Job Summary
This position is with Topframe Engineering Ltd. The role forms part of an Innovation Boost project supported by InterTradeIreland. Salary support under the programme is provided for 12 months; however, the employment contract is with Topframe Engineering Ltd and is not limited to the funding period.
Topframe Engineering is a professional provider of structural, general, machine design, and fabrication services, established in 1998 and based in Ulster. The company has rapidly developed into a market leader in metal fabrication, offering a complete design development consultancy, including conceptual design and stress analysis. The company is a CE Accredited steel fabricator, ensuring that all its steelwork meets industry standards for quality and safety. Services focus on delivering robust solutions across various sectors, emphasising quality and precision. This company designs, manufactures and assembles agricultural buildings and machinery, Industrial buildings & warehouses, quarry plant machinery, residential, educational and retail establishments.
Job Description
This is a newly created role, representing a strategic investment in the company's operational capability. The successful candidate will lead the delivery of a structured process improvement project aimed at transforming how design information flows through to manufacturing execution — reducing inefficiency, rework, and administrative overhead while building the foundation for scalable, reliable production.
The manufacturing Engineer will apply structured engineering methodology to diagnose current workflow weaknesses, design an integrated solution, and embed sustainable processes into the business. This is not an implementation role — it is an engineering leadership role, requiring analytical rigour, independent problem solving, and the ability to translate academic knowledge into practical, lasting change.
Key responsibilities include:
- Mapping and analysing current design-to-manufacturing workflows to identify inefficiencies, integration opportunities, and root causes of process failure
- Defining requirements for an automated, integrated production information system in collaboration with the academic partner
- Designing, testing, and validating improved workflows and systems across design and manufacturing functions
- Developing documentation, training materials, and standard operating procedures to embed new processes across the business
- Establishing performance metrics to monitor the impact of improvements and identify future optimisation opportunities
- Acting as the primary point of contact between the design office and factory floor throughout the project
The successful graduate will lead this project in a supportive partnership with ATU-Donegal as part of the InterTradeIreland’s Innovation Boost Programme.
Interviews will be held approximately week commencing: 21/09/2026