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Lead Engineering Excellence at Porvair

We’re looking for an experienced and driven Senior Manufacturing Engineer to join our team at Porvair. This is a key leadership role where you’ll shape how we deliver manufacturing excellence—coaching teams, driving continuous improvement, and ensuring world-class production performance.

If you’re passionate about innovation, thrive in a technical leadership role, and want to make a real impact in an advanced manufacturing environment, this is your opportunity.

What You’ll Be Doing

Engineering Leadership & Team Development

• Mentor, coach, and support Manufacturing Engineers and operations teams
• Lead process improvement reviews and drive right-first-time outcomes
• Enhance engineering workflows to maximise efficiency and performance

Production & Process Excellence

• Ensure manufacturing readiness across all product lines
• Design and implement tooling solutions to reduce downtime
• Optimise processes through DOE, PFMEA, SPC, and data-driven analysis
• Act as the technical expert with suppliers and stakeholders

New Product Introduction (NPI)

• Champion Design for Manufacture (DfM) across all new products
• Collaborate closely with Design Engineering to deliver robust solutions
• Develop effective testing strategies to ensure quality is built in
• Support prototype development and design reviews

Continuous Improvement

• Lead data-driven improvement initiatives across cost, quality, and delivery
• Drive yield optimisation and cycle time reduction
• Lead Kaizen activities and capital investment planning

Safety & Compliance

• Promote and lead a strong safety-first culture
• Lead HSE investigations and support risk assessments
• Ensure compliance across all tooling, equipment, and processes

What We’re Looking For

Essential

• Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Engineering
• 5–10 years’ experience in manufacturing engineering
• Experience within aerospace or high-mix, low-volume environments
• Strong expertise in:
  • CAD & GD&T
  • FMEA / 8D problem solving
  • Metal fabrication and surface treatments
• Demonstrated leadership, coaching, and mentoring capability
• Strong analytical, project management, and communication skills
• Experience working within AS9100 environments

Desirable

• Lean / Six Sigma knowledge
• SAP / ERP system experience
• CNC or machining background

Who You Are

• A technical leader who inspires and develops others
• A proactive problem solver with a continuous improvement mindset
• Confident communicating complex ideas across all levels
• Tenacious, detail-driven, and delivery-focused
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment

Why Join Porvair?

At Porvair, we deliver world-class filtration solutions—and our people are at the heart of everything we do. You’ll be part of a business that values:

• Our People
• Customer Focus
• Integrity
• Innovation
• Quality

You’ll have the opportunity to make a visible impact, shape engineering standards, and help drive the future of our manufacturing capability.

Ready to Take the Lead?

If you’re ready to step into a senior engineering role where your expertise and leadership will truly make a difference, we’d love to hear from you.