Shape the future of advanced manufacturing.

At Polar, we're solving some of the most technically challenging manufacturing problems across Aerospace, Defence, Motorsport and Clean Energy.

As our business continues to grow, we're looking for an experienced Lead Manufacturing Engineer to help transform innovative designs into world-class manufacturing solutions. If you enjoy solving complex engineering challenges, leading industrialisation projects and making a genuine impact on how products are manufactured, we'd love to hear from you.

About the Role

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you'll lead manufacturing engineering activities across multiple programmes, taking products from concept through to full-rate production.

Working closely with Design, Quality, Operations and Supply Chain, you'll develop robust manufacturing processes, introduce new technologies, support automation projects and drive continuous improvement across the factory.

This is a role for someone who enjoys both technical problem-solving and influencing how manufacturing is done.

What You'll Be Doing

You'll be responsible for:

• Leading Manufacturing Engineering activities across New Product Introduction (NPI) programmes.
• Developing efficient, scalable manufacturing processes and production methods.
• Driving industrialisation and ensuring products are production-ready.
• Specifying and implementing tooling, fixtures, equipment and automation solutions.
• Leading Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement projects.
• Solving complex manufacturing problems using structured engineering techniques.
• Supporting customers and suppliers throughout the manufacturing lifecycle.
• Mentoring Manufacturing Engineers and sharing technical best practice across the team.

What We're Looking For

You'll ideally have:

• Significant experience within a Manufacturing Engineering environment.
• Experience leading industrialisation or NPI projects.
• Strong knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement.
• Experience developing manufacturing processes, tooling and production documentation.
• Excellent problem-solving and project management skills.
• The ability to work collaboratively across engineering, operations and quality teams.
• Experience within Aerospace, Defence, Motorsport, Automotive or another advanced manufacturing environment would be advantageous.

Why Polar?

Joining Polar means becoming part of a business that invests in innovation, engineering excellence and its people.

You'll have the opportunity to:

• Work on cutting-edge engineering programmes.
• Influence how advanced products are manufactured.
• Lead exciting automation and industrialisation projects.
• Develop your technical leadership capability.
• Work alongside highly skilled engineers in a collaborative environment.
• Build a long-term career within a growing engineering business.

Ready to Apply?

If you're passionate about manufacturing engineering and want to help shape the next generation of advanced engineering products, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today and become part of the team that's engineering tomorrow's solutions.