Manufacturing Engineer

Morgan Ryder; Pickering; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Employer pension 5%

Health Cash Plan & wellbeing

Employee Assistance Programme

Death in Service

Onboarding support

Innovative culture

Job summary

Morgan Ryder is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to join a high-performing advanced composites environment supporting aerospace and defence applications. This hands-on role ensures complex components are optimised for manufacture, delivered right first time, and continuously improved throughout their lifecycle.

You will drive manufacturability, improve process performance, and support seamless transition of structures into full-scale production, from tooling discussions to handover.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Manufacturing Engineer in a composite manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of composite manufacturing processes and production techniques.
• Proven ability to lead manufacturing projects from concept through to production.

Responsibilities

• Drive continuous improvement across composite manufacturing processes using Lean tools and structured problem-solving.
• Lead RCCA activity to eliminate repeat non-conformances.
• Support first-off builds and ensure robust production readiness.
• Develop and maintain job cards, work instructions, and production planning documentation.
• Collaborate with production and process engineers on tooling, materials, and fixture selection.
• Improve accuracy of manufacturing estimates (hours and materials).
• Support alignment between design intent and manufacturability.

Skills

Lean methods

Root cause analysis

Manufacturing engineering

Production readiness

Cross-functional collab

Job description

Contract OR permanent opportunities available

Step into a role where engineering meets impact-where your decisions directly shape the performance of advanced composite components operating in some of the most extreme air, land, and sea environments on the planet.

We are seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to join a high-performing, forward-thinking advanced composites manufacturing environment supporting aerospace and defence applications. This is a hands-on, production-facing engineering role where you will help ensure complex composite components are fully optimised for manufacture, delivered right first time, and continuously improved throughout their lifecycle.

The Opportunity

You will operate at the critical interface between engineering and production-ensuring manufacturability, improving process performance, and supporting the seamless transition of complex composite structures into full-scale production.

From early-stage tooling discussions through to production handover, you will play a key role in making manufacturing more efficient, consistent, and robust.

You will:

• Drive continuous improvement across composite manufacturing processes using Lean tools and structured problem-solving
• Lead root cause and corrective action (RCCA) activity to eliminate repeat non-conformances
• Support first-off builds and ensure robust production readiness
• Develop and maintain job cards, work instructions, and production planning documentation
• Collaborate with production and process engineers on tooling, materials, and fixture selection
• Improve accuracy of manufacturing estimates (hours and materials)
• Contribute to materials review boards and engineering change activities
• Support alignment between design intent and manufacturability
• Full right to work in the UK without requiring visa sponsorship, now or in the future.
• Eligible to obtain Security Clearance, with a minimum of five years' continuous UK residency.
• Demonstrated experience as a Manufacturing Engineer within a composite manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of a range of composite manufacturing processes and production techniques.
• Proven ability to lead and deliver manufacturing projects from initial concept through to full production implementation.

Why This Role?

This is an opportunity to work in a specialist advanced composites environment where engineering quality and manufacturing excellence go hand in hand. You will be part of a fully integrated facility where design, tooling, manufacturing, and testing are closely aligned-allowing real engineering ownership from concept through to delivery.

You'll also benefit from:

• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Pension scheme (employer contribution up to 5%)
• Health Cash Plan and wellbeing support
• Employee Assistance Programme (including family access)
• Death in Service cover
• Structured probation and onboarding support
• A culture built on innovation, teamwork, agility, accountability, integrity, and leadership

If you are a Manufacturing Engineer who thrives on improving complex composite processes and turning engineering intent into reliable production reality, this is a role where your impact will be immediately visible and genuinely valued.