Manufacturing Engineer

Manufacturing Engineer
Contract – 12 Months – Outside IR35
Rate: £30–£35 per hour
Location: Customer sites across the UK & Europe (travel required)
Expenses: Travel and accommodation expenses fully covered

Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced Manufacturing Engineer to support manufacturing programmes across multiple customer sites throughout the UK and Europe. The role will focus on casting and machining processes for turbine blades and vanes, ensuring stable production, high yield, and compliance with quality standards.
This position requires a hands-on engineer capable of supporting process development, qualification activities, root cause investigations, and supplier collaboration to improve manufacturing performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and optimise casting processes to ensure stable production, high yield, and metallurgical conformity for blades and vanes.
• Validate machining operations by defining cutting parameters, tooling strategies, and process controls to achieve consistent dimensional accuracy.
• Support First Article Inspection Reports (FAIR) and process qualification activities including PFMEA, control plans, capability studies, and run-at-rate activities.
• Troubleshoot manufacturing issues across casting and machining processes to eliminate defects, reduce variation, and improve first-time-right performance.
• Work closely with suppliers and manufacturing teams to resolve process issues and enhance process capability across the supply chain.
• Ensure manufacturing processes comply with relevant quality standards, configuration control, and process requirements.

Required Experience

• Strong knowledge of casting and machining processes, particularly for turbine blades and vanes.
• Good knowledge of multiple manufacturing processes and production environments.
• Fully conversant in reading and interpreting engineering and manufacturing drawings.
• Strong understanding of GD&T (ASME Y14.5, JES 161).
• Experience with Measurement System Analysis (MSA).
• Hands-on experience using measuring and testing equipment (contact and non-contact, analogue and digital).
• Experience supporting root cause analysis and structured problem-solving techniques such as 8D.
• Working knowledge of quality control tools and Statistical Process Control (SPC).
• Experience working in cross-functional teams (CFTs) to develop PFMEA and control plans.
• Understanding of concessions, containment procedures and traceability techniques.

Desirable

• Experience working with turbine components or complex precision components.
• Experience supporting supplier manufacturing processes.