The Manufacturing Engineer is responsible for launching new products, managing weekly engineering changes, evaluating documentation and tooling requirements, and supporting production with technical solutions. The role includes coordinating tooling requests, ensuring calibration of loaned equipment, planning activities, and ensuring correct laboratory releases and parameter settings. It also supports machining/metal mechanic processes, heat treatment, semi rigid operations, and documentation for engineering changes and workflow improvements.
Key Responsibilities
• Lead new product launches and implement weekly engineering and process changes.
• Evaluate documentation, tooling needs, and process requirements for part production.
• Request, manage, and track loaned tooling, calibration devices, and measurement equipment.
• Coordinate and ensure correct laboratory releases and parameter validation.
• Support metal mechanic processes, semi rigid processes, heat treatment operations, and machining.
• Prioritize engineering activities according to production needs and project timelines.
• Participate in process optimization, change control, and workflow updates.
• Provide technical support to operations and collaborate with production and quality teams.
Requirements
• Experience in metal mechanic / semi rigid processes and heat treatment operations.
• Ability to prioritize multiple engineering activities.
• Approximately 2+ years of manufacturing engineering experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial, Mechanical, or Mechatronics Engineering.
• Intermediate English (reading & writing).
• CREO Parametric
• AutoCAD
What We Offer
• Opportunity to lead new product launches and engineering changes in a dynamic production environment.
• Hands on participation in machining, tooling, laboratory, and metal mechanic process optimization.
• Strong collaboration with production, quality, tooling engineering, and laboratory teams.
• Professional growth through engineering projects, documentation development, and troubleshooting activities.

GKN Automotive is a world-leading global automotive technology company that pioneered electric drive systems and is now driving the future of transportation. Its origins date back to 1759, and for the last 70 years it has been at the forefront of the automotive industry, putting key technologies into series production. It is the trusted partner for 90% of the world’s global automotive companies, specialising in developing, building, and supplying market-leading driveline systems and advanced ePowertrain technologies. It is the global leader in sideshafts, with eight out of ten of the world’s best-selling cars using its sideshaft technology. The first eDrive system was fitted to a production car over 20 years ago and GKN Automotive is now powering over two million electrified vehicles worldwide.
GKN Automotive is part of Dowlais, a specialist engineering group focused on the automotive sector.