Manufacturing Engineer

As Manufacturing Engineer, you can make an immediate impact as a key member of the manufacturing engineering team, supporting major programmes from development to production through process planning, change management and continuous improvement methodologies.
You will be the Manufacturing Engineering authority on process planning, equipment, tooling and producibility and lead and own manufacturing engineering work streams and projects for my corporate client in the Aerospace industry.

You will have the opportunity to work alongside leading thinkers in the aerospace industry at a company renowned for cutting edge technologies and innovative solutions. A corporate benefits package and transparent career development opportunities are on offer within this vibrant Engineering environment.

About the job:

The client currently requires Senior Manufacturing / Manufacturing Engineers to take a lead on all manufacturing and assemblies as well as process improvement. The job will involve;
*Acting as a key member of the manufacturing engineering team, supporting major programmes from development to production and BAU through process planning, change management and continuous improvement methodologies.
*Liaising with internal departments (Purchasing, Quality, IPTs) and, on occasion, dealing directly with the customer and supplier.
*Providing input into product changes and modifications, to ensure they are designed for efficient manufacture and assembly.
*Providing robust solutions to production issues ensuring cost, quality and time metrics.
*Acting as the Manufacturing Engineering authority on process planning, equipment, tooling and producibility.
*Lead and own manufacturing engineering work streams and projects.
*Lead and motivate teams to achieve manufacturing business milestones.

About you:

As a Manufacturing Engineer your skills and qualifications will ideally include:
*Hold a degree in engineering (or equivalent experience)
*Having held a previous senior/lead manufacturing engineer position in Aerospace Industry (preferred), or be time served within a high precision production organisation or have a broad based engineering background (Desirable)
*A depth of experience in machining processes (e.g. CNC, special purpose), NDT and surface treatments and quality inspection (Desirable)
*Strong experience in assembly techniques and good attention to detail of aerospace components and assemblies (Desirable)
*Strong background in reviewing and approving engineering drawings of aerospace components and assemblies (Desirable)
*Sound knowledge of manufacturing considerations for Grade-1/ safety-critical parts (Preferred)
*Strong experience in robust review of engineering changes and implement into current production line (Essential)
*Good understanding of MRP system, engineering and manufacturing Bill of Materials (Essential)
*Depth of experience in driving process improvement (Preferred)
*Having good interpersonal skills and be able to work independently and as part of a team (Desirable)
*Working knowledge of FMEA, Quality improvement tools (6-Sigma or equivalent), DFX (Essential)
*Understanding of current and cutting edge manufacturing processes and equipment (Essential)
*Working knowledge of developing tooling, equipment to support production (Essential)
*Understanding of estimation, value mapping for work packs (Preferred)
*Working experience of Product lifecycle management system (Preferred)
*Ability to efficiently convert technical information & engineering drawing data into work instructions & technical narratives (Essential)

Senior Manufacturing / Manufacturing Engineer
Wimborne
Permanent
Salary negotiable

Keywords: Manufacturing, Production, Assembly, Process planning, Change management, Continuous Improvement, Aerospace, Machining, CNC, NDT, MRP, BOM, Quality, FMEA, Tooling.

Electus Recruitment Solutions provides specialist engineering and technical recruitment solutions to a number of high technology industries. We thank you for your interest in this vacancy. If you don't hear from us within 7 working days please presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. You are of course free to resubmit your CV/details in the future and we shall assess your suitability at that time.

Due to the nature of work undertaken at our client's site, incumbents of these positions are required to meet special nationality rules and therefore these vacancies are only open to sole British Citizens. Applicants who meet this criteria will also be required to undergo security clearance vetting, if not already security cleared to a minimum SC level.

This is a permanent position.

Electus Recruitment Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.