A new vacancy for a Production Engineer has arisen for a steadily growing Engineering company in Basingstoke. This permanent, full time position offers a long term career growth, personal development opportunities and the chance to work with a professional and enthusiastic team who are experts in their field .

This role would suit a time served apprentice with relevant engineering experience and NVQ or equivalent in Mechanical/Production Engineering.

The position of Production Engineer offers a Monday-Friday working week with a salary of up to £38,000 per year, dependent upon level of experience.

Reporting to the Senior Production Engineer, your role encompasses working within a team, to undertake planning and purchasing, with a focus upon the production, maintenance and development of BoM’s, routings, and manufacturing orders.

Key responsibilities include

• Generation and maintenance of technical engineering instructions for a multi-disciplinary production facility (fabrication & weld, machine shop and fitting)
• Generation and maintenance of production BoM’s, routings, and manufacturing orders for existing and new products
• Create routings and where required costing to facilitate make-buy decisions
• Produce costings in support of prospective sales
• Assist in purchasing through negotiation and placement of orders for raw materials, components, and sub-contract manufacture/ service provisions
• Routinely expedite and provide regular updates on procurement status with manufacturing and suppliers to ensure timely deliveries to contribute to improvements

Essentially you will have a good level of experience in production engineering, planning, and buying, ideally from a make to order background. You will be adept at managing situations to achieve cost, time, and quality targets.

We seek a self-starter with strong communication and problem solving skills. If you have a good grasp of Microsoft and are experienced in working an ERP/MRP environment, this would be advantageous.

We are seeking a highly motivated individual who wishes to grow and develop. Apply immediately, we look forward to hearing from you!