Lead Manufacturing Engineer

Lead Manufacturing Engineer - Royston

Overview :

An exciting opportunity to join a fast-growing, innovation-led SME that designs and manufactures high-quality scientific equipment. This hands-on role supports low-volume, electro-mechanical batch production, ensuring quality, efficiency, and cross-functional collaboration. Ideal for a practical, solutions-focused engineer with experience in small-batch or complex assembly environments.

Key Responsibilities :

• Optimise manufacturing processes to improve cost, quality, and efficiency.
• Support daily production-resolve build and quality issues swiftly.
• Lead process development and testing for new product introductions (NPI).
• Maintain documentation, tools, and calibration of production equipment.
• Ensure ISO 9001 and QMS compliance; support COSHH and electrical safety.
• Investigate and resolve non-conformances with root cause analysis.
• Mentor junior engineers and production teams on process and quality standards.
• Drive continuous improvement and contribute to design-for-manufacture efforts.

Ideal Candidate Profile :

3+ years ' experience in...