Project Engineer
About the Role
Location United Kingdom Worcestershire Worcester Remote vs. Office Office/Site only Company Materials Solutions Limited Organization Gas Services Business Unit Distributed Full / Part time Full-time Experience Level Not defined
A Snapshot of Your Day
As a Project Engineer within the operations team at Materials Solutions, Worcester, you’ll play a key role in defining manufacturing methods for our additive manufacturing business. You’ll collaborate with technical and engineering teams on new product development, support production teams with problem-solving, and ensure all processes meet quality, safety, and customer requirements. This is a hands-on, technical role where you’ll have ownership of products from development through to serial production.
How You’ll Make an Impact
1. Follow defined techniques, SOPs, work instructions, and processes to ensure quality standards are consistently achieved.
2. Collaborate with technical and engineering personnel on new product development and processes.
3. Ensure adherence to health and safety requirements at all times.
4. Contribute to problem-solving in manufacturing, reporting and documenting any deviations.
5. Support resolution of daily production issues and drive continuous improvement.
6. Support component development using the APQP process.
7. Provide engineering support for NPI projects, hosting cross-functional sessions and facilitating APQP activities such as risk assessment, FMEA, PAPP, and control plan development.
8. Create and maintain quality plans, part structures, and technical manufacturing instructions to ensure compliance with customer specifications and internal standards.
9. Support capability studies and lead root cause investigations into manufacturing issues, documenting lessons learned.
10. Take technical ownership of development, pre-serial, and serial production products, including managing product deviations and maintaining yield requirements.
11. Develop and communicate technical instructions, including to subcontract operations, to fulfil customer requirements.
What You Bring
12. Working knowledge of new product introduction (NPI) methodologies and experience delivering validation packages to external customers.
13. Proficiency in Microsoft Office packages and ERP systems, preferably SAP.
14. Ability to interpret customer specifications and drawings, translating requirements for manufacturing teams.
15. Experience with problem-solving tools such as 3C and 8D.
16. Fluent in English, with the ability to follow verbal and written instructions.
17. Resilience and adaptability in challenging environments.
18. Methodical, self-motivated, and committed to continuous improvement.
19. Strong team player who can also work independently.
20. Excellent communication skills.
21. Experience in high-volume production manufacturing and running development programmes.