Production Engineer

Company: Senior Flexonics - Lymington Precision Engineers

Vacancy title: Production Engineer

Location: Senior Flexonics - Lymington Precision Engineers - Gosport Street, Lymington SO41 9EE

Advertised salary: Competitive Salary

Employment type: Full-time

Contract type: Permanent/Regular

Working pattern: 39 hours per week

Closing date: 25 July 2025

Senior is a FTSE listed (symbol SNR) international manufacturing Group with 26 operations in 12 countries. Senior designs, manufactures and markets high-technology components and systems for the principal original equipment producers in the worldwide aerospace, defence, and land vehicle and power & energy markets.

We have a long history of well-respected brands and an excellent reputation in our key market sectors. Senior delivers value to its customers and shareholders via operational excellence that is underpinned by its people and processes.

Our global values underpin what we do, and how we do it …

Safety – Integrity – Customer Focus – Respect & Trust – Accountability – Excellence

Lymington Precision Engineers (LPE) is a Senior Flexonics Group company, and is a leading manufacturer of precision machined components, assemblies and kit sets for the Oil and Gas, Telecommunications, Aerospace and Defence, Land and Sea Systems, Nuclear and Marine industries and emerging markets.

We pride ourselves on our ability to manufacture extremely complicated components and assemblies utilising state of the art equipment and facilities.

We are an AS/EN 9100, ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified company and offer a fully engineered solution, from design concept through to high volume manufacture, to supply a range of world class products to our customers.

We evaluate every part of our customers’ requirements which enables us to provide a truly bespoke high-quality solution that delivers real value.

To support the engineering functions within LPE to program, set and prove new products on various machining centres and lathes. To develop and improve concurrent production and best practices, whilst maintaining a high quality of standards.

Hours of work: 39 hours per week.

Dayshift – Monday to Thursday 7.30am to 4.30pm and Friday 8.00am to 1.00pm with 30‑minute unpaid break for lunch.

• Provide engineering solutions utilising online and offline CNC programming from customer drawings and models.
• Set‑up & prove out programs on 3‑, 4‑ & 5‑axis machining centres to a production standard.
• Create detailed manufacturing process plans, routings, and load to ERP system (IFS).
• Provide documentation to allow shop personnel to complete their respective operations, including tooling, fixtures, gauges, and set‑up sheets to aid manufacture.
• Review existing CNC programs and method of manufacture and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Develop best practices to improve production capacity, quality, and reliability.
• Investigate problems, analyse root causes, and derive resolutions.
• Work in close liaison with the Engineering team, Production & Shop Floor.
• Support and provide information to the Quality / Inspection department when required.
• Manage workload distribution within the Engineering department under the guidance of the Engineering Manager.
• Produce detailed 2D dimensional stage drawings and 3D models to aid manufacture.
• Review and create plans, specifications and other customer documentation if requested.
• Design fixtures to aid manufacture working in conjunction with the engineers on the shop floor.
• Maintain notes on design, tooling, and other documentation (drawings, bill of materials, calculations etc.) for future reference.
• Comprehend and document the effect(s) of treatments and coatings on different materials to produce conforming parts.
• Other tasks to be performed as assigned by Engineering Manager.
• Ability to train others.

• Must have the right to live and work in the UK (Essential)
• Minimum 5 years manufacturing engineering experience
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