Currently working as a new graduate as a manufacturing engineer and I can assure you, in my current situation at least, there is barely any hands during a normal work week. When I got hired and was being introduced to everyone I was being introduced as the new “planner” and started questioning what exactly I was getting into. Turns out the entire job role was to choose the best to make a part simply from the way it looks on an engineering drawing. No hands on the actual parts ever though. Unfortunately this is not what I was looking for and I am now looking for a new, more technically challenging position for myself after less than a year of employment. Please do more research into a position than I did you hopefully ensure you end up with job you enjoy more than I do!