Manufacturing Cost Engineer
Salford
Up to £45,000 DOE + Bonus
Hybrid working, flexi hours
Pension, Life Assurance, Health cash back, Holidays
A fantastic role has arisen with a global manufacturer that's a true market leader with their field. This position involves working in a high functioning, close knit team to implement the correct profitability strategy. You will be responsible to turn data into insights and play a critical part in the ongoing success of the business
Role Description
* Reporting directly to the Strategic Lead play a key role in enhancing visibility of cost and margin performance, building reliable reporting and ensuring profitability is a core consideration at every stage
* Maintain accurate and consistent cost and margin reporting.
* Analyse Bills of Materials (BoMs), routings, and labour flows to identify key cost drivers, inefficiencies, and improvement opportunities.
* Collaborate with Engineering and Operations to review product design and manufacturing methods, identifying simplification opportunities and cost‑down potential.
* Partner with Engineering, Procurement, Operations, and Finance to ensure margin performance is consistently monitored and addressed.
* Support the implementation of standardised cost control processes, dashboards, and reporting cycles.
Skills and Qualifications
* Ideally qualified to degree level.
* Proven experience as a cost analyst, cost engineer, cost specialist or similar role.
* Experience in data, operational and financial analysis.
* Experience within a manufacturing, engineering, or technical organisation.
* Experience working within a Standard Cost environment and displaying an understanding of Manufacturing Variance.
* Extensive knowledge and experience of SAP.
Company Information
As a business our client is a true market leader within their industry with a strong presence across the UK. With a secure portfolio of clients these roles provide a stable and secure opportunity in the present economic market.
In return for your commitment my client offers a stable and secure career for technically motivated engineers. If you feel this is of interest, please send your CV to directly to Ben Watkins at benw@hunterselection.co.uk
If you are interested in this position please click 'apply'.
Hunter Selection Limited is a recruitment consultancy with offices UK wide, specialising in permanent & contract roles within Engineering & Manufacturing, IT & Digital, Science & Technology and Service & Sales sectors.
Please note as we receive a high level of applications we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010.
For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.
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