Manufacturing Engineer (Operations) | NTS Hengelo

Do you want to make an impact on production processes within a technically complex environment? Do you get energy from improving performance, quality, and process stability? Are you an Engineer who takes ownership and looks beyond today? Then start at NTS Hengelo as a Manufacturing Engineer (Operations) and let's make it possible together.

Job description

As a Manufacturing Engineer, you are part of the Operations team and report to the Operations Manager. You are process responsible for our volume production within our specialized machining department for the semiconductor market.

You work closely with production, planning, quality, and engineering. You thrive on the dynamics on a production floor and ensure that people and machines can perform optimally. You analyze performance, identify structural improvement opportunities, and ensure that processes remain stable, scalable, and future-proof. You are visible on the production floor but operate from a central role within Operations.

Furthermore, your tasks include:

• Optimizing and securing production processes within machining
• Troubleshooting disruptions in volume production and implementing sustainable solutions
• Creating and updating work instructions and production routings
• Analyzing process data (SPC, CPK, machine performance) and translating it into structural improvement actions
• Leading improvement projects focused on yield, first-pass yield, and lead time
• Applying Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement within Operations

Requirements

• Minimum HBO level of education (Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, or similar)
• Experience in a high-tech production environment, for example, in assembly or machining
• Knowledge of quality methodologies such as SPC, CPK, PFMEA, and root cause analyses
• Experience with Lean Manufacturing and process optimization
• Technically strong and analytically skilled
• Good communication skills and able to work effectively as a connector between production and support departments
• Ownership, decisiveness, and a strong drive for improvement

Your benefits

• Salary from €3,500 to €5,000 gross per month, depending on experience and qualifications
• Over 40 days off: 27 vacation days and 13 ADV days with a full-time contract
• Personal development and growth opportunities, for example, through training and courses
• Remote work policy: 1 day of remote work per week with a net allowance of €2.40 per day
• Annual budget of €150 to spend, including for vitality, bike plan, or gym via the Alleo app
• Travel allowance of €0.21 per kilometer (max. 50 km one way) or full reimbursement of public transport costs
• Excellent pension scheme via PME
• Laptop and mobile phone
• Free fresh fruit at work

About NTS

We provide unique solutions for complex challenges and drive the technological advancement of our customers. By combining development, production, and assembly, we play an integral role in bringing together the supply chain. We combine the best skills and smartest ideas into a working system for the most advanced semiconductor, Opto-Mechatronic, and analytical solutions in the world.

Ultimately, the core of NTS is formed by our people. Their excellent craftsmanship, customer-oriented mentality, and clear technical solutions have made NTS what it is today.