Manufacturing Engineer

Company Description

Join the world of the future in a fast-growing international company! At SEGULA Technologies you will have the opportunity to work on exciting projects and help shape the future within an engineering company which is at the heart of innovation. SEGULA Technologies serves clients in engineering covering the Rail, Automotive, Aerospace, Marine and Energy sectors. We focus on design, construction, installation, commissioning, operation, maintenance, decommissioning and dismantling also covering logistics and documentation.

Job Description

The Opportunity

We are looking for a Manufacturing Engineer to join this world-class engineering company. You will be part of the Manufacturing Operations business unit, which is a leader in delivering defence electronics, mission-critical systems for situational awareness, electronic warfare, communications and surveillance across the land, air and sea domains.

As a Manufacturing Engineer, you will have the opportunity to build cross-functional relationships and be a positive influence within the project teams to support the future of the business and affect the production process.

What You’ll Do As a Senior Manufacturing Engineer

In this role, you will be responsible for the smooth transition of our new products from design into manufacture and will lead the front-end manufacturing engineering activities, from providing DFx input (Primarily design for manufacturing, assembly & test) into the design, to solving production capability issues. Your technical and project management skills will help to ensure that new products are introduced into operations in a timely, efficient, cost-effective and accurate manner.

As a Manufacturing Engineer you will join the team to develop, improve and support the operations manufacturing processes and equipment enabling world-class.

Typical Accountabilities & Activities Will Include

• Developing manufacturing processes by studying product requirements; researching, designing, modifying, and testing manufacturing methods and equipment; understanding feedback from client operators, conferring with equipment vendors or external suppliers.
• Participate and support Manufacturing Maturity Reviews, maintain governance through the Lifecycle Management process and create/contribute to Manufacturing Plans.
• Provide manufacturing decision-making information to aid:

• Reviewing production schedules; reviewing production labor and material costs; estimating future requirements.
• Prepare product and process reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.

What We Need From You

• Degree in relevant engineering discipline or equivalent experience in role.
• Excellent solid practical knowledge of manufacturing processes and principles.
• Ability to articulate and explain technical understanding.
• Good problem-solving skills, data analysis skills.
• Demonstrated achievement and delivery of own work packages within a single engineering discipline.
• Demonstrated experience in having own work peer-reviewed and implementing resulting actions.
• Demonstrated knowledge of more than one phase of the Product Life Cycle and the associated discipline processes.
• Demonstrated awareness of engineering decision-making and risk/reward trade-offs associated with project engineering activity.
• Knowledge of related engineering disciplines and levels of interaction required within a project.

It would be nice if you had

• Experience implementing/using Lean Manufacturing principles and methodologies such as 5S and Value Stream Mapping.
• Experience with Lean 6 Sigma and/or formal qualification i.e. Green / Black Belt.
• Experience working with Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) principles.
• Experience reviewing mechanical component technical drawings.
• Extensive knowledge of metallic machining principles and technologies.
• Experience of working in an electronics environment.

Additional Information

• Permanent
• Competitive salary
• Location: Luton
• 3 days on-site optional 2 days WFH
• 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Employment type: Full-time

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