Location: Banbury
Permanent
Industry: Automotive Manufacturing / Vehicle Conversion
Salary: Up to A GBP 60,000 per annum
Drive Compliance. Define Processes. Support a Critical Vehicle Launch.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Manufacturing Engineer to join a fast:paced automotive manufacturing environment supporting a critical type approval and conformity of production (CoP / COC2) programme.
This role is focused on establishing the manufacturing process controls, documentation, and compliance standards required to support an upcoming vehicle launch and achieve second:stage type approval. This is a highly visible assignment requiring someone who can quickly embed themselves into the operation and deliver high:quality manufacturing documentation at pace.
The successful candidate will play a key role in defining manufacturing processes, producing control plans and work instructions, and ensuring the business is audit:ready for compliance reviews and ongoing production activity.
Key Responsibilities Of The Senior Manufacturing Engineer
- Develop and implement manufacturing process controls to support Conformity of Production (CoP) and type approval requirements
- Produce detailed work instructions, control plans, process flows, and manufacturing documentation
- Define and standardise manufacturing and assembly processes across production operations
- Support compliance activities relating to COC2 / second:stage type approval
- Work closely with production, quality, and engineering teams to identify process gaps and implement corrective actions
- Ensure manufacturing documentation aligns with automotive industry standards and audit expectations
- Support safety:critical and quality:critical process checks throughout the build process
- Assist with launch readiness activities for upcoming vehicle programmes
- Review and improve existing manufacturing procedures to increase robustness and repeatability
- Support external reviews and compliance assessments where required
The Senior Manufacturing Engineer Were Looking For
- Proven experience as a Manufacturing Engineer, Process Engineer, or AME Engineer within the automotive sector
- Strong experience creating manufacturing documentation including:
- Work Instructions
- Control Plans
- Process Flows
- SOPs
- Process Controls
- Previous exposure to automotive type approval, Conformity of Production (CoP), APQP, or regulated manufacturing environments
- Strong understanding of manufacturing compliance and safety/critical process control
- Excellent computer literacy and confidence producing technical documentation quickly and accurately
- Ability to work autonomously in a fast:moving environment with tight deadlines
- Strong stakeholder communication and organisational skills
- Experience supporting vehicle launch or prototype build programmes would be highly advantageous
If you are an experienced automotive Senior Manufacturing Engineer who thrives in fast:moving environments and can quickly implement robust process documentation and controls, we would love to hear from you.
