Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Leonardo; Southampton; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Time to Recharge

Secure your Future

Your Wellbeing Matters

Rewarding Performance

Never Stop Learning

Refer a friend

Tailored Perks

Flexible working

Job summary

Leonardo in Southampton is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to support Navy programmes, ensuring robust, compliant manufacturing processes across complex projects.

You will join a team that develops and sustains operations, improves methods, and helps deliver world-class production for Leonardo products with a strong link between engineering and shop floor teams.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of manufacturing processes and principles.
• Ability to articulate technical understanding.
• Strong problem solving and data analysis skills.
• Experience with peer review and implementing actions.
• Awareness of Product Life Cycle and IPT interactions.

Responsibilities

• Improve manufacturing processes and transfer to production.
• Support Manufacturing Maturity Reviews and Lifecycle Governance.
• Provide manufacturing data to assist production scheduling and cost reviews.
• Create and maintain routings, production plans, control plans and work instructions.
• Collaborate with IPT functions to ensure integrated requirements.
• Participate in continous improvement activities.

Skills

Practical manuf knowledge

Clear communication

Problem solving

Data analysis

Peer-reviewed work

Lifecycle awareness

IPT awareness

Education

HND or above in engineering

Job description

Job Description:

Your Impact

We have an exciting opportunity for a Manufacturing Engineer to join our Navy team in Southampton

Working closely with Integrated Project Teams (IPTs), you will play a key role supporting manufacturing development activities across a range of complex naval programmes. You will act as the link between engineering and manufacturing ensuring that products are designed and developed with efficient, robust and compliant manufacturing processes in mind.

As a Manufacturing Engineer you will join the team to develop, improve and support the operations manufacturing processes and equipment enabling world-class production of Leonardo products.

NPI & Sustaining

• Continuously improve manufacturing processes by studying product requirements, modifying and testing manufacturing methods and equipment; ensure successful transfer to production where appropriate
• To assist and support the preparation of Manufacturing Maturity Reviews, maintain governance through the Lifecycle Management process
• Under guidance provide manufacturing decision‑making information to aid reviewing production schedules; reviewing production labor and material costs; estimating future requirements
• Prepare product and process reports by collecting, analysing, and summarizing information and trends
• Ability to resolve routine product and/or production issues & constraints (relieving bottlenecks) on shop floor reacting efficiently to escalation from manufacturing teams
• Participate under guidance in manufacturing efficiency objectives by participating in capacity analysis, simulation planning workflow, space requirements, and equipment layout
• Create and maintain manufacturing documentation set out by and accessed manufacturing engineering peers
• Create and maintain product and process methods set out by and accessed manufacturing engineering peers ; understanding of process capabilities; understanding standards; confirming manufacturing processes
• Support to Material & Failure Review Boards and failure investigations
• Maintain manufacturing data i.e. routings, production plans, control plans and electronic work instructions
• Participating in continuous improvement activities to develop skills and competencies within Manufacturing Engineering
• May supervise an Industrial Placement or Summer Student
• Working with / participating with IPT functions (e.g. engineering design, quality) to ensure the ongoing integration of requirements
• Maintain product and company reputation by complying with government regulations

What you’ll bring

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• Good practical knowledge of manufacturing processes and principles
• Ability to articulate and explain technical understanding
• Good problem solving skills
• Data analysis skills
• Demonstrated achievement of own tasks within an engineering discipline
• Demonstrated experience in having own work peer reviewed and implementing resulting actions
• Awareness of a single phase of the Product Life Cycle and the associated discipline processes
• Awareness of engineering decision making and risk/reward trade-offs associated with IPT engineering activity
• Awareness of related engineering disciplines and levels of interaction required within an IPT

Qualifications

• HND or above in an engineering related discipline

This is not an exhaustive list, and we are keen to hear from you even if you might not have experience in all the above. The most important skill is a good attitude and willingness to learn.

Security Clearance

This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government's Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personnel Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NSV) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV). For more information and guidance please visit: https://careers.uk.leonardo.com/gb/en/security-and-vetting

Why join us

At Leonardo, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We offer a comprehensive, company-funded benefits package that supports your wellbeing, career development, and work-life balance. Whether you're looking to grow professionally, care for your health, or plan for the future, we're here to help you thrive.

• Time to Recharge: Enjoy generous leave with the opportunity to accrue up to 12 additional flexi-days each year.
• Secure your Future: Benefit from our award-winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution.
• Your Wellbeing Matters: Free access to mental health support, financial advice, and employee-led networks championing inclusion and diversity (Enable, Pride, Equalise, Armed Forces, Carers, Wellbeing and Ethnicity).
• Rewarding Performance: All employees at management level and below are eligible for our bonus scheme.
• Never Stop Learning: Free access to 4,000+ online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn Learning.
• Refer a friend: Receive a financial reward through our referral programme.
• Tailored Perks: Spend up to £500 annually on flexible benefits including private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech & lifestyle discounts, gym memberships and more.
• Flexible working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part time opportunities, please talk to us about what might be possible for this role.

For a full list of our company benefits please visit our website.

Leonardo is a global leader in Aerospace, Defence, and Security. Headquartered in Italy, we employ over 53,000 people worldwide including 8,500 across 9 sites in the UK. Our employees are not just part of a team—they are key contributors to shaping innovation, advancing technology, and enhancing global safety.

At Leonardo we are committed to building an inclusive, accessible, and welcoming workplace. We believe that a diverse workforce sparks creativity, drives innovation, and leads to better outcomes for our people and our customers. If you have any accessibility requirements to support you during the recruitment process, just let us know.

Primary Location:

GB - Southampton

Contract Type:

Permanent

Hybrid Working:

Hybrid