Manufacturing Engineer

Summary: The Manufacturing Engineer role in Basildon involves developing and optimizing manufacturing processes while ensuring compliance with quality standards and government regulations. The position requires a high level of UK Security clearance and focuses on improving manufacturing efficiency and mentoring junior team members. The role is a 12-month contract with a pay rate of up to £57 per hour, classified as inside IR35.

Key Responsibilities:

• Developing manufacturing processes by studying product requirements; researching, designing, modifying, and testing manufacturing methods and equipment.
• Preparing for and organizing Manufacturing Maturity Reviews, maintaining governance through the Lifecycle Management process, and creating/contributing/reviewing and/or leading Manufacturing Plans.
• Providing manufacturing decision-making information with resolution proposals by reviewing production schedules, production labour and material costs, and estimating future requirements.
• Preparing product and process reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.
• Resolving complex product and/or production issues & constraints on the shop floor, reacting efficiently to escalation from manufacturing teams.
• Improving manufacturing efficiency by capacity analysis, simulation planning workflow, space requirements, and equipment layout.
• Reviewing manufacturing documentation, including input to process-specific risk assessments, COSHH data, technical reports, and specifications.
• Assuring product and process quality by designing methods; validating/verification of process capabilities; establishing standards; confirming manufacturing processes.
• Contributing to failure investigations using problem-solving techniques (e.g., 8D).
• Assuring manufacturing data, including routings, production plans, control plans, and electronic work instructions.
• Identifying continuous improvement activities to develop skills and competencies within Manufacturing Engineering.
• Completing improvement and development projects by training and interacting with the organizations’ manufacturing engineer community.
• Promoting a culture of best practice sharing and knowledge exploitation.
• Mentoring, coaching, and developing more junior members of the team to enhance overall capability.
• Providing domain experience in support of customer and user engagement and product road maps.
• Maintaining product and company reputation by complying with government regulations.

Key Skills:

• Degree in a relevant engineering discipline or equivalent experience in role.
• In-depth understanding of manufacturing processes and principles.
• Ability to influence and negotiate with others using data and analysis to support reasoning.
• A detailed understanding of the operational framework and business processes.
• An understanding of cross-functional/commercial business processes and their impact.
• Ability to take ownership of a work package; planning and scheduling own workload and the work of others.
• Operational understanding of project work and its impact on other project activities.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience of multiple phases of the Product Life Cycle and associated processes.
• Experience of peer reviewing the work of others inside a product team and ensuring resulting actions are implemented.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the risk/reward process associated with engineering activity.
• Ability to communicate concepts in a non-technical way.
• Confidence and ability to challenge/respond to technical/process issues.
• Ability to interact effectively with customers and suppliers.
• Experience in capability and/or process development, demonstrating an ability to implement changes to working practices.
• Experience developing manufacturing capability and understanding of Industry 4.0/Smart factory principles.

Salary (Rate): £57.00/hr

City: Basildon

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other