Job Title: Manufacture Engineer Machining and Assembly

SF26499

Location: Bristol

Job Specification

Manufacture Engineer (Machining and Assembly) Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Manufacture Engineer to join our Production department within Defence Systems Technology (DST), Ashton, Bristol.
DST is a business unit within the Marine Sector of Babcock International Group. We are looking for individuals with Manufacture Engineering experience of products with high complexity and low volume. The successful applicant will join a diverse and dynamic team of production, project, engineering and other functional staff working together to deliver exciting cutting edge defence projects to UK and international clients.

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will work for our Production Engineering Manager as part of a central production engineering team.
It is expected that the successful candidate will take full ownership of the assigned tasks to assist in achieving the project objectives.
They will use an ERP system to create requisitions for materials, produce manufacture routings and shop orders for machined components. They will carry out 'Design for Manufacture' with our design teams and support our procurement team with equipment in the Supply Chain.

Required Experience / Qualifications

• Proven Manufacture Engineering experience.
• Must have completed a machining apprenticeship plus an additional 5 years shop floor experience.
• Extensive turning and milling manufacturing knowledge and ability to calculate manufacture cycle times of single piece part components
• Continuous improvement and implementation of lean manufacture techniques.

Desirable Skills

• Wide breadth of knowledge in manufacture techniques and ability to carry out estimating of large projects using 2D drawings and 3D models.
• Understanding of fabrication and welding processes.
• Competent to use an ERP system (e.g. SAP or IFS)

Attributes

• Very organised, methodical and excellent problem solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills and able to work with people at all levels of the business.
• Able to manage internal stakeholders.
• Good attention to detail.
• Must be able to work with little or no supervision
• Must possess good reasoning and problem-solving abilities

Location

Bristol is a vibrant city in south west England with a wide range of attractions, landmarks, events and shopping. It has excellent transport links and is only 1.5 hours from London by train.

Security Information

Successful candidates will need to satisfy Ministry of Defence security requirements and may be required to complete a medical assessment.

Company Information

This role is within the Marine Sector of Babcock International Group. The Marine Sector delivers a wide array of complex through-life marine engineering services. Ranging from UK and international naval fleet support, commercial marine, engineering consultancy, weapons handling, equipment support, intelligence, cyber security and training delivered through unique owned and managed infrastructure to defence and civil customers across the globe.
We continue to demonstrate our support for diversity in engineering by growing our relationships with universities and schools to encourage young people to take up science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) internationally and we are proud to be official partners of the UK Government's 2018 Year of Engineering campaign.
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