Production Engineering Manager

Location: Langstone

Production Engineering Manager
Portsmouth
Salary   Up to £70k

About the Role

This is a key leadership role within manufacturing operations, responsible for driving production engineering performance across a busy, bespoke engineering environment. You will be central to improving how we build engineered products; focusing on efficiency, manufacturability, and continuous improvement across assembly and test processes.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and develop the production engineering function across manufacturing

Improve workflows, routing, and shop floor efficiency in a bespoke production
environment

Drive design-for-manufacture (DFM) improvements with design engineers

Work closely with fabrication, assembly, and test teams to resolve production issues
Lead lean manufacturing and structured continuous improvement activity
Identify and deliver measurable improvements in cost, quality, and lead time
Support introduction of new products into production
Ensure compliance with H&S and quality standards across operations

About You

Engineering background (mechanical, manufacturing, or industrial)
Proven experience in a fabrication or engineered-to-order manufacturing environment
Strong understanding of lean manufacturing in a low/medium volume production environment
Hands-on, practical engineering mindset

Experience with chillers, heat exchangers, HVAC, refrigeration or sheet metal fabrication would be highly beneficial.

To apply , or for more detail, please send your latest CV to  or call Steve Johnstone at Morson Edge on (Apply online only)