Production Engineer

Production Engineer / CNC Estimator

Location: Hampshire (Hybrid Working)

Salary: Up to 55,000 + Pension + Life Insurance + Career Progression

Ready to use your CNC expertise in a role with greater variety and long-term career prospects?

If you're a Production Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer or experienced CNC professional looking to move away from the day-to-day pressures of production, this is an opportunity to put your technical knowledge to work in a highly valued estimating role.

You'll join a leading precision engineering manufacturer, working on complex components for industries including Aerospace, Defence, Nuclear and Marine. Full support will be provided if you're moving into estimating for the first time.

The Role

As an Estimator, you'll use your manufacturing knowledge to assess new projects and provide accurate quotations for precision-machined components.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Producing quotations for complex CNC machining projects.
• Reviewing engineering drawings and customer requirements.
• Determining the most efficient manufacturing methods.
• Estimating machining cycle times, tooling, fixtures and production costs.
• Liaising with customers, suppliers and internal engineering teams.
• Supporting projects from RFQ through to production.
• Helping secure profitable new business for a world-class engineering company.

Who We're Looking For

This role would suit someone with a strong background in CNC manufacturing, particularly:

• Production Engineer
• Manufacturing Engineer
• CNC Programmer
• CNC Miller
• CNC Turner
• CNC Setter/Programmer
• Estimating Engineer

You'll ideally have:

• Strong knowledge of CNC machining processes.
• Experience planning or supporting manufacturing methods.
• The ability to read and interpret engineering drawings.
• Good understanding of tooling, machining strategies and cycle times.
• Experience working with precision-machined components.

Estimating experience isn't essential. If you understand how precision components are manufactured and want to develop your career into estimating, full training and support will be provided.

What's on Offer

• Salary up to 55,000
• Hybrid working
• Monday to Friday days with an early finish every Friday
• Pension scheme
• Life insurance
• Full training into estimating
• Work on complex, high-value engineering projects
• Genuine opportunities for career progression within a global precision engineering business

If you're a Production or Manufacturing Engineer with a strong CNC background and are looking for a role where your technical knowledge can make a real commercial impact, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today for a confidential conversation.

At Morgan Ryder we can provide you with a full range of employment opportunities from short term and fixed term temporary vacancies to permanent positions.

We recruit for companies that operate in the following industries:
Defence Equipment, Food and Drink Manufacturers, FMCG, Packaging, Engineering, Automotive, Aerospace, Warehousing, Logistics, Waste Management, Petro Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Power & Renewable Energy.

Our commitment:

Equal opportunities are important to us. We believe that diversity and inclusion at Morgan Ryder Associates are critical to our success as DE&I positive company, so we want to recruit, develop, and keep the best talent. We encourage applications from everyone, regardless of background, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, ethnicity, belief, age, family or parental status, and any other characteristic.

Please note that calls to and from the offices of Morgan Ryder Associates Ltd. may be monitored or recorded. This is to ensure compliance with regulatory procedures, record business transactions and for training purposes.