Aerospace Manufacturing Engineer – Onsite, UK – Drive Improvements

Collins Aerospace; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday (buy/sell 5)

Company pension (5–10%)

Cycle to work scheme

Bupa Health Care

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Job summary

Collins Aerospace, a leader in aerospace and defence, seeks a Manufacturing Engineer to support build and braze operations, collaborate with Design, Quality, Operations and Supply Chain, and implement manufacturing improvements to ensure on-time delivery and quality.

Responsibilities include creating SOPs, evaluating investigations with RCCA tools, driving SRR improvements, designing fixtures, and procuring new equipment while maintaining production support.

Qualifications

• Qualified to HNC/HND minimum in a relevant Engineering discipline.
• Worked previously as a Manufacturing Engineer within aerospace, automotive or industrial sectors. Familiar with Quality, Industrialisation and Operations processes. Working with sheet metal parts, castings, complex parts machined from billet and complex assemblies.
• Competent user of ERP systems such as SAP and MES systems such as Solumina.
• Be able to demonstrate technical knowledge from previous roles. A good understanding of technical drawings and GD&T is essential.
• Experience in continuous improvement activities and root cause investigation techniques such as 8D analysis, fault tree, fishbone diagrams etc.
• Has practical experience of operating within a production or external supply chain facility.
• Experience in Design work would be highly desirable.
• Project management focussing on new processes (ie: moving towards automation) would also be desirable.

Responsibilities

• Creating and maintaining standard operating procedures and manufacturing specifications.
• Support customer/internal investigations using problem resolution tools and RCCA techniques.
• Initiate and drive continuous improvement activities to remove waste and improve efficiency, Scrap, Rework and Repair (SRR).
• Co-ordinating corrective actions from investigations.
• Designing and updating jigs, fixtures and tooling including creating drawings for manufacture.
• Raising orders for new equipment as required.
• Ensuring the Operations function is supported to facilitate on time delivery.

Skills

Manufacturing engineering experience

Quality processes

Industrialisation

Operations processes

Sheet metal parts

Castings

Machining from billet

Complex assemblies

Technical drawings

GD&T

Root cause analysis

8D analysis

Fault tree

Fishbone diagrams

Production experience

Design experience

Project management

Education

HNC/HND in Engineering

Tools

SAP

Solumina

Job description

Collins Aerospace, a leader in aerospace and defence, seeks a Manufacturing Engineer to support build and braze operations, collaborate with Design, Quality, Operations and Supply Chain, and implement manufacturing improvements to ensure on-time delivery and quality.

Responsibilities include creating SOPs, evaluating investigations with RCCA tools, driving SRR improvements, designing fixtures, and procuring new equipment while maintaining production support.