Engineering & factory jobs in Newtownards
Updated 23 October 2026 · kept fresh every few hours
6 engineering, factory and production jobs open in Newtownards today, from 4 employers, including Lakeland Dairies. Where the advert gives pay (4 of them), most pay between £12.71 an hour and £17.35 an hour. 1 temporary. 5 are through a recruitment agency; the rest are with the employer directly.
NPD ManagerEmployer not named via Hays
You'll manage new product development for a leading food manufacturing business in County Down. You will work within their innovation team, developing products based on consumer trends and market needs.
Competitive DOENewtownardsCloses 5 Nov
Production Operative | Newtownards | Shifts | £16 - £18 p/hA leading dairy manufacturer via Staffline
You'll work at a dairy manufacturer in Newtownards, keeping production lines running and performing quality checks. You will also calibrate and program the machinery as needed.
≈ £16.64 – £18.07 an hourNewtownardsCloses 18 Nov
Engineering GraduateLakeland Dairies
You'll join Lakeland Dairies to work on engineering projects across their sites in Northern Ireland. You will help manage and improve processes within the dairy processing business.
Pay not statedNewtownardsCloses 28 Nov
Production Operatives - NewtownardsEmployer not named via First Choice Selection Services Ltd
You'll be working in Newtownards making superior trade frames for our client. This is a temporary full-time role that might become permanent.
≈ £12.71 an hourNewtownards
Food Safety & Quality AuditorEmployer not named via Hays
You'll audit the food safety and quality processes at an established manufacturing business in Newtownards. You will help maintain high site standards and ensure compliance with various regulations.
£27,000 – £30,000 a yearNewtownardsCloses 27 Dec
NPD TechnologistEmployer not named via Hays
You'll develop new and improve existing food products for an established manufacturing business in Newtownards. You will manage product ideas all the way from concept development to market launch.
£28,000 – £34,000 a yearNewtownardsCloses 6 Dec
Getting into engineering, factory and production work
The work: Production operatives, welders, fitters, CNC, quality, maintenance.
Most of these jobs need no ticket or card to start.
What helps
- No ticket to start as an operative — Free, induction on the job
- Level 2 Performing Manufacturing Operations / Level 3 Engineering apprenticeship — Free as an apprenticeship, two to four years · Find an apprenticeship
- Welding: coded welder tests — Free through an Assured Skills welding academy when one runs (NWRC has run several), six to eight weeks · Assured Skills Academies
Who's hiring
- Hays (agency) 3
- First Choice Selection Services Ltd (agency) 1
- Lakeland Dairies 1
- Staffline (agency) 1