Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Application Deadline: 12 January 2025

Department: Engineering

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Bristol

Reporting To: Principal Engineer

Compensation: £46,800 - £67,600 / year

Description

Do you want to help build a company with the capacity to disrupt whole industries and take on environmental issues on a global scale?

Matter. is a VC backed Cleantech scale-up and has an opportunity for an experienced Senior Manufacturing Engineer who can develop new systems and processes for establishing manufacturing lines for one-off production and scaling to assembly lines for batch manufacture.

Job Title: Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Location: Central Bristol / Hybrid

Salary Range: £46,800 - £67,600 per annum

Matter. is a microplastics capture technology company focused on sustainable design and circular economy. You will be working on some of the biggest challenges of our time, removing microplastics and micropollutants from the world’s waterways and airways.

Through brilliant design thinking, powerful partners, and impatience to make what we do matter, our mission is to develop and scale products that are the hard line between the biological and technical cycle.

We pride ourselves on our amazing technology and passion for wanting to change things, but fundamentally what we are most proud of is our people.

For us, people are everything. It’s what makes a company, not the mission written on the wall or the fancy building we work in. Our people represent us, our values and why we do what we do.

The Opportunity

Matter needs a candidate with a strong technical background who can develop new systems and processes for establishing manufacturing lines for one-off production and scaling to assembly lines for batch manufacture.

This role is primarily focused on our Industries business unit projects for textiles manufacturing solutions. Matters patented self-cleaning industrial-scale filtration technology, reduces chemical use, prolongs the life of water reuse systems and significantly cuts operating costs. Compared to current technologies, Regen.™ for Textile Production is a low energy, low cost solution that can save millions of kilowatt-hours (KWh) of electricity and reduce carbon emissions by thousands of tonnes annually.

The core focus will be the assembly of robustly engineered filtration systems for the textiles industry, each unit filling the size of a standard ISO container. For the first 10-20 applications this will be an evolving process that will then move onto workflow of RFQ and build of system from shopping list of options.

Through your understanding of the different standards in our industry that drives global procurement processes, you will lead on the sourcing, procurement and audit of suppliers for prototyping for low volume batch production to support development projects and Industries business unit pilot delivery, whilst building strong relationships across the entire supply chain.

By defining processes for our sourcing and procurement practices, you will understand how to minimise risk to the business, such as using dual sourcing strategies, whilst adhering to our BCorp requirements and values and upholding our Cradle-to-Cradle principles.

With your strong engineering background, you will input into the DFM process by knowing which questions to ask to support design alignment with supply chain and collaborate on project specifications to simplify manufacturing and procurement.

There will also be some cross-over with our Home Laundry injection-moulded product, fulfilling ongoing orders from our customer and any further white label opportunities that Matter may secure through 2025 and onwards. This will involve interfacing with Matter’s contract manufacturer in Malaysia for the mass-manufacture of a plastic moulded product with electronics systems.

Key Responsibilities

Development of new systems, equipment and process for establishing manufacturing and assembly lines.
Supplier selection, management and supplier quality assurance (SQA)
Manufacturing engineer with buying experience
Supply chain experience ideally with contacts in industry to manufacture parts
Plant layout / shop floor assembly processes with an understanding of how to handle components and workflow for assembly
Financial acumen to drive cost out of supply chain
Input into the DFM and DFA processes and work with the engineering colleagues during the design process for seamless integration from design to manufacture.
Compliance and Sustainability - ensuring that the supply chain operations comply with regulatory, B-Corp and sustainability requirements.

