Manufacturing Engineer - Aerospace Manufacturing
Posted a week ago by Matchtech
Our client, a leading entity in the aerospace sector, is currently seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to join their Composites Department on a permanent night shift basis. This role is pivotal within the manufacturing process, ensuring safety, regulatory compliance, and cost efficiency.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage performance against agreed goals, accountable for quality, on-time delivery, and budget.
- Facilitate elements of manufacturing engineering, such as process planning, tooling, and lean methodologies.
- Generate internal engineering instructions to enable manufacturing and control costs/quality within the engineering team.
- Understand and liaise with customers to support internal and external needs.
- Support New Technology Initiatives (NTI) and equipment upgrades from purchase to commissioning.
- Support New Product Introduction (NPI) from Design for Manufacture (DFM) perspective and operational performance.
- Identify tooling needs and support tool design from concept to final design.
- Conduct cost/benefit analysis for changes to processes or equipment.
- Ensure processes meet EHS requirements and support lead EHS projects.
- Identify and reduce product quality issues caused by process variation.
- Track and drive root cause analysis and corrective actions for production issues.
- Utilise lean-manufacturing principles to improve process capability, quality, and capacity.
- Lead and support training activities within the manufacturing environment.
- Prioritise workload and project planning to support customer needs.
- Participate and lead local and site-wide initiatives.
Job Requirements:
Essential
- Degree or HNC in Engineering or equivalent knowledge and experience.
- Leadership skills, including coaching and team engagement.
- Detailed knowledge of composite manufacturing processes.
- Strong interpersonal and influencing skills, including stakeholder management.
- Ability to manage multiple complex assignments and achieve results.
- Strong organisational skills with high attention to detail.
- Highly effective problem-solving skills.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.
Desirable
- Project management skills.
- Positive approach to challenging situations.
- Six Sigma Green Belt trained and certified.
- Experience using laser projection software/hardware for composite manufacturing.
- Prepared to travel within the UK and overseas to meet customers or suppliers.
- Prepared to work on shift if required.
Benefits:
- Permanent night shift position.
- Opportunity to work in a leading aerospace company.
- Supportive and collaborative work environment.
- Professional development and training opportunities.
- Comprehensive employee benefits package.
If you are an experienced Manufacturing Engineer with a background in aerospace and composites, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join our client's dynamic team.
- Type:
- Permanent
- Start Date:
- ASAP
- Contract Length:
- N/A
- Contact Name:
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- Job Reference:
- 573884_1720433873
- Job ID:
- 221962120
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