ABOUT THE ROLE
The Production Engineer 1 supports production engineering activities, assembly execution, and shop-floor operations to ensure safe, efficient, and compliant production. The role provides technical support for production readiness, data-pack reviews, engineering changes, discrepancy resolution, process improvements, and production performance monitoring while working closely with Engineering, Quality, Planning, Stores, Maintenance, and other stakeholders.
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RESPONSIBILITIES
- Support production lines, assembly areas, and projects to ensure execution of approved production plans, orders, work instructions, drawings, specifications, and procedures.
- Maintain regular shop-floor presence to verify workstation readiness, material availability, tooling, fixtures, testers, documentation, and production progress.
- Review engineering and manufacturing documentation to identify discrepancies, execution risks, missing information, and opportunities for improvement.
- Track and coordinate resolution of discrepancies between engineering data, manufacturing data, work instructions, routings, SAP/MES records, and shop-floor execution.
- Conduct DFMA/DFM/DFA reviews to improve manufacturability, assembly efficiency, safety, quality, and production flow.
- Support production readiness activities by ensuring availability of materials, equipment, tools, testers, fixtures, consumables, PPE, and quality requirements.
- Assist with implementation of approved engineering changes and monitor shop-floor impact.
- Investigate production issues, collect field data, verify root causes, document findings, and support corrective actions.
- Collect and analyze production data including output, downtime, defects, rework, test failures, manpower utilization, routing status, and process interruptions.
- Support KPI improvement initiatives related to safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, OEE/OLE, and process stability.
- Develop and recommend practical improvements in processes, material flow, workstation layout, tooling, fixtures, documentation, error-proofing, and 5S practices.
- Support SAP/MES data visibility by reviewing production order status, routing progress, labor bookings, material consumption, WIP, traceability, and closure records.
- Prepare reports, technical summaries, action trackers, discrepancy logs, production-impact assessments, and improvement recommendations.
- Support prototype builds, pilot runs, industrialization activities, production transfers, process-improvement projects, and recovery plans.
- Ensure compliance with quality standards, HSE requirements, ISO standards, company procedures, and audit-readiness requirements.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in Industrial, Manufacturing, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Aerospace, Electrical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
- 0-3 years of experience in production, manufacturing, operations, engineering, or technical environments.
- Knowledge of production processes, shop-floor operations, technical documentation, and manufacturing principles.
- Exposure to ERP systems, SAP/MES, production orders, routing management, quality systems, and continuous improvement methodologies is preferred.
- Understanding of OEE/OLE, HSE requirements, ISO standards, audit readiness, and production performance monitoring is preferred.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel and Word.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience in manufacturing, aerospace, defense, engineering, industrial, or other regulated production environments.
WHY CHOOSE THE COMPANY
At the company, the real investment goes beyond compensation. Through our dedicated learning academy and digital learning platforms, employees have access to extensive opportunities to develop new skills, deepen their expertise, and advance their careers. Combined with the freedom to innovate, strong career support, and the opportunity to collaborate with world-class talent from across the globe, the company is a place where you can continue to grow, keep learning, and turn ambitious ideas into meaningful outcomes.
Working at the company also comes with a package that genuinely reflects how much we value our people. Salaries are highly competitive and tax-free and, depending on your role and seniority, benefits can include family visas, annual flight tickets, medical insurance for you and your dependents, and education allowances for your children.
CANDIDATE PRIVACY & EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT
If you feel your skills, experience and potential are a strong match for a role, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every requirement. We are genuinely interested in what you can bring.
Any information you share as part of your candidate profile or job application will be handled in accordance with applicable data protection and privacy regulations.
We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and high-performing workforce. We believe every individual deserves to be treated with fairness, respect and dignity, and our employment decisions reflect that. We do not discriminate based on race, colour, nationality, ethnicity, religion, gender, marital status, age, disability, pregnancy or parental status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
As a global organisation, effective collaboration across international teams is central to our operation, so English proficiency is required for all roles unless otherwise stated in the job posting.
