Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Round-Peg Solutions; Blackburn; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace engineering firm in Blackburn seeks a Senior Manufacturing Engineer with expertise in Siemens NX and complex precision manufacturing. You will create manufacturing controls, develop NC programs, and mentor junior engineers. This role offers opportunities for technical training and career development within a forward-thinking team focused on lean engineering and manufacturing excellence.

Qualifications

• High degree of competence in complex, precision manufacturing processes.
• Experience in CAM systems, preferably Siemens NX.
• Mentoring experience with junior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Create and establish manufacturing controls for machining processes.
• Provide NC programs and process instructions.
• Identify and mitigate non-conformance using PFMEA.

Skills

Complex precision manufacturing processes

NC programming (5 axis Milling & turning)

CAM systems (Siemens NX)

Driving pFMEA & Control Plan

Tool & fixture designs

Lean knowledge and experience

Education

Degree, HNC / HND or equivalent experience

Job description

Are you a Senior Manufacturing Engineer with a background in Siemens NX? Would you like to work with some of the most precisely engineered products in the aerospace industry? Would you like to work with the most technically advanced equipment within a world-class manufacturing facility? If so, this may be the opportunity for you…

The responsibilities of the Senior Manufacturing Engineer role are as follows :

• Create, validate and establish the manufacturing controls for the detailed operations within the machining processes
• Provide NC programs (Siemens NX), fixtures and process instructions which deliver solutions within agreed timescales and to an agreed cost
• Identify and eliminate, within the documented method, all potential sources of non-conformance utilising PFMEA risk mitigation, yield analysis, process surveillance and lean engineering
• Apply Lean Six Sigma principals and methods to achieve world class manufacturing capability
• Mentoring Junior Engineers

The skills required to fulfil the role of Senior Manufacturing Engineer are as follows :

• Degree, HNC / HND or equivalent experience
• High degree of competence in complex, precision manufacturing processes, systems and inspection processes
• NC programming (5 axis Milling & turning)
• CAM systems (ideally knowledge of Siemens NX)
• Driving pFMEA & Control Plan controlled manufacture
• Tool & fixture designs
• Experience of mentoring junior engineers
• Lean knowledge and experience

The successful Senior Manufacturing Engineer will be offered the opportunity to develop the next generation of aerospace engineering technology. You will be working within a dynamic, forward-thinking team who are constantly striving for lean engineering and manufacturing excellence in a highly scientific environment. The business is highly focused on the development of personnel. Therefore, you will enjoy technical engineering training and career development with a global leader. If you are a Senior Manufacturing Engineer that is looking for an interesting challenge in the precision engineering field, please get in touch…