Job Description:

Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Function: Manufacturing
Type: Permanent (also 12 month fixed term contract opportunity)
Hours: Full Time (37 hours per week)
Location: Glenrothes
Security Clearance: Baseline clearance required. Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship.

About the Opportunity

Copello is partnering with a leading organisation within the defence and aerospace sector to recruit a Senior Manufacturing Engineer for their site in Glenrothes.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a high-performing manufacturing team working on advanced, mission-critical products that support defence capabilities across land, sea, air, space, and cyber domains.

Our client offers a collaborative, quality-driven environment where engineering excellence and continuous improvement are at the core of everything they do. If you are looking to work on complex electronic manufacturing programmes while developing your technical and leadership capabilities, this role offers both challenge and progression.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Supporting product performance and manufacturing process improvement

• Carrying out reporting and data analysis activities

• Providing technical support to internal and external customers

• Driving innovation across engineering and manufacturing activities

• Leading and supporting root cause and corrective action investigations

• Supporting manufacturing cells and cross-functional engineering teams

• Contributing to Design for Manufacturability (DFM), New Product Introduction (NPI) and manufacturing process development

• Monitoring and reporting on KPIs, metrics and production data

What We’re Looking For

• Minimum HND or Degree in a relevant discipline (STEM, Production or Manufacturing Engineering)

• Experience within electronics manufacturing

• Strong understanding of process improvement, efficiency and lean manufacturing principles

• Experience leading or contributing to Process FMEA, Control Plans, Process Flow development and risk mitigation activities

• Exposure to multiple manufacturing platforms

• Confident technical presentation skills

• Background within engineering, manufacturing or defence environments (desirable)

• Strong communication skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders at all levels

• A proactive team player who can work independently and challenge the status quo when required

What’s on Offer

• Competitive salary

• 25 days holiday plus statutory public holidays, with the option to buy or sell up to 5 days

• Contributory pension scheme (up to 10.5% employer contribution)

• Discretionary company bonus scheme

• Life assurance (6x salary)

• Flexible benefits scheme including health cash plan, dental, cycle to work and more

• Enhanced sick pay

• Enhanced family-friendly policies including maternity, paternity and shared parental leave

• Up to 5 paid volunteering days per year

Working Environment

This role operates on a 37-hour working week. Working arrangements may vary depending on business and site requirements.

Flexible working options, including hybrid opportunities where appropriate, are available. The organisation promotes a mature, outcome-focused working culture where flexibility and performance go hand in hand. Formal flexible working requests can also be considered in line with role requirements.

If you would like to discuss this opportunity further, please get in touch with Copello for a confidential conversation.