Senior Manufacturing Engineer in Scotland

Protecting What Matters. Powering the Future of Naval Technology. Ultra Maritime is a global leader in advanced maritime defence solutions. We operate at the forefront of innovation, delivering technologies that protect lives, secure nations, and enable a safer, more sustainable world.

Collaborates with internal functions including programmes, engineering, quality and supply chain to provide solutions and solve moderately complex problems to deliver projects on-time, on-quality and on-budget. Identifies best practice and determines product design and build requirements. Ensures New Product Development (NPD) proactively addresses safety issues. Works with Engineering & Test Systems as required to develop and refine test specifications, test procedures, control manufacturing processes and procedures to increase yield and eliminate quality failures. Tracks, identifies and reports opportunities to improve cost performance through a wide variety of options including influencing the design, process improvement, automation and make vs. buy. May carry out duties off-site as required based on project need. Troubleshoots and resolves issues, estimating time requirements for operations. Recommends and implements improvements or modifications in the sequence of operations, equipment utilisation and related matters in order to increase efficiency and cost savings.

Responsibilities

• Understand the Value Creation Plan (VCP) for assigned products and identify time or cost saving measures to achieve annual targets.
• Work closely with the IPT to support the product family.
• Identify design improvements and work with engineering to implement.
• Support the definition of outsourcing and CAPEX strategies, together with the Shopfloor Support Team, Project/CI Team and Supply Chain.
• Work with the shop floor team (and other teams such as Test Systems where required) to address product quality issues, HPU reduction and yield improvement activities, and drive through RCCA to prevent recurrence.
• Act as Operations PoC for 8D activity for the assigned product family.
• Lead investigations, bringing in appropriate stakeholders as required.
• Support New Product Introduction activities, including: Bid estimates and generation of work packages. Design for Manufacture/Test (alongside Test Systems where required).
• Support engineering and production to generate prototypes.
• Generate Operations Management Plans and other documentation needed to support the LCM process.
• Develop routings, processes and documentation for handover to production.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in a related field and at least three years of related experience. Lean Six Sigma certification preferred.

Security Requirements

This role requires a baseline personnel security standard check (BPSS) as a minimum and some roles may require further national security vetting checks. Candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full security clearance, which may require additional evidence.

Benefits

• Optional 9-day fortnight TOIL.
• Flexible working hours – finish 1pm on a Friday.
• Annual bonus dependent on level: non-managers 5% and managers 10%.
• Hybrid working for certain job roles.
• Casual dress.
• 25 days holiday.
• Christmas shut-down – use three days of annual leave to cover this.
• Option to buy or sell holiday.
• Option to purchase private health care, dental, critical illness coverage via salary sacrifice.
• Reward hub – discounts at over 200 online stores.
• 4× annual salary life cover.
• Pension starting at 5% employer contribution and 4% employee contribution, with employee contribution levels ranging from 4% to 70%.

Equality & Diversity

Ultra Maritime is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We strive to build an open, inclusive workplace where ideas flourish and every individual can make a meaningful impact.