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: Degree-qualified in Manufacturing, Mechanical, or Industrial Engineering. 3+ years ' experience in low-volume, electro-mechanical manufacturing. Background in scientific, medical, or regulated products preferred. Familiar with CE marking; US regulatory knowledge is a plus. Strong communicator with proven cross-functional collaboration skills. Practical, hands-on approach with a focus on continuous improvement. Experience mentoring or leading small teams or engineers. Why Join? Play a key role in a growing company making an impact in science and healthcare. Collaborate across functions in a supportive, purpose-driven environment. Shape how products are built and contribute to innovation at scale. ACS are recruiting for a Lead Manufacturing Engineer. If you feel that you have the skills and experience required in this advertisement to be a Lead Manufacturing Engineer submit your CV including an outline of your experience as a Lead Manufacturing Engineer. It is always a good idea to include a covering letter outlining your experience as a Lead Manufacturing Engineer with your application as this will enhance your chances of selection and improve your prospects of landing the Lead Manufacturing Engineer role you desire. TPBN1_UKTJ

Created: 2025-09-06