Senior Production Engineer; NPD

Engineering Manager

Senior Production Engineer is responsible for leading the successful transition of new products from R&D to full production within Operations.

Purpose of the Role:
The Senior Production Engineer provides day‑to‑day leadership of the New Product Development (NPD) Engineering team, driving manufacturing readiness, technical decision making and effective delivery of NPD programs.

• Lead the industrialisation of new breathing safety related products from development through pilot build and into full production.
• Own the manufacturing readiness of new products, ensuring processes are robust, validated, and suitable for volume manufacture.
• Provide senior technical input into design reviews, ensuring manufacturability, assembly efficiency, testability, and regulatory compliance.
• Act as the escalation point for complex manufacturing and production challenges within NPD.

• Line manage Production Engineers within the NPD team, providing technical guidance, prioritisation, coaching, and performance management.
• Responsible for NPD team cost centre budget, budget projection, tracking and control of NPD projects.
• Support capability development, skills growth, succession planning and recruitment within the NPD Production Engineering team.
• Foster a strong safety, quality, and continuous improvement culture.

• Work closely with the Engineering Manager to align NPD priorities with operational strategy, resource planning and business objectives.
• Collaborate with Senior Production Engineering (Industrial Engineering) to ensure alignment between NPD processes and long‑term manufacturing standards, platforms, and technologies.
• Partner with the Senior Controls Engineer to ensure automation, control systems and test solutions are aligned with product and manufacturing requirements.
• Act as a key interface between NPD team and Production, Quality, Planning, Health & Safety and Maintenance departments.
• Work closely with the R&D department to ensure manufacturing considerations are embedded early in the product development lifecycle, specifically via DFT, DFM, PFMEA.

• Lead the development and validation of manufacturing processes, tooling, fixtures, work instructions and test methods.
• Drive PFMEAs, control plans, process capability studies and risk mitigation activities.
• Support pilot builds, process trials and production ramp‑up, ensuring smooth transition to manufacturing teams.

• Ensure all NPD manufacturing processes meet internal standards, regulatory requirements and the expectations of safety‑critical products.
• Lead and support engineering change control activities related to NPD.
• Ensure accurate and timely generation of Engineering and manufacturing documentation.
• Acts as representative of Operations within the Hypercare team during product post‑launch periods.

• Identify opportunities to improve NPD delivery, industrialisation efficiency and manufacturing robustness.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across Operations and Engineering.
• Support the development of best practice standards for NPD within the organisation.

• Comply with the Integrated Management System (IMS) and minimise any impact on the environment while performing duties.
• Ensure and promote safe working conditions for all employees, visitors and contractors by implementing, monitoring and complying with occupational health & safety provisions.
• Embed our WeLEAD competencies – I build trust, I create value for the customer, I enable others, I provide direction, I embrace diversity, I deliver results.

Engineering Manager

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• Degree or equivalent qualification/experience in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Production Engineering or similar.

• +5 years experience in a Manufacturing or Production Engineering role, ideally within regulated or safety‑critical…