Advanced Manufacturing

Make it once. Then make it ten thousand times.

Advanced manufacturing is where engineering meets consequence. High-value, low-volume, precision-led, with no tolerance for parts that fail. Akkar recruits the people who take products from prototype to series: industrialisation, quality, automation, and the supply chain that holds it together.

Everyone can prototype. Few can produce.

The gap between a working prototype and a manufacturable product has ended more programmes than any technical failure. That gap is a people problem before it's an engineering one.

Reshoring created demand faster than capability

Supply chain sovereignty is driving investment into domestic production across defence, aerospace, and energy. The plants are being funded. The engineers who can commission them are not appearing at the same rate.

Automation changed what a manufacturing engineer is

Digital twins, robotics integration, and data-driven process control have redefined the discipline. Traditional manufacturing experience alone no longer covers the requirement.

NPI capability is the scarcest thing in the market

Taking a product through new product introduction, design for manufacture, tooling, validation, ramp, is a specialist skill. Very few engineers have done it more than twice.

Expertise across the route to production.

We recruit across the disciplines that turn engineering into repeatable output, for aerospace, defence, automotive, robotics, and energy manufacturers.

Process & manufacturing engineering
Manufacturing Engineering
Process Engineering
Tooling
Fixturing
Lean Manufacturing
Continuous Improvement
Time & Motion
Capacity Planning
Materials & specialist processes
Composites
Additive Manufacturing
Precision Machining
Welding & Joining
Surface Treatment
Heat Treatment
Materials Engineering
Metallurgy
Automation & digital
Automation Engineering
Robotics Integration
Controls & PLC
SCADA
Digital Twin
Industrial IoT
MES
Data & Analytics
Quality, compliance & assurance
Quality Engineering
Supplier Quality
AS9100 / IATF 16949
Metrology
Inspection
Root Cause Analysis
Product Assurance
Regulatory Compliance
NPI, supply chain & operations
New Product Introduction
Industrialisation
Design for Manufacture
Supply Chain
Supplier Development
Production Planning
Operations Leadership
Roles WE Recruit for

The people who make production possible.

From operations leadership to the specialists who commission a line, these are the families we recruit for most.

Executive & operations leadership
Operations Director
Manufacturing Director
Head of Industrialisation
Head of Quality
Head of Supply Chain
Plant Manager
COO
Programme Director
Manufacturing & process
Manufacturing Engineer
Process Engineer
Industrialisation Engineer
Tooling Engineer
Production Engineer
Lean Engineer
Continuous Improvement Engineer
Materials & specialist processes
Composites Engineer
Additive Manufacturing Engineer
Materials Engineer
Welding Engineer
Machining Specialist
Metallurgist
Surface Engineering Specialist
Automation & digital
Automation Engineer
Robotics Integration Engineer
Controls Engineer
PLC Engineer
MES Engineer
Digital Manufacturing Engineer
Industrial Data Engineer
Quality & assurance
Quality Engineer
Supplier Quality Engineer
Metrology Engineer
Inspection Lead
Product Assurance Engineer
Compliance Manager
NPI & supply chain
NPI Engineer
Design for Manufacture Engineer
Supply Chain Manager
Supplier Development Engineer
Production Planner
Programme Manager
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Built around how manufacturers hire.

The engagement models we use most in advanced manufacturing. Each links to the full solution page.

Retained Search

An exclusive, committed search for hires that are too important to leave to chance or volume.

Contingent Search

A focused search engagement for defined roles where speed matters, but relevance matters more.

Contract & Interim

A fast, focused route to contractors and interim professionals who can keep technical programmes moving.

Embedded Partnership

A dedicated Akkar recruiter working inside your business, for as long as the hiring need requires.

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