Production Engineer

Rewards and Benefits on Offer; Option to work a 4 or 5 day week Competitive pension contribution Dayshift hours Opportunity to gain experience across all aspects of the business to develop your skills Natural progression into the engineering side of the business within 12-18 months Working with various prestigious blue-chip customers on a daily basis Working Hours: 39 hours, Mon Thurs 7am 5:15pm MTrecs New Opportunity; MTrec Technical are proudly representing our prestigious manufacturing client based just outside Newcastle, with their plans for growth and expansion, by recruiting a permanent Production Engineer to join their team. You will be joining a rapidly growing, dynamic company, with an excellent team-based culture and fantastic opportunities to progress your career. If you have a background in production or process engineering, ideally with some additional experience in planning/control, please apply now for an immediate response. The Job Youll Do; Planning, organising and controlling activities of production through the Production Supervisors. Responsible for production plan preparation based on forecasts, stock positions and orders. Ensures compliance with specification, company policies and procedures, rules and regulations including welfare, H&S, quality (ISO 9001) and environment (ISO 1400)1. Resource management within the production area including reporting on performance and attendance of the resource to the General Manager. Maintaining profitable and efficient throughput of production items in accordance with specifications (including packaging and transport). Liaising with the quality department, the General Manager and Project and Tooling Manager (as necessary). Any additional duties that the General Manager deems appropriate to the job role and to assist the business. Assisting the General Manager with forecasting and production planning discussing any present or future business volume, including adjustments of shipping commitments due to production constraints. Reviewing and approving monthly production schedule for the month execution of production plan. Providing accurate daily reports on produced items, rejects and scrap. Liaising with the Procurement and Production Co-ordinator to ensure that records are accurate and up to date daily. Identifying manpower forecasts, then allocating workload per employee with Supervisors to satisfy customer needs and to meet delivery schedules. Reacting to poor performance and lack of productivity either through human resource or machinery / equipment. Implementing and monitoring the preventive maintenance plan for equipment in line with production levels and forecasting. Reviewing and assisting in any disciplinary action, leave application, overtime work, employee and Supervisor reporting, ISO documents and other matters related to employee's compensation. About You; Mechanical Engineering qualifications/background would be highly desirable (Apprenticeship, NVQ, HNC, HND, Degree). Experience within a Production planning, control, process or engineering role Ability to use Microsoft Office package (Outlook, Word and Excel). Confident and professional being the 1 st point of contact for customers. Good organisational and communication skills at all levels. Ability to work in a changing and flexible organisation, adapting quickly to change where necessary. Absolute attention to detail ADZN1_UKTJ

Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB

Posted Date: 5/11/2025