Senior Manufacturing Engineer – Lead (Days)

About the role

The Manufacturing Engineer Lead provides hands‑on technical support to resolve production issues, drive scrap reduction and improve throughput within a high‑volume moulding environment. The role combines problem‑solving, continuous‑improvement leadership and team management to meet customer requirements while ensuring GMP compliance.

Key responsibilities

• Provide technical support for machine, tool and process issues, focusing on scrap reduction and throughput improvement.
• Lead root‑cause investigations and systematic troubleshooting across the moulding workcell.
• Coordinate engineering support for moulding production plans and ensure alignment with customer specifications.
• Manage technical and training activities, liaise with equipment vendors and program teams.
• Drive continuous‑improvement projects, monitor trends, and implement process, tooling or operational enhancements.
• Develop and maintain tooling/equipment documentation, drawings, work instructions and maintenance procedures.
• Lead, coach and evaluate a high‑performing engineering team, assigning tasks and ensuring accountability.
• Support safety, quality and GMP programs, recording deviations, change controls and training outcomes.

Required profile

• Honours degree in Mechanical, Mechatronics, Biomedical, Applied Physics, Electronic, Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.
• Minimum 4 years experience in a high‑volume manufacturing environment.
• Experience with clean‑room procedures and medical moulding is desirable.
• Familiarity with process set‑up, validation and IQ/OQ/PQ studies is highly desirable.

Required skills

• Process set‑up and validation (IQ, OQ, PQ)
• Root‑cause analysis and systematic troubleshooting
• Tooling and equipment documentation
• Data analysis and data‑driven decision making
• Lean Six Sigma principles
• Project management fundamentals
• GMP compliance and clean‑room procedures