Manufacturing Engineer

Echelon Engineers is working exclusively with a well-established and rapidly growing manufacturing business in Lincolnshire to appoint a Production & Manufacturing Engineer at management level. Our client is a specialist manufacturer with over 40 years of heritage, operating as part of a wider privately owned group of 12-13 industrial companies across the UK and Europe. The business has significantly grown output in recent years and is now expanding into three new product lines alongside its core manufacturing operation - representing a major step-change in the scale and complexity of what they produce. This is a genuinely exciting time to join. You will have a dual remit: improving efficiency on existing production processes and taking a leading role in specifying and overseeing new manufacturing lines for the new product streams. This hire sits at management level within a leadership team of six, reporting directly to the Managing Director. What We Are Looking For Essential: * Degree or HND in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a closely related discipline * Proven background in production or manufacturing engineering * Hands-on experience improving production line efficiency and specifying new manufacturing processes * Practical, factory-floor approach alongside the ability to operate at management level * Strong project management capability - comfortable managing multiple concurrent workstreams * Excellent communication skills - able to engage at board level and with shop floor teams * Commercially aware, with experience contributing to capex planning and supplier negotiations Desirable: * Experience in timber processing, agricultural machinery, FMCG, food manufacturing, or a similar process-driven environment * Lean, Six Sigma, or similar continuous improvement qualification * Experience in a growing SME or turnaround environment What Is On Offer * Salary up to £45,000 per annum * Management-level position with genuine influence from day one * A pivotal role in shaping the future of a well-backed, rapidly growing manufacturing business * Part of a wider group of 12-13 companies - longer-term career development opportunities * Stable, values-driven business with strong group backing and real growth ambition