Manufacturing Engineer

Manufacturing Engineer – Metrology

Location: Huddersfield
Salary: Up to £50,000 depending on experience
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37 hours per week
Shift Pattern: Days, afternoons and nights depending on business requirements
Travel: Up to 15% UK / 5% international

The Role

David Brown Defence is looking for a Manufacturing Engineer with strong experience across precision manufacturing and metrology to support its production and assembly operations.

Working closely with Manufacturing, Design and Quality, you’ll provide technical support on complex manufacturing challenges, improve processes and use metrology techniques to ensure components and assemblies meet demanding dimensional and quality requirements.

Key Responsibilities
Provide technical support and problem solving to manufacturing and assembly teams
Support precision machining processes, including turning, boring and milling
Interpret engineering drawings and advise on tolerances, GD&T and machine capability
Plan and support metrology activities using laser trackers, measuring arms and other measurement equipment
Analyse measurement data and support stacked tolerance manufacture
Participate in PFMEAs, process mapping and risk mitigation
Support continuous improvement across quality, cycle time and manufacturing capability
Provide input into manufacturing methods, processes and tooling
Work closely with Manufacturing, Design Engineering, Quality and Supply Chain
Support FAT activities and occasional customer-site installations
What We’re Looking For
Manufacturing Engineering experience within a precision engineering environment
Strong understanding of GD&T and engineering drawings
Knowledge of turning, boring, milling and CNC machining
Experience of CNC programming
Practical experience with metrology equipment, ideally laser trackers and/or measuring arms
Understanding of component and assembly inspection and dimensional accuracy
Ability to troubleshoot manufacturing issues and support production teams
Experience of mentoring or providing technical guidance
SAP knowledge would be beneficial
Minimum NVQ Level 3 Mechanical Engineering or similar
HNC/HND Mechanical Engineering or similar preferred
About David Brown Defence

David Brown Defence provides high-integrity mechanical power transmission solutions for naval and land defence applications, with extensive experience in complex gearing and precision manufacturing.

Due to the nature of the work, candidates must have UK Right to Work and be able to achieve the required security clearance. Nationality, previous nationalities and place of birth may also be considered as part of security and export-control requirements.