Job Title: Production Engineer | Location: Gateshead | Salary: £49,000 - £57,000
Job Overview
A leading global manufacturer with a strong international presence and a major production site in the North East is seeking a talented Production Engineer to join their team in Gateshead, Tyne. The role involves ensuring the production process runs smoothly, maintaining equipment, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
* Live within commuting distance to one of our offices: Darlington, Copenhagen, Berlin or Rotterdam.
* Drive the product from conception (PoCs) through to full deployment, ensuring balanced management of new development, projects, and BAU operations.
* Lead technical reviews of new solutions and research emerging technologies, focusing on AI and cloud‑enabled document processing.
* Provide technical insight and solution specifications to CRM and Professional Services teams to support bids, tender responses, and business development.
* Act as Product Owner or Product Manager within an Agile/Scrum framework: manage backlogs, write user stories, and lead sprints.
* Leverage AI/ML to enhance document capturing, validation, classification, and extraction processes.
* Implement cloud‑native development strategies, deploying AI/ML models on AWS, Azure, or GCP.
* Balance innovation, projects, and BAU support within the delivery team.
* Support bid/pre‑sales activities, draft solution specifications, and calculate quotations.
Qualifications & Requirements
* Strong experience in production engineering and continuous improvement.
* Hands‑on AI/ML and cloud experience as described above.
* Excellent communication and product ownership skills.
* Willingness to travel across the UK and Ireland as required.
* UK driving license.
Benefits
* Competitive base salary and 23 days' holiday (rising to 27).
* Opportunity to buy additional leave.
* Paid day off for volunteering with charity partners.
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