Manufacturing Engineer

Aeropeople Limited; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced Pension scheme

Flexi work pattern

40-hour week with early finish Fridays

Holiday entitlement 26 days+

Incentive Plan

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to Work

Life Assurance

Job summary

Aerospace and defence industry specialist Aeropeople Limited is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer for a Glasgow-based, on‑site role. The position involves leading manufacturing engineering activities, influencing design for manufacture, and delivering optimized processes across naval shipbuilding environments.

You will drive continuous improvement, manage facilities investments, and coordinate cross-functional teams to meet safety, quality, cost and delivery targets throughout the product

Qualifications

• Experience in Manufacturing/Process/Method Planning or related engineering fields.
• Ability to interpret requirements and engineering models and outputs.
• Root cause analysis using recognised techniques.
• Understanding cost, quality and schedule drivers and their interactions.
• Project and task management skills coordinating and delivering activities.

Responsibilities

• Influence, collaborate and coordinate Manufacturing Engineering activities, creating the future legacy for Shipbuilding on the Clyde and in our customer and partner facilities.
• Lead, develop and motivate assigned team members through good open and honest communications.
• Create, Define & Approve Facilities, Equipment, Tooling, Processes Manufacturing Instructions, Policies, Process Instructions, where appropriate, confirm and approve team member work.
• Understand and Influence Product Design to define optimised products to meet operational capabilities
• Create and support benefit cases for funded improvement and manages the facility investment project from concept to commissioning.
• Observe, collate, document data and use analysis tools to trend/make recommendations.
• Agree, prioritise, schedule and plan activities to meet Project/ Programme Requirements

Skills

Manufacturing

Process Planning

NC Programming

Tool Definition

Quality Engineering

Industrial Engineering

Production Engineering

Continuous Improvement

Facility Investment

Job description

Job Title:

Manufacturing Engineer

Salary:

up to £41,400 per annum dependent upon experience

Location:

Glasgow

We currently have a vacancy to join one of the world's leading, global defence, security and aerospace companies as a Manufacturing Engineer. The role will be based in Glasgow and will require the successful candidate to be on site full time although there may be some flexibility occasionally. This will be working a 37 hour week with a 1pm finish on Fridays.

The company works at the cutting edge of technology, creating more than 100 new inventions every year for customers in over 100 countries.

As a Manufacturing Engineer, you will have significant involvement in key Manufacturing Engineering projects. You will use your knowledge and experience to guarantee delivery of Manufacturing Engineering outputs into their customer Manufacturing Operations Function that ensure design intent can be met. The role holder will advise, coach and influence other team members from Manufacturing Engineering as well as collaborating with other functions: Engineering Quality, Supply-Chain.

As a Manufacturing Engineer you will develop, implement, improve optimum and govern capable methods of manufacture, assembly and installation within Naval Ships (including verification methods). These tasks will be optimised to meet customer and business requirements for Safety, Quality, Cost and Delivery throughout the product lifecycle including influencing design intent and Design for Manufacture.

Main Responsibilities:

• Influence, collaborate and coordinate Manufacturing Engineering activities, creating the future legacy for Shipbuilding on the Clyde and in our customer and partner facilities.
• Lead, develop and motivate assigned team members through good open and honest communications.
• Create, Define & Approve Facilities, Equipment, Tooling, Processes Manufacturing Instructions, Policies, Process Instructions, where appropriate, confirm and approve team member work.
• Understand and Influence Product Design to define optimised products to meet operational capabilities
• Create and support benefit cases for funded improvement and manages the facility investment project from concept to commissioning.
• Observe, collate, document data and use analysis tools to trend/make recommendations.
• Agree, prioritise, schedule and plan activities to meet Project/ Programme Requirements

Benefits:

• Enhanced Pension scheme- up to 14% combined
• Flexible working pattern including working from home/ flexible start and finish times
• 25 holiday days plus bank holidays- 26 days after 5 years' service/ 27 days after 10 years' service
• Early finish on Fridays
• Shared Incentive Plan
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Life Assurance (you and your spouse/ partner)- 6 x salary
• Ill Health Income Protection/ Private Medical Insurance- 50% of salary
• Shopping discounts

About You:

• Previous experience in either Manufacturing/ Process/ Method Planning, NC Programming, Tool Definition, Quality Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Production Engineering, Continuous Improvement, Manufacturing Systems Implementations or Facility Investment activities.
• To understand and interpret requirements, specifications and engineering models and outputs.
• To analyse problems into root causes rather than symptoms using recognised techniques. Conceptual and methodical thinking to describe and define processes and procedures
• Understanding cost, quality and schedule drivers and their interactions.
• Project and task management skills in coordinating and delivering successful activities

You must be eligible to apply for SC clearance and, therefore, must hold a British passport and have lived and worked in the UK for the past 5 years

About Aeropeople:

Aeropeople's expertise and experience is entrenched in the aerospace, aviation, engineering, motorsport, automotive, and defence industries. We have the insight and know-how at both a local and international level to help bring people and businesses together, saving time and energy. Our capability is validated through our Engineering Services division encompassing Aircraft Line Maintenance services and Continuing Airworthiness Maintenance Organisation (CAMO), combined with our Aviation Training division offering technical training aircraft courses.