Job Title: Manufacturing Engineer
Location: Larbert
Our Vision & Why It Matters
At Alexander Dennis, our vision is to lead the evolution of sustainable on-road mass transportation and mobility.
We design, deliver, and support market-leading buses and coaches that help reduce emissions, improve air quality, and keep communities connected. Every role contributes to that mission whether you’re engineering, driving sales, improving production, or supporting our customers.
What You’ll Do
You’ll support operations to achieve delivery, cost, quality, and safety goals by providing strong manufacturing engineering capability to our production lines. You’ll proactively set up production for success, ensuring build hours are met for new contracts, and reactively resolve process issues to reduce cost. You’ll deliver NPI requirements driven by customer contracts, implement process improvements, and support production escalations.
What We’re Looking For
We’re looking for an experienced manufacturing engineer with strong mechanical or electrical technical competency and experience in NPI. You’ll have expertise in production change control, proactive line setup, and data-driven problem-solving. Excellent stakeholder engagement and a drive for continuous improvement are essential.
Bonus if you have:
- Engineering degree or equivalent experience
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or formal process improvement experience
- Experience with CAD packages (Solid Edge / Teamcenter)
What We Offer
Because we know that to deliver on our vision, people have to feel supported and inspired:
Impact: Be part of something that’s changing cities, improving air quality, helping public transport evolve.
Development & Growth: Training programmes, mentorship, opportunities to take on new roles, broaden skills.
Culture & Belonging: An inclusive environment; your voice matters; we treat people fairly.
Perks & Benefits: Competitive salary, pension, wellbeing support, cycle to work scheme, enhanced maternity and paternity benefits.
Our Values – What Guides Us
These are more than words on a page, they shape how we work, what we stand for, and how we build trust with our customers, communities, and each other.
Safety: The health and wellbeing of our team members, and the safety of our products, are our top priority.
Quality: We strive for excellence in our products, services, and all that we do.
Integrity: We act with honesty, transparency and integrity, treating each other with respect in a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace.
Accountability: We take responsibility for our actions, seeking to build trust and earn a reputation for excellence and reliability.
Teamwork: We work with our team members, our supplier partners, and our customers to pursue mutual benefits.
Sustainability: We seek long term success for our business, our communities, and the environment through responsible sourcing, lean manufacturing, and sustainable operations.
How to Apply
If you see yourself growing with Alexander Dennis and contributing to our vision, we’d love to hear from you.
Please complete our online application form and attach your CV!
We care deeply about being inclusive and we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
If you are an internal applicant, you have a responsibility to inform your current line/department manager and local human resources representative before applying for the role.
Due to the volume of vacancies and applications, we would prefer that you submit your application online. If however, you require an alternative method of applying, please give us call on +44 1324 621 672 or send an email to [email protected]
Skills Required
- Experience as a manufacturing engineer
- Strong mechanical or electrical technical competency
- Experience in New Product Introduction (NPI)
- Expertise in production change control
- Proactive production line setup and planning
- Data-driven problem-solving skills
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and continuous improvement drive
- Engineering degree or equivalent experience
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or formal process improvement experience
- Experience with CAD packages (Solid Edge / Teamcenter)
What We Do
Alexander Dennis is a leading British bus and coach manufacturer based in Larbert, Scotland. As a subsidiary of NFI Group, the company specializes in the design and production of double-deck and lightweight buses, including low and zero-emission models. With over a century of heritage, Alexander Dennis provides bespoke transit solutions to public transport operators and local authorities globally, focusing on sustainability, reliability, and innovation in public transport.







