Working Location: West

Working Day/Hour: Monday - Friday 0800 to 1730hours

Manufacturing Engineering Leadership

Support Manufacturing Engineering Manager in managing daily engineering activities
Coordinate engineering resources to support production priorities and customer delivery commitments
Act as technical leading during absence of the Manager when required
Provide guidance and mentoring to engineers and technicians

Welding Engineering Leadership

Machining Engineering Leadership

Lead CNC machining process development including turning, milling and multi-axis machining operations
Validate cycle time assumptions across production machine platforms
Drive machining productivity improvement and tooling optimisation
Support automation and advanced machining initiatives

New Product Introduction (NPI) and Industrialisation

Lead manufacturability assessment during quotation and NPI stage.
Ensure manufacturing routing, cycle time and resource assumptions are validated prior to production commitment
Oversee pilot runs and first article builds
Ensure production readiness prior to volume ramp-up

Manufacturing Cost and Risk Management

Monitor manufacturing performance against quotation assumptions
Escalate risks impacting cost, quality or delivery performance
Lead recovery planning for underperforming or loss-making programmes
Ensure manufacturing assumption changes are communicated across Operations, PPC and Sales teams

Capacity Planning and Operational Support

Quality and Compliance

Continuous Improvement and Digital Transformation

Cross Functional Leadership

Requirements

Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering or equivalent
Minimum 10 years of experience
Technical Competencies
- Welding metallurgy and procedure qualification
- Strong knowledge of CNC machining process development including turning, milling and multi-axis machining
- Working knowledge of CNC programming and CAM systems to validate machining strategies and optimise cycle time
- Experience in tooling and fixture design to ensure manufacturing repeatability and productivity
- Understanding of cutting tools selection, machining parameters and process optimisation
- Ability to evaluate manufacturability and provide accurate cost and cycle time estimation
- Process validation and industrialisation
- Root cause analysis methodologies
Leadership Competencies
- Strong ownership mindset
- Ability to lead cross-functional teams
- Coaching and mentoring capability
- Commercial awareness and decision judgement

Salary Range: $6000 - $8000

Assistant Manager Welding & Machining Manufacturing Engineering