NPI Manufacturing Engineer

Location Bar Hill, United Kingdom

Type of contractPermanent

Closing Date29-07-2025

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About the role

This is a hybrid role and can be based near one of our European locations in Bar Hill- UK (preferred) or Hamburg - Germany. The position requires regular travel to our main offices to ensure effective collaboration and operational excellence.

You will be a key member of the Operations New Product team and play a crucial role in ensuring the seamless transition of new products from concept to full-scale production. You will work at the intersection of R&D, project management, and Manufacturing to drive design for manufacture and assembly, ensure quality maturity of the product thought the lifecycle and set up the products in manufacturing readiness for customer launch.

Collaborating closely with design, operations, and supplier teams, you will use your manufacturing and advanced quality skills to ensure quality products are launched on time and to cost target.
This role is ideal for a detail-oriented and commercially minded engineer who thrives in a fast-paced, innovation-driven environment.

Main Responsibilities
•   Support design of the manufacturing strategy based on customer base location, key supplier base location and skills availability.
•   Support make / buy strategy and supplier selection.
•   Work with R&D teams to define Operations requirements and ensure design for manufacture, design for cost and late-stage configuration.
•   Define and ensure Manufacturing Opex and Capex cost targets for launch are met.
•   Collaborate with production and supplier teams to implement best practice assembly and test processes.
•   Use advance quality skill including PFMEA and control plans and develop and manage delivery of PPAP requirements for new products.
•   Work closely with suppliers to ensure the availability of materials and components during NPD lifecycle, ensuring assembly, test and data capture processes are robust.
•   Define the test strategy and work with operations team to implement appropriate test equipment within Capex forecast.
•   Oversee trial builds and ensure issue management through to launch.
•   Create and maintain comprehensive documentation related to operations deliverables including work instructions and PPAP submissions.
•   Ensure design is transferred from Design environment to ERP in readiness for launch, ensuring all data is obtained to support this including CoO, RoHS and Reach compliance data.
•   Ensure all documentation complies with regulatory standards and company policies.
•   Generate regular progress reports for stakeholders, highlighting key achievements and challenges.

About you
You are a results-driven engineer with a strong passion for innovation, process optimisation, and cross-functional collaboration. Your ability to analyse data, influence stakeholders, and drive cost efficiencies makes you a key asset in any team.
You excel in:
•   Problem-solving and critical thinking – tackling challenges head-on with innovative solutions.
•   Project management – handling multiple projects in a fast-paced environment while meeting deadlines.
•   Balancing technical and commercial acumen – ensuring cost-effectiveness without compromising quality.
•   Attention to detail – maintaining precision in documentation, compliance, and execution.
•   Adaptability – adjusting strategies to meet evolving business and project needs.
•   Driving measurable impact – delivering operational efficiencies, cost savings, and process improvements.

Domino values diversity and is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from all candidates; however, only those eligible to work in the UK without the need for additional immigration documentation will be considered for this position.

What you can expect:
As a talented individual working at Domino, you can expect a competitive salary and a generous benefits package, including:
•   25 days of basic holiday, plus options to buy or sell additional days, ensuring you have ample time to relax and recharge.
•   A discretionary bonus scheme, a testament to your hard work and dedication.
•   Life insurance, providing security and peace of mind for you and your loved ones.
•   Medical insurance with the option of purchasing a health cash plan, dental insurance, travel insurance and cycle to work scheme, ensuring your health is always a top priority.
•   Join our green car scheme, a step towards a more environmentally friendly commute.
•   Pension plan, starting with 8% employer contributions.

We recognise that flexible homeworking can be beneficial and at Domino we want people to feel able to own the way they work. What this looks like might vary between teams - what’s important is that we enable you to get the best from us and for us to get the best from you, whether that’s from your home office or on site, as long as we continue to collaborate and enable great outcomes for our customers.
We are a highly successful company, we’re large enough to offer career development opportunities yet small enough for your contribution to be readily recognised and rewarded.

About Us
At Domino Printing Sciences we do more. Our expertise isn't just in providing cutting-edge variable data printing technology; it's in revolutionising how manufacturers embrace sustainable packaging and spearhead advancements in coding automation. We’ve been a part of the global variable data printing story for a long time, and our solutions help ensure the success of the world’s leading brands. Our goal is to be the leading global variable data printing brand through applying our expertise and reliable solutions to help the world’s manufacturers be sustainable and cut waste, while attracting, informing, and protecting their consumers. But we also know that it’s not just about the work we do—it’s about fostering a collaborative, dynamic and welcoming environment where everyone can flourish, contributing to Domino not only as a pioneer in the industry but also as an exceptional place to work.

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Reference number: VN1319

Date Posted: 2025-07-30

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