About You

A strong technical background with experience designing new systems, equipment and processes for establishing manufacturing and assembly lines.
Skilled at collaborating with both design teams to integrate design for manufacture (DFM) and assembly (DFA) methodology throughout the design process, and alignment with supply chains, to deliver on project specifications that simplify manufacturing and procurement.
Ability to establish and manage supply chains through sourcing and audit of suppliers for prototyping during development phases and then scaling up for batch/mass production.
Knowledge of regulatory compliance and sustainability practices, ensuring supply chain operations meet B-Corp and environmental standards.
Experience managing production scheduling with forecasting production/demand, yield review, managing inventory levels.
Proven ability in process improvement, streamlining supply chain processes to enhance efficiency and reduce costs.
Strong understanding of quality control, management systems and standards such as ISO 9001 with the ability to commission quality audits.
Demonstrated ability to drive cost reduction initiatives through supply chain optimization, collaborating with engineering teams and suppliers to identify cost-saving opportunities.
Excellent time management skills with the ability to develop project plans and risk registers.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to pitch ideas, present to customers, lead design reviews, and contribute to milestone discussions with senior management.
Experience managing sensitive intellectual property and maintaining confidential working practices.

Your desirable experience

Commercial - support contract negotiations though risk mitigation, analyse T&Cs to provide level one red line review for legal team.
Operational Management - forecasting, stock planning, Invoice & PO management.
Logistics - ability to support international delivery of units for installation.

How you will make an Impact

With your manufacturing experience you will establish this capability within our rapidly expanding Industries business unit at Matter, where you will be instrumental in delivering significant impact within your first year in the role.

How you will grow

Opportunity for ownership of critical and impactful work packages for building new capability for Matter
Work across the whole lifecycle, concepts, testing, manufacturing & commissioning
Opportunity to shape the design direction of our industrial solution
Opportunity to own and deliver sub systems
Part of a growing business area, opportunity to take on projects and larger scopes of work
Potential team leadership in the future as you build out functional capability

Benefits

We pride ourselves on our amazing technology and passion for wanting to change things, but fundamentally what we are most proud of is our people.

In return for your expertise and dedication, we offer candidates the following:

Flexible working environment, with core hours of 09:30-16:00 and hybrid working available, based at our central Bristol HQ
Annual Leave – 26 days + public holidays + entitlement will increase with length of service, 1 day for every year up to 32 days pa
1 extra day of leave to celebrate you on your birthday
Ability to swap up to 3 Bank Holidays in a year for days of cultural or religious significance
Enhanced family leave (maternity & paternity) - 13 weeks full pay (maternity) or 4 weeks full pay (paternity) - available for those who have worked continuously for 26 weeks by the end of the Qualifying Week
Sick Pay - Short Term Sickness is full pay for 10 days in any 12-month rolling period / Long Term Sickness is full pay for any instance of a consecutive period of sickness longer than a week (7 consecutive days) up to 13 weeks.
Pension scheme (Aviva) – 5% employer contribution
Private Medical Insurance (BUPA) – you and your family (Level 1 cover)
Medical Cash Plan (SimplyHealth) - you and your family (Level 1 cover)
Critical Illness Cover (Zurich) - after 13 weeks of Illness 75% of wages paid up to 5 years
Dental Plan (BUPA) – you and your family (Level 1 cover)
Life Assurance (Zurich) - one-off payment of 2 times your annual salary to next of kin
Virtual GP
Employee Assistance Programme
EMI - Eligibility to be granted 200 share options on your first work anniversary
Onsite kitchen, dining, breakout areas & healthy snacks
Monthly lunch clubs
Regular team events and parties
On-site parking for bicycles and cars
Cycle to work scheme
Ethical discounts through Lumina
Training & Development support incl. 5% of contractual hours used for self-development
Professional membership - one per year where relevant to role
Onsite Yoga

The global mission to achieve cleaner water can’t wait, so neither should you! Apply today!

What to expect

After acknowledging your application, we will update you on the next stage of your hiring journey with Matter within 48 hrs.

At Matter, we believe that representation is crucial, and we are committed to creating a more inclusive organisation. We encourage applications from a diverse range of candidates, as we are dedicated to ensuring that everyone has a voice. We know that with increased diversity in our organisation, we can achieve even more.

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