Junior Aerospace Manufacturing Engineer - MES & Shop Floor

ALTEN Group; Broughton; Remote; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical Insurance

Cycle & Tech Scheme

Employee assistance programme

Life insurance

Pension scheme

Team gatherings

Job summary

ALTEN is seeking a Junior Manufacturing Engineer to support an aerospace manufacturing programme on site at Broughton. You will work closely with production teams, providing day-to-day engineering support and resolving technical and manufacturing queries.

You will train shop-floor employees in using the Manufacturing Execution System (MES) and help ensure processes and digital work instructions are followed correctly.

Qualifications

• Experience in a manufacturing, production or shop-floor environment.
• Understanding of manufacturing and production processes.
• Able to provide hands-on support to shop-floor operators.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to understand technical information and work instructions.
• Comfortable using digital manufacturing systems and learning new software.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day engineering support on the manufacturing shop floor.
• Respond to and help resolve technical queries from production teams.
• Support manufacturing activities and investigate production issues.
• Provide guidance to operators on engineering and manufacturing processes.
• Support and train shop-floor employees in the use of the MES platform.
• Help ensure manufacturing information and digital work instructions are followed.
• Work closely with Manufacturing, Production, Quality and Engineering teams.
• Identify opportunities to improve manufacturing processes and ways of working.

Skills

Manufacturing experience

Manufacturing processes

Shop-floor support

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Technical information

Digital manufacturing systems

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Engineering

Equivalent military experience

Tools

MES / Manufacturing Execution Systems

Job description

ALTEN is seeking a Junior Manufacturing Engineer to support an aerospace manufacturing programme on site at Broughton. You will work closely with production teams, providing day-to-day engineering support and resolving technical and manufacturing queries.

You will train shop-floor employees in using the Manufacturing Execution System (MES) and help ensure processes and digital work instructions are followed correctly.