Manufacturing Engineer – Paint (Series Production)

On-site in the UK·Added 1 month ago (last checked 4 Oct)

McLaren Automotive

107 open roles

Apply

Overview

Benefits

25 days holiday + bank holidays
Paid annual leave, per the ad.

The role

Job Title

Manufacturing Engineer - Paint (Series Production)

Date posted

Monday, August 24, 2026

Department

Manufacturing Engineering

Position level

5 - Supervisory / Professional - (L-15)

Working pattern

7:30am - 4:30pm Monday to Friday

What to Expect

We are recruiting Paint Manufacturing Engineers for Series Production to join our Manufacturing Engineering department in Woking. In this role, you will support the day-to-day performance, stability, and continuous improvement of Paint processes within a live production environment, while contributing to quality, cost, delivery, safety, and efficiency objectives.

You will work closely with Manufacturing, Quality, Production, Maintenance, Materials, and Operations teams to resolve process issues, improve first-time quality, maintain process capability, and support robust series production performance.

What You'll Do

• Provide manufacturing engineering support to Paint series production areas, ensuring processes remain stable, capable, safe, and efficient.

• Investigate and resolve production, quality, and process-related concerns, applying structured problem-solving methods to identify root cause and implement robust corrective actions.

• Monitor process performance, identify trends, and drive continuous improvement activities to improve first-time quality, throughput, rework levels, and operational efficiency.

• Support Paint Shop readiness for daily production requirements, including process availability, tooling, fixtures, jigs, consumables, and standard operating conditions.

• Maintain and improve paint application methods, process parameters, work instructions, and standardised ways of working.

• Lead or support PFMEA reviews, control plan updates, risk reduction activities, and process change management within the series production environment.

• Work with Production, Quality, and Maintenance teams to reduce downtime, improve repeatability, and ensure timely resolution of process issues.

• Support facility, layout, and capacity improvement activities to optimise flow, efficiency, and operational performance within Paint.

• Generate, analyse, and report Hours Per Car and other operational performance data to support efficiency tracking, cost reduction, and continuous improvement.

• Support part quality maturation, concern containment, escalation, and long-term corrective action to protect customer quality and production delivery.

What You'll Bring

You will ideally hold a degree in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, or a related discipline, or bring equivalent experience gained in a similar manufacturing engineering role.

Experience in one or more of the following areas would be advantageous:

Manufacturing engineering support within a live series production environment.

Paint application processes, process control, defect reduction, and quality improvement activities.

Root cause analysis and structured problem-solving methods, such as 5 Why, Ishikawa, 8D, or similar approaches.

PFMEA, control plans, process change control, standard operating procedures, and work instruction development.

Specification, maintenance, and improvement of paint jigs, fixtures, tooling, and process equipment.

Vehicle assembly processes, end-of-line vehicle processing, finishing, rework, or rectification environments.

Continuous improvement, lean manufacturing, cost reduction, throughput improvement, and safe working practices within a manufacturing or production environment.

What We'll Do for You

We offer a wide - ranging benefits package, which includes:

Structured career development framework
25 days' holiday, plus bank holiday. Annual buy & sell up to five days
Enhanced company pension scheme
Discretionary annual bonus award
Private medical insurance and health cash plan
Life assurance benefit
Ability to apply for a sabbatical of up to one year after only two years' service
Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
Generous parental leave policies
A range of wellbeing initiatives, such as employee assistance programme and free financial & mortgage advice

Who Are We?

No restraints. No limitations. We don't simply push boundaries. We completely rethink them. McLaren Automotive exists to create breath-taking performance road cars.

It takes a community to do what we do. A diverse group of people with many areas of expertise, united by their passion to deliver visionary products and set new benchmarks.

McLaren Automotive commits to equal opportunity for all. Diversity, Equality and Inclusion is at the heart of our impact, it drives our innovation and enables us to truly create something special. Join us on our journey.