Lead Composite Manufacturing Engineer – Aerospace

Omega; Bradley Stoke; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Omega seeks a Lead Manufacturing Engineer (Composites) in Gloucestershire to lead the ME and Tooling teams, delivering hands-on engineering and guiding a growing manufacturing function in aerospace composites.

The role requires practical leadership, experience in carbon/advanced composites, and a track record of APQP, PFMEA, PPAP, and delivering MOms; you will own the manufacturing readiness for new products and drive improvements in a fast-moving scale-up environment.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated leadership and ability to manage manufacturing teams.
• Extensive knowledge of composite materials and manufacturing processes.
• Strong understanding of lean manufacturing and NPI delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead the plant ME and Tooling teams.
• Own the Manufacturing Engineering delivery plan for the plant.
• Deliver hands-on Manufacturing Engineering work as part of the role.
• Support BD with quotations, including process assumptions, tooling requirements and costings.
• Create routings and BoMs for production and tooling activities.
• Create full Methods of Manufacture (MoMs).
• Develop and implement quality control procedures.
• Deliver APQP process on NPI with PFMEA and control plans.
• Own local manufacturing readiness for new products and processes.
• Review production data and recommend improvements.
• Lead structured problem solving for manufacturing, tooling, quality and process issues.
• Develop plant capability through skills matrices.

Skills

Leadership

Lean manufacturing

Project management

Composite materials

Manufacturing engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing Engineering or related field

Tools

APQP

PFMEA

MoMs

BoMs

Job description

Omega seeks a Lead Manufacturing Engineer (Composites) in Gloucestershire to lead the ME and Tooling teams, delivering hands-on engineering and guiding a growing manufacturing function in aerospace composites.

The role requires practical leadership, experience in carbon/advanced composites, and a track record of APQP, PFMEA, PPAP, and delivering MOms; you will own the manufacturing readiness for new products and drive improvements in a fast-moving scale-up environment.