Production Engineering Manager

Boeing; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace company in Birmingham is seeking a Production Engineering Manager to oversee a team and ensure efficient operations for the E7 Build Program. Responsibilities include growing engineering capabilities, managing resources, and providing technical support. The ideal candidate will have strong technical planning skills and the ability to influence others. This position requires the candidate to obtain UK Security Clearance.

Qualifications

• Must be able to obtain UK Security Clearance.
• Experience in Technical Planning and Manufacturing Engineering is required.

Responsibilities

• Grow Engineering capability from strategic and tactical perspectives.
• Ensure continuous improvement across the capability.
• Manage all tasks associated with direct reports.
• Develop and maintain Statement of Work to meet programme requirements.
• Provide technical coordination for project work.

Skills

Understanding of Material Review Board processes

Technical Planning expertise

Excellent Systems Engineering knowledge

Strong IT skills

Customer Facing skills

Team Building skills

Leadership Skills

Ability to influence without direct control

Problem-solving in challenging circumstances

Job description

Overview

Position: Production Engineering Manager — Boeing Defence UK (BDUK). This role reports to the BDUK Design, Maintenance, Modifications and Manufacturing Engineering Manager and is the First Line Leader for a team of Production Engineers supporting the E7 Build Program. The role coordinates day-to-day for the Material Review Board (MRB), Manufacturing Planning (MP), Manufacturing Engineering (ME) and Industrial Engineering (IE), interfaces with on-site leadership to ensure the team operates efficiently, and contributes technical input to deliver the Production Engineering work scope to programmes and business development opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Growing the Engineering capability for the company from both a strategic and tactical perspective


• Continuous Improvement across the capability including interfaces to other engineering teams and other functions within the business


• Engineering inputs to programmes


• Input to Business Development campaigns and proposals


• Management associated tasks for your direct reports


• Develop and maintain Statement of Work (SOW) to satisfy current and emerging programme requirements


• Respond to changes to SOW, assess the impact and negotiate proposed changes to determine modifications to deliverables, resources, costs and schedules


• Identify metrics and report to leadership to provide a status of functional performance


• Compare actual results to baseline plan to assess project performance, efficiencies, productivity and lessons learned


• Plan, identify, and coordinate resources required to support the programme through the management of functional resource requirements and reporting into weekly reviews


• Define plans for risk, issue and opportunity mitigation ensuring items created through the execution of engineering activities are managed and reported appropriately


• Provide technical coordination for the development and execution of project work

Required Skills / Qualifications / Experience

• An understanding of the Material Review Board, Manufacturing Planning and Manufacturing Engineering and Industrial Engineering processes and activities


• Experience in Technical Planning; Excellent Systems Engineering process knowledge and skills; Good IT skills; Excellent Customer Facing, Team Building and Leadership Skills


• Able to influence staff not directly within their span of control and achieve desired results, able to think out of the box in challenging circumstances


• The ability to obtain UK Security Clearance

Applications & Compliance

• Applications for this position will be accepted until Sept. 11, 2025


• Export Control Requirements: This is not an Export Control position


• Relocation: Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position


• Security Clearance: This position requires the ability to obtain a BPSS clearance


• Visa Sponsorship: Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status


• Shift: Not a Shift Worker (United Kingdom)


• Equal Opportunity Employer: We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not accept unlawful discrimination in our recruitment or employment practices on any grounds including but not limited to race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military and veteran status, or other characteristics covered by applicable law. We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and welcome applications from candidates with disabilities. Applicants are encouraged to share with our recruitment team any accommodations required during the recruitment process. Accommodations may include but are not limited to: conducting interviews in accessible locations that accommodate mobility needs, encouraging candidates to bring and use any existing assistive technology such as screen readers and offering flexible interview formats such as virtual or phone interviews.

Job Details

• Seniority level: Not Applicable


• Employment type: Full-time


• Job function: Management and Manufacturing


• Industries: Airlines and Aviation, Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing, and Defense and Space Manufacturing