Junior Process Engineer

Junior Process Engineer

£30,000

Yolk Recruitment are supporting an established and growing manufacturing business in their search for a Junior Process Engineer. This is an excellent opportunity for a recent engineering graduate who's ready to apply their degree in a real-world production environment.

You'll join a collaborative, people-focused team where no two days are the same. Working closely with production, quality, and engineering teams to solve problems, improve processes, and gain hands-on experience in a regulated manufacturing setting.

Full training and mentorship will be provided, so while experience isn't required, confidence, curiosity, and strong communication skills are essential.

Key responsibilities:

Working closely with production teams to investigate and resolve technical issues on the shop floor.
Supporting validation activities, from experiment design through to final reporting on processes and equipment.
Assisting in new product introduction, ensuring smooth design transfer and change implementation.
Helping to create and maintain manufacturing documentation, including Bills of Materials and process instructions.
Contributing to risk management activities, maintaining PFMEAs, DFMEAs, and associated documentation.
Designing and commissioning jigs and fixtures using CAD to improve production efficiency.
Supporting continuous improvement projects, using data to drive process reliability and capability enhancements.
Assisting with root cause analysis and CAPA investigations to prevent recurring issues.This is what you'll need:

Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Manufacturing, or related discipline).
Confident communicator comfortable engaging with colleagues across production and technical teams.
Strong problem-solving and analytical mindset.
Proactive and eager to learn, with the ability to take initiative.
Organised, reliable, and able to manage multiple tasks to tight deadlines.And this is what you'll get:

Competitive salary.
Option to purchase additional holidays.
Fantastic career progression opportunities