Manufacturing Engineer


Company:	Morson Talent
Salary:	£45,000 to £55,000 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	HD4 7AN
Working pattern:	On-site
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	24 Sept 2026
Closing date:	24 Oct 2026

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Summary

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.

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