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Requisition  : 21302

Employment Type : Full Time

Job Category : Engineering

Work Location : Wednesbury, UK

Potential Work Location : United Kingdom :
England :
Wednesbury

As a Manufacturing Engineer with MSC, you will play a pivotal role in strengthening our technical capability and supporting customers across the manufacturing sector. You will apply advanced CAD/CAM expertise, multi‑axis machining knowledge and process driven engineering skills to help customers improve productivity, machining accuracy and overall manufacturing performance.

This role sits at the heart of MSC’s technical value proposition. You will work closely with customers, suppliers and internal teams to deliver machining optimisation, robust programming support and engineering insight that enhances tool life, reduces cycle times and improves process reliability.

The Manufacturing Engineering function is evolving to provide industry leading technical support, combining deep machining expertise with modern digital manufacturing tools. As part of this team, you will directly influence MSC’s ability to deliver best‑in‑class engineering solutions and strengthen our position as a trusted partner to UK manufacturers.

You will be responsible for delivering high-quality manufacturing engineering support across milling, turning and multi‑axis machining environments. You will apply your programming expertise, machine knowledge and process‑optimisation mindset to help customers achieve better accuracy, efficiency and repeatability.

• Develop, optimise and troubleshoot CNC programs for 3‑axis and 5‑axis milling, CNC turning and complex machining applications.
• Support customers with machine setup optimisation, toolpath refinement and machining strategy improvements.
• Apply strong understanding of feeds, speeds, tool engagement and cutting dynamics to improve tool life and cycle times.
• Provide hands‑on engineering support across milling, turning and multi‑axis operations.

• Work with advanced CAD/CAM platforms including Fusion 360, Hyper Mill and NX(knowledge of one or more of these or similar software).
• Support customers using modern machining technologies such as high efficiency milling, adaptive machining and multi‑axis toolpath strategies.
• Apply engineering judgement to solve machining challenges and improve process reliability.

• Collaborate with Applications, Technical and Sales teams to deliver machining optimisation projects and deliver cost saving targets.
• Provide application led guidance on tooling selection, machining strategies and process improvements.
• Help customers reduce downtime, improve repeatability and achieve measurable productivity gains.

• Support machining projects involving multi‑tasking machines, sliding head lathes and complex component manufacturing.
• Contribute to technical content, machining guides and customer education initiatives.
• Evaluate emerging machining technologies, digital manufacturing tools and advanced CAM strategies.
• Partner with suppliers to understand new tooling innovations and translate them into added value.
• Promote safe systems of work when supporting machining, tooling, programming and optimisation activities.

• Ensure all engineering recommendations consider…