Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Gold Group; Huddersfield; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Gold Group is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer in Huddersfield for a permanent, 4-day-week role. You will join a multi-disciplined team working on complex aerospace and defence systems, providing technical guidance and SME support for gear profile generation and finishing operations.

The ideal candidate holds an engineering degree, has aerospace/defence manufacturing experience, and can lead PFMEAs, make-vs-buy assessments, and sign off at design gates.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering or related field.
• Experience in aerospace, defence or heavy engineering manufacturing.
• Experience with turning, boring, milling and gear cutting.
• Strong metrology knowledge and measurement data analysis.
• Ability to read GD&T and create manufacturing drawings.
• Experience in manufacturability assessments and tooling/inspection methods.
• Knowledge of heat treatment and quality controls.
• PFMEA and root cause analysis proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance to manufacturing and assembly teams to ensure quality and schedule alignment.
• Act as SME for gear profiles (hobbing, shaping, grinding) and finish grinding, coordinating with Design Eng.
• Lead PFMEAs, process mapping, risk mitigation, and procedures.
• Lead make-versus-buy assessments for complex machined components considering capability and costs.
• Sign off at design gates (PDR/CDR) for manufacturing readiness.
• Assess supplier machining capability and inspection methods.

Skills

Aerospace experience

Defence industry

Heavy engineering

Rotating components machining

Metrology

GD&T interpretation

Machining strategies

PFMEA / RCA

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering

Job description

Job Title: Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Location: Huddersfield 4 days per week (4 day week available)

Role Type: Permanent

Salary: £50,000 - £60,000 + benefits

Our client, an established engineering consultancy, require an experienced Senior Manufacturing Engineer to join their multi-disciplined team working complex aerospace & defence systems.

Candidates would need to hold British nationality and have lived & worked in the UK for 5+ years and be eligible for SC security clearance.

What the role of the Senior Manufacturing Engineer entails:

• To provide technical guidance and problem-solving skills to the manufacturing and assembly teams to help ensure the build quality and relevant standards are achieved and attained in line with the overall programme schedule
• To be the communication line between manufacturing/assembly and engineering ensuring clear and accurate direction is given to the relevant teams
• To be the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for gear profile generation (hobbing, shaping, and profile grinding) and finish grinding (journals & cones/ thrust faces), liaising between the Design Engineering team and the machine tool operators.
• To provide guidance of manufacturability of components and capability of the machine tools to ensure a right first time approach is achievable and to support the design projects in design reviews, providing clear input
• To lead PFMEAs; incl. process mapping, risk mitigation and creation/ approval of procedures and protocols
• Lead make-versus-buy assessments for complex machined components based on capability, cost, capacity, risk and certification constraints.
• Provide manufacturing sign-off at design gates (PDR, CDR, release to manufacture).
• Assess supplier machining capability (number of axis, deep hole drilling, gear cutting, grinding, heat treatment, NDT, etc.).

What experience you need to be the successful Senior Manufacturing Engineer:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering or a related discipline.
• Experience in a similar manufacturing engineering role within aerospace, defence or heavy engineering.
• Experience with rotating component manufacturing, including turning, boring, milling, gear cutting and grinding.
• Strong understanding of dimensional metrology, digital measurement systems and measurement-data analysis.
• Ability to interpret technical drawings, GD&T, materials and surface finishes, and produce or approve manufacturing drawings.
• Experience assessing manufacturability, machining strategies, tooling and inspection methods.
• Knowledge of heat treatment processes, quality assurance and manufacturing process controls.
• Proficiency in root cause analysis, PFMEA and failure mode analysis.