Overview
*** NPI Manufacturing Engineering – Ukraine ***
Verify are currently seeking a supplier based NPI Manufacturing Engineer. Working on-site at a supplier facility in Western Ukraine (Mukachevo area anticipated), the program involves supporting the establishment of a production capacity for machining of customer furnished forgings.
Primary Focus: Machining process deployment & manufacturing capability establishment
Role Purpose:
To establish, commission, and stabilise machining capability at customer supplier site for customer-furnished forged components, ensuring new equipment, tooling, and processes are fully deployed and capable of supporting NPI production.
Primary Activity:
- Support commissioning and deployment of newly installed machining equipment supporting forged components
- Validate machining processes, tooling, fixtures, cutting strategies, and machine programmes
- Verify routings, set-ups, and work instructions for machining of customer-supplied forgings
- Support shop floor lay out and optimisation of machining processes
- Ensure forging handover requirements (condition, traceability, material state) are correctly managed at receipt
- Identify manufacturing risks affecting dimensional integrity, surface finish, or material condition post-machining
- Oversee operator training and ensure machining processes are repeatable and controlled
- Interface with supplier engineering, production, and maintenance teams to resolve manufacturing issues
- Provide regular readiness and risk reporting to customer stakeholders
- Support formal handover into Phase II activities
Required Experience & Competencies:
- Minimum 5+ years’ experience in aerospace, defence, or heavy engineering manufacturing environments
- Strong hands-on experience with machining of forged components
- Proven background in equipment commissioning, CNC machining process set-up, and industrialisation
- Strong understanding of machining risks associated with forged materials (distortion, residual stress, surface integrity)
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings, routings, and technical documentation
- Fluent in both Ukrainian and English highly desirable
- Defence manufacturing experience highly desirable
- Willingness to travel to the UK for program orientation
