Role summary
This is a fantastic opportunity to become a technical specialist within an established manufacturer, with room to take on greater responsibility as the current manager progresses within the business.
Responsibilities
- Ensure machinery and engineering activities meet applicable safety standards and regulatory requirements.
- Lead machinery risk assessments and hazard analyses, embedding compliance into design and manufacturing.
- Maintain technical files, declarations of conformity and supporting compliance documentation.
- Advise on machinery safety, CE/UKCA marking, electrical safety, EMC and functional safety requirements.
- Coordinate external testing, certification and audits, supporting corrective actions and continuous improvement.
- Provide technical guidance and training to engineering, manufacturing and operational teams
- Experience in machinery compliance, product safety or a relevant technical engineering role within manufacturing.
- Strong understanding of machinery principles, safety requirements and risk assessment methodologies.
- Knowledge of CE/UKCA marking, machinery regulations, EMC and electrical safety.
- Able to interpret technical standards and translate them into practical engineering requirements.
- Experience maintaining technical files and compliance records.
- Ideally from a food processing, packaging machinery, automation or capital equipment background.
- Relevant Degree, HNC or HND in Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing Engineering or a related discipline.
- Looking to develop technically and take on greater compliance responsibility.
Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd acts an employment agency for permanent roles and an employment business for temporary roles.
The ideal candidate will have experience in machinery compliance, product safety or a closely related engineering role within manufacturing. You will have a strong understanding of mechanical and electrical machinery principles, alongside experience with risk assessments, CE/UKCA marking and technical documentation. A background in food processing or packaging machinery would be particularly well suited.