Manufacturing Engineer

Acro Aircraft Seating Ltd; Crick; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Pension contributions up to 5%

Employee Assistance Programme

Retail discounts

Hybrid working (1 day a week from home

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Job summary

Acro Aircraft Seating is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to join our production engineering team. You will design and implement production processes to improve efficiency, quality, and profitability across our high‑volume seat manufacturing operations.

In this role you will launch new products into mass production, develop SOPs, PFMEA documentation, and lead continuous improvement on current processes. You will work hybrid, with one day per week from home, and collaborate across functions to

Qualifications

• Degree in an engineering field (mechanical, chemical, electrical or manufacturing).
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Positive attitude with eagerness to learn and adapt to new techniques.
• Ability to prioritise and multi-task in a fast-paced production environment.
• Experience working in cross-functional teams and manufacturing settings.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with New Product Development to launch products into mass production.
• Design and implement efficient build sequences and assembly line layouts.
• Author SOPs and PFMEA documentation.
• Design and manufacture bespoke tooling, jigs and fixtures.
• Conduct trial builds both virtually and physically.
• Drive continuous improvement across processes and products.
• Support issue resolution on existing production lines.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Problem solving

Learning agility

Multi-tasking

Time management

Team collaboration

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

Acro Aircraft Seating is one of the UK’s leading and fastest growing manufacturers of passenger seats for commercial airlines around the world. We are an agile, innovative business at the forefront of disrupting the aerospace market. Through modern methodologies, lean techniques, inspired innovation, and passion to be the best, Acro is positioning itself to be the world’s leading aircraft seating supplier.

Collaboration is one of Acro’s core values, by working together and applying our skills and expertise across Sales, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain and Operations, we find the solutions to our clients’ most complex challenges and how we deliver our promises today and tomorrow

Job Description

A Manufacturing Engineer will be part of a team that designs and implements an organisation’s production processes. Manufacturing Engineers are responsible for maintaining and improving the efficiency and quality of the production processes to produce a better product, at a lower cost and improve the profitability of an organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• To work alongside our New Product Development team to ensure successful launch of
• New products into mass production, including:
• Driving best practice design for manufacture and assembly
• Determining the most efficient build sequence and assembly line layout
• Authoring standard operating procedures (SOPs)
• Design and manufacture of bespoke tooling, jigs and fixtures
• Author and update PFMEA documentation
• Conducting trial build events both virtually and physically
• Drive continuous improvement on all current processes and products
• Support issue resolution through effecting problem solving on existing production lines

Skills and experience required

• The ideal candidate will be degree qualified in an engineering field (such as mechanical,
• Chemical engineering, electrical or manufacturing)
• Good interpersonal skills
• A positive attitude with an eagerness to learn
• Have a keen interest in manufacturing and engineering
• Able to communicate effectively
• Aptitude for learning new techniques
• Capable of prioritising and multi-tasking
• Capable of working to agreed schedules
• Capable of working as part of a multi-functional team
• Ability to solve problems
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Pension contributions up to 5%
• Employee Assistance ProgrammeRetail discounts
• 37.5 hours per week, 1 pm finish on a Friday
• Hybrid working (1 day a week working from home)
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Acro Aircraft Seating is an equal opportunities employer.

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