Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Lockheed Martin; Ampthill; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Lockheed Martin Ampthill is looking for a Manufacturing Engineer to support the full product lifecycle from design to production. You will drive improvements in manufacturing processes, reduce costs and improve yield while meeting programme milestones.

As part of Operations Engineering, you will work cross-functionally with Industrial and Production Engineering, prepare process instructions, BOMs and routings, and participate in MDWT meetings to deliver robust, right-first-time manufacturing

Qualifications

• Experience in manufacturing process development.
• Ability to define operations sequences and lean layouts.
• Experience creating technical requirement specs.
• Knowledge of making manufacturing BOMs and routings.
• Familiarity with MDWT meetings.
• Experience supporting capital plans.
• Ability to liaise across Industrial/Production Engineering.
• Proven cost reduction focus.

Responsibilities

• Develop manufacturing processes.
• Define sequence of operations, procedures and layouts for assemblies and production.
• Provide basis of estimates for engineering activities.
• Identify tooling and fixturing requirements.
• Create detailed technical requirement specifications.
• Create manufacturing BOMs and routings.
• Participate in Level 1 & 2 MDWT meetings.
• Support Technology Roadmap improvements to current processes.
• Assist with capital plan requirements from definition to acceptance.
• Support full-rate production aligned with Ampthill business requirements.

Skills

Manufacturing processes

Lean manufacturing

Process documentation

Tooling & fixturing

BOMs & routings

Technical specs

MDWT participation

Capital planning

Cross-functional liaison

Job description

About The Role

The Operations Engineering team provides engineering resources to support Operational performance and major product development projects; from design through to engineering build and production support, to end of life of product. The team provides full product lifecycle support including prototype design & build, development and integration of the build documentation and supporting requirements of full production build.

About The Role

The Operations Engineering team provides engineering resources to support Operational performance and major product development projects; from design through to engineering build and production support, to end of life of product. The team provides full product lifecycle support including prototype design & build, development and integration of the build documentation and supporting requirements of full production build.

This role will focus on involvement through the full product lifecycle, with the aim to reduce manufacturing costs and improve yield at all stages, which will directly impact our customers, whilst supporting the Programme in delivery of the milestones.

As part of the Operations Engineering Team, the Manufacturing Engineer is the recognised point of contact for all matters related to their area of expertise, providing engineering advice, problem solving and co-ordination of activities in support of current and future business.

The Manufacturing Engineer will drive a proactive approach to right first time quality to promote growth, will enhance the reputation of the business through exceptional quality standards and contribute towards a significant reduction in overall manufacturing costs.

Required Skills, Qualifications And Experience

• Develop manufacturing processes.
• Defining sequence of operations, procedures and production layouts for assemblies, equipment installation, processing and material handling taking into account flow and lean philosophies.
• Providing Basis of Estimates for engineering activities and shop floor operations across a range of technologies and disciplines.
• Identifying any new tooling & fixturing requirements.
• Experienced in the creation of Technical Requirement Specifications.
• Creation of detailed process instructions.
• Creation of Manufacturing BOM’s / routings to aid ease of manufacture.
• Active involvement in the Level 1 & 2 MDWT (Mission Directed Work Team) meetings.
• Support and contribute the relevant section of the Technology Roadmap to identify improvements to current manufacturing processes and future requirements.
• Assist with the Technical requirements of the relevant section of the Capital plan from definition to acceptance.
• Supporting full rate production of a range of products aligned to the LMUK Ampthill Business requirements.
• Close liaison of activities with Industrial Engineering, Production Engineering and other functions as necessary.
• Support with the business process reviews and generation / update of relevant documentation.