At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead manufacturing improvements and support production in a dynamic engineering environment.
- Company: Join a leading aerospace manufacturer committed to quality and innovation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, career growth, and opportunities for professional development.
- Other info: Collaborative team culture with exciting projects and leadership opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in aerospace manufacturing while driving continuous improvement initiatives.
- Qualifications: Degree in Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering; experience in regulated environments preferred.
The predicted salary is between 45000 - 55000 £ per year.
- Role: Senior Manufacturing Engineer
- Permanent
Role Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced
Senior Manufacturing Engineer to provide technical leadership and operational support within a manufacturing engineering environment. The successful
Senior Manufacturing Engineer will drive process improvements, support production, lead continuous improvement initiatives, and ensure manufacturing processes meet the highest standards of quality, efficiency and product safety.
This role also provides leadership within the Manufacturing Engineering team, coordinating priorities and deputising for the Manufacturing Engineering Manager when required.
- Role & Responsibilities of Senior Manufacturing Engineer
- Provide senior manufacturing engineering support to Production, Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain and Operations.
- Lead structured problem-solving activities, including containment, root cause analysis, corrective and preventive actions, and effectiveness reviews.
- Drive Zero Defect initiatives, PFMEA activities and manufacturing risk reduction.
- Deliver continuous improvement projects focused on safety, quality, delivery, cost, capacity, scrap reduction, cycle time and process flow.
- Manage multiple engineering projects with clear plans, milestones, risks and escalation routes.
- Coordinate Manufacturing Engineering priorities, allocate workloads and maintain team progress.
- Deputise for the Manufacturing Engineering Manager during meetings, customer reviews and technical escalations.
- Prepare and support Capital Expenditure (Capex) requests, including technical justifications, cost-benefit analysis and implementation planning.
- Support Capex projects through specification, supplier engagement, installation, validation, training and handover.
- Maintain manufacturing documentation, including standard work, routings, BOMs, tooling records, stage drawings and work centre data.
- Maintain manufacturing master data using SAP or equivalent ERP systems.
- Utilise Solid Works or equivalent CAD software to support tooling, fixtures and manufacturing documentation.
- Support New Product Introduction (NPI), design for manufacture activities and engineering change implementation.
- Collaborate with internal teams and suppliers to develop robust manufacturing methods and process controls.
- Support Product Safety activities by ensuring manufacturing risks and controls are effectively managed.
- Represent Manufacturing Engineering during customer audits, technical reviews and escalation meetings.
- Apply Lean Manufacturing techniques including 5S, waste reduction, standard work and process capability improvements.
- Ensure manufacturing changes are validated, documented, communicated and effectively implemented.
Requirements of a Senior Manufacturing Engineer
- Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent industry experience.
- HNC/HND qualifications will be considered with significant experience within a regulated manufacturing environment.
- Proven experience as a
Senior Manufacturing Engineer within aerospace or another highly regulated manufacturing sector.
- Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, process development, tooling, validation, work instructions and controlled engineering change.
- Experience leading manufacturing improvement projects from concept through to implementation.
- Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement, RCCA, CAPA an
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Contact Details:
Apex Resource Management Ltd Recruitment Team
We think you need these skills to ace Senior Manufacturing Engineer in Coventry
Technical Leadership
Process Improvement
Continuous Improvement Initiatives
Root Cause Analysis
PFMEA
Project Management
Capital Expenditure (Capex) Planning
