Manufacturing Engineer
Posted 1 week ago by Matchtech
£57 Per hour
Inside
Onsite
Basildon, Essex
Summary: The Manufacturing Engineer role involves developing robust solutions for the transition of new products from design to production within an Aerospace and Defence context. The position requires planning and delivering work while providing technical advice to internal and external customers. Applicants must be willing to undergo security checks and will work on-site in Basildon on a contract basis. The role is classified as inside IR35 and offers a competitive hourly rate.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop manufacturing processes by studying product requirements and testing methods and equipment.
- Organize Manufacturing Maturity Reviews and maintain governance through the Lifecycle Management process.
- Provide manufacturing decision-making information and resolution proposals by reviewing production schedules and costs.
- Prepare product and process reports by collecting and analyzing information and trends.
- Resolve complex product and production issues on the shop floor.
- Improve manufacturing efficiency through capacity analysis and workflow planning.
- Review manufacturing documentation and contribute to risk assessments and technical reports.
- Assure product and process quality through validation and establishing standards.
- Contribute to failure investigations and assure manufacturing data accuracy.
- Identify continuous improvement activities and mentor junior team members.
- Maintain compliance with government regulations to uphold product and company reputation.
Key Skills:
- Degree in relevant engineering discipline or equivalent experience.
- In-depth understanding of manufacturing processes and principles.
- Ability to influence and negotiate using data and analysis.
- Understanding of operational and cross-functional business processes.
- Ability to take ownership of work packages and plan workloads.
- Knowledge of multiple phases of the Product Life Cycle.
- Experience in peer reviewing work within a product team.
- Ability to communicate technical concepts non-technically.
- Experience in capability and process development.
- Familiarity with Industry 4.0 / Smart factory principles is a plus.
Salary (Rate): £56.50/hour
City: Basildon
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Other
Our client, an Aerospace and Defence supplier is looking for Manufacturing Engineers to join them on a contract basis at their site in Basildon.Due to the nature of the role, applicants must be willing to undergo basic security checks if successful.£56.50 p/h Umbrella, inside IR35.12 month initial contract.Onsite in Basildon.
What you'll do as a Manufacturing EngineerIn this role, you will be responsible for or developing robust solutions to ensure the smooth transition of our new products from design into production. You will be expected to plan and deliver your own work, across medium term planning horizons and provide complex technical advice to both internal and external customers.
Typical Accountabilities & activities will include:
- Developing manufacturing processes by studying product requirements; researching, designing, modifying, and testing manufacturing methods and equipment; understanding feedback from operators, conferring with equipment vendors or external suppliers
- To prepare for and organise Manufacturing Maturity Reviews, maintain governance through the Lifecycle Management process and create / contribute / review and/or lead Manufacturing Plans
- Provide manufacturing decision-making information with resolution proposals by: Reviewing production schedules; reviewing production labour and material costs; estimating future requirements
- Prepare product and process reports by collecting, analysing, and summarizing information and trends
- Ability to resolve complex product and/or production issues & constraints (relieving bottlenecks) on shop floor reacting efficiently to escalation from manufacturing teams
- Improve manufacturing efficiency by capacity analysis, simulation planning workflow, space requirements, and equipment layout
- Review manufacturing documentation, can include input to process specific risk assessments, COSHH data, technical reports, specification
- Assure product and process quality by designing methods; validation/verification of process capabilities; establishing standards; confirming manufacturing processes
- Contribute to failure investigations to know problem-solving techniques (e.g. 8D)
- Assure manufacturing data i.e. routings, production plans, control plans and electronic work instructions
- Identifying continuous improvement activities to develop skills and competencies within Manufacturing Engineering
- Complete improvement and development projects by training and interacting with the organisations' manufacturing engineer community
- Promoting a culture of best practice sharing and knowledge exploitation
- Mentor, coach and develop more junior members of the team in order to develop overall capability
- Providing domain experience in support of customer and user engagement and product road maps
- Maintain product and company reputation by complying with government regulations
What we need from you Degree in 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 line of reasoningA detailed understanding of the operational framework and business processesAn understanding of cross functional / commercial business processes and their own impactAbility to take ownership of a work package; planning and scheduling own workload and the work of othersOperational understanding of project work and how the work of the team impacts upon other project activitiesDemonstrated knowledge and experience of multiple phases of the Product Life Cycle and the associated processesExperience of peer reviewing the work of others inside a product team and within a sub Engineering Unit and ensuring the resulting actions are implementedDemonstrated knowledge of the risk / reward process associated with engineering activity informing the activities of a product team and own sub-engineering unitAbility to communicate concepts in a non-technical wayConfidence and ability to challenge / respond to technical / process issuesAbility to interact effectively with customers and suppliersBeen involved in capability and / or process development, demonstrating an ability to implement a change to working practices It would be nice if you hadExperience developing manufacturing capability and understanding of Industry 4.0 / Smart factory principles