversee the selection and implementation of new manufacturing equipment and automation solutions.
• Drive lean manufacturing initiatives and other continuous improvement programs.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in a manufacturing or production environment, with a focus on process engineering.
• Proven track record of successfully improving manufacturing processes and achieving significant cost savings or efficiency gains.
• Strong understanding of lean manufacturing principles, Six Sigma methodologies, and statistical process control (SPC).
• Experience with CAD software and process simulation tools is beneficial.
• Excellent leadership, team management, and communication skills.
• Proficiency in data analysis and problem-solving.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines.
• Experience in the automotive, aerospace, or high-volume consumer goods manufacturing sectors is a plus.

• Analyze existing production processes to identify bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and areas for improvement.
• Design, develop, and implement new manufacturing processes and technologies to enhance productivity and reduce costs.
• Develop and optimize Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and work instructions for all production activities.
• Conduct root cause analysis for production issues and implement corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).
• Collaborate with R&D, quality assurance, and engineering teams to ensure seamless product development and transition to manufacturing.
• Lead process improvement projects using methodologies such as Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or Kaizen.
• Develop and manage process documentation, including flow charts, P&IDs, and equipment specifications.
• Train production staff on new processes, equipment, and quality standards.
• Monitor production KPIs and provide regular reports on process performance and improvement initiatives.
• Ensure all production processes comply with health, safety, and environmental regulations.
• Evaluate and recommend new equipment and technologies to improve manufacturing capabilities.

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a related discipline. A Master's degree is a plus.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in a process engineering or manufacturing engineering role, with a focus on production optimization.
• Proven experience in implementing Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or similar process improvement methodologies.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing equipment, automation, and control systems.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills.
• Proficiency in process simulation software and CAD tools.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with all levels of the organization.
• Experience in quality management systems (e.g., ISO 9001) is desirable.
• Knowledge of statistical process control (SPC) techniques.