Lead Manufacturing Engineer - Aerospace

The Collective Network Limited; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 68,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

The Collective Network Limited seeks a Lead Manufacturing Engineer - Aerospace at the Gloucester plant. You will lead the manufacturing engineering and tooling teams while continuing to perform hands-on technical work.

You’ll drive APQP, PFMEA and readiness checks, write methods, routings and process documentation, support bids and tooling concepts, and lead root-cause problem solving as the business scales internationally.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in manufacturing engineering in production or NPI.
• 3+ years leading a technical team.
• Practical composites knowledge and an understanding of AS9100.
• CAD skills, ideally SolidWorks.
• Metallic machining and tooling experience is a real plus on top of the composites knowledge, as are AFP and Six Sigma.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop and plan the workload of the ME and Tooling teams
• Own the plant's manufacturing engineering plan, balancing Operations' priorities with Engineering's standards
• Take new products from design into production through APQP, PFMEA and readiness checks
• Write the methods, routings and process documentation that build parts
• Support bids and tooling concepts
• Drive root cause problem solving when things go wrong

Skills

Manufacturing engineering

Team leadership

AS9100 knowledge

Composites knowledge

Process improvement

Tools

SolidWorks

Job description

Lead Manufacturing Engineer - Aerospace

Up to £75,000

Gloucester

Want to lead a team without becoming a spreadsheet-and-meetings manager? This one keeps your hands on the work.

Our client is a fast-growing advanced composites manufacturer supplying aerospace, automotive, defence and space. They need a Manufacturing Engineering Lead to run the manufacturing engineering and tooling teams at their Gloucester plant, while still delivering technical work yourself.

You’ll:

• Lead, develop and plan the workload of the ME and Tooling teams
• Own the plant's manufacturing engineering plan, balancing Operations' priorities with Engineering's standards
• Take new products from design into production through APQP, PFMEA and readiness checks
• Write the methods, routings and process documentation that build parts
• Support bids and tooling concepts
• Drive root cause problem solving when things go wrong

You’ll need:

• 5+ years in manufacturing engineering in production or NPI
• 3+ years leading a technical team
• Practical composites knowledge and an understanding of AS9100
• CAD skills, ideally SolidWorks
• Metallic machining and tooling experience is a real plus on top of the composites knoweldge, as are AFP and Six Sigma.

You’ll help set how manufacturing engineering works as the business scales internationally.