Manufacturing Engineer

Job Title

Manufacturing Engineer

 #

59319

Date posted

Thursday, July 30, 2026

Country

United Kingdom

Location

Woking

Business area

Manufacturing

Department

Manufacturing Engineering

Position level

5 - Supervisory / Professional​ - (L-15)

Working time

Full Time

Contract type

Permanent

Working pattern

7:30am - 4:30pm Monday to Friday

Salary

N/A

What to Expect
A successful Manufacturing Engineer will use his/her process improvement experience to quantitatively assess current production/business system performance and execute change to reduce cost and optimize capacity.  This role demands excellent communication and interpersonal skills as well as a holistic understanding of manufacturing operations.  Manufacturing engineers will be responsible for continuously improving and developing the manufacturing processes that our production team members use to build our cars.

This position will be responsible for accepting new model build processes from our Future Manufacturing Engineering teams and developing them within Series production. This includes continuous process improvement, quality lead investigations and industrial engineering tools and techniques.

Personal attributes:
As one of our engineers you will naturally have an understanding and appreciation for low volume, high value performance vehicle production and brand requirements. We work in a fast-paced environment so the ability to act under pressure with calmness, clarity of thought and decisive authority is crucial. Change is a natural part of our business and candidates must be susceptible to plans and procedures changing frequently.

You will have the determination to drive forward the business to ‘Best in Class’ performance standards in line with brand expectations and be a lateral thinker able to think outside of the box to make structured and objective decisions Other traits of a successful McLaren employee will include excellent communication skills both written and verbal, to all levels of the business.

Excellent attention to detail and strong data analysis skills including the use of all Microsoft Office applications, specifically with Microsoft Excel We recognise that we can only achieve our vision with the dedication and collaboration of our world class employees.  It is our aim to become the employer of choice within the global automotive industry.
What You'll Do
Display a positive attitude and practice strong work ethics that reflects the mission, philosophy and goals of McLaren. Maintain process sequence, documentation, and product traceability methodology for the plant. Own all aspects of PFMEA activities. Lead series engineering change implementation through design reviews for new content. Design and deliver entire or partial production lines and processes Define and implement line re-rate projects (Capacity increase / transformation) Support with the definition of the process flow, build sequence, logistics strategies, equipment, and tooling specifications for specific (Paint / Body Assembly / General Assembly / Trim & Final) Process Areas Develop strategies and business cases that justifies the benefit for automation based on quality, cost, ergo, and / or throughput requirements Partner with Operations teams to ensure a successful ramp and long-term production at our facilities Develop equipment qualification requirements including correlation, process capability (CP/CPk) and Gage Repeatability & Reproducibility (GR&R) Management of equipment suppliers / partners during specification, design, buyoff, installation, commissioning and ramp up.

Drive the continuous evolution of McLaren processes & equipment standards. Provide regular, metric-based project updates to the Leadership team. Lead project activities from concept layout development, equipment design, specifications, RFQ, schedule, installation, commissioning, start-up, training & buyoff. Develop Request for Quotation (RFQ) that defines the design, engineering, and timeline requirements. Define Equipment design requirements like UPD, Uptime, availability, MTTR, MTBF, ergo, and Safety.

Plan / coordinate installation of new Tooling, Equipment…