Manufacturing Engineering Lead (FAL)

In the role of Manufacturing Engineer Lead, you will be responsible for leading a team of manufacturing engineers on our Final Assembly Line. Ensuring product designs meet manufacturing and assembly requirements, you will have a solid knowledge and understanding of the new product introduction process and be working at a competent/proficient level.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide Engineering Support to the Final Assembly lines.
• Drive ME team to ensure design for assembly/manufacture issues are highlighted and eliminated at every key stage of the production.
• Lead lessons learnt sessions of previous Shipset issues at the beginning of projects.
• Facilitate problem solving activities.
• Eliminate non-value adding activities and promote continuous improvement.
• Manage operations configuration tracker.
• Support production readiness reviews.
• Assist with ergonomic workshops.
• Promote and encourage teams on 5S and lean principles, ensuring wastes are eliminated during the design of the production process and the team is trained in the application of lean methodology.
• Manage APQP & PPAP documentation to ensure they are compiled and released at the correct level of quality and on time.
• Ensure PFMEAS are reviewed and all actions are closed.
• Identify and budget for tools and equipment requirements, ensuring specification documents capture functional, ergonomic, and health and safety requirements.
• Carry out root cause analysis to resolve issues, organising the required team and ensuring the process is duly carried out.
• Ensure department documents are properly controlled and periodically reviewed to keep them up to date and compliant with the company’s engineering change procedure.
• Communicate effectively and professionally with customers and suppliers, maintaining confidentiality of information.
• Line management responsibility for recruitment, induction for new employees, ongoing performance management, absence, coaching, mentoring, and providing feedback/recognition and support for wellbeing.
• Carry out periodic performance development reviews (PDRs) of team members, supporting employees with their professional development to achieve their career aspirations.
• Encourage a culture of continuous improvement within the team.
• Coach and mentor younger engineers.
• Identify tooling and equipment requirements for new processes and write specification documents for supplier quotations, working with suppliers to ensure requirements are met.
• Check and approve engineering drawings, ensuring the effect of tolerances on the assembly process is taken into consideration.

Essential Skills for this role:

• HNC, HND, B.Eng. in Mechanical, Manufacturing or similar engineering OR gained through an apprenticeship in a relevant engineering.
• Proven experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Proven experience of leading and developing a technical team.
• Experience of working within company and regulatory processes, standards and specifications.
• Excellent knowledge of design for manufacture and assembly principles.
• Good knowledge and application of Lean Six Sigma principles.
• Ability to interpret 2D drawings.
• Good leadership and team management skills.

Desirable Skills for the role:

• APQP & PPAP.
• PFMEA.
• 3D CAD modelling software (CATIA).
• Aircraft seat manufacture.
• Project management.