Aerospace Electrical Manufacturing Engineer

Manpower UK Ltd; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in aerospace manufacturing seeks an Aerospace Manufacturing Engineer for a 12-month contract in Cheltenham. The role involves supporting shop floor operations, developing tooling for new designs, and improving manufacturing processes. Candidates should have experience in electrical engineering and harness manufacture, with a focus on problem-solving and process improvement.

Qualifications

• Experience in electrical engineering/manufacturing.
• Knowledge of IPC620 and harness manufacture.

Responsibilities

• Generate work instructions/SOPs for the shop floor.
• Provide technical support and react to build issues.
• Lead root cause corrective action investigations.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Problem solving

Job description

Role: Aerospace Manufacturing Engineer

Location: Cheltenham

Duration: 12 months

Rate: up to 50/hour (Umbrella only)

Inside IR35

Products: Electro Mechanical - power distribution systems

Key Responsibilities

• Providing support to shop floor by generating work instructions/SOPs in the form of build manuals or routings.
• Reacting to shop floor queries and build issues and providing technical support (ANDON)
• Developing and introducing tooling/formboards for manufacturing new designs of wiring harnesses
• Running process improvement activities to reduce waste through build process of electrical power management panels
• Leading route cause corrective action investigations
• Supporting NPI/development projects in the introduction of new designs
• Performing FAI/verification on manufactured assemblies

Key Experience required:

• Electrical engineering/manufacturing
• Harness manufacture
• Awareness & practice of IPC620
• Electromechanical assemblies i.e. contractors, relays, wiring, power distribution
• Manufacturing/production line support
• Creation and maintenance of SOPs, build manuals, routings etc
• Formboards

Desirable

• Shop floor layout
• Lean six sigma
• Problem solving
• Manufacturing readiness levels/production readiness levels
• Design for manufacture
• PFMEAS
• Problem solving & RCCA
• Configuration management