Senior Manufacturing Engineer

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

Job summary

Gold Group in Huddersfield is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer for a permanent role with a 4-day week option. You will guide manufacturing/assembly teams, act as SME for gear profile generation and finish grinding, and ensure right-first-time manufacturing in complex aerospace and defence projects.

The ideal candidate has an engineering degree, experience with rotating components, PFMEA, GD&T, and lean process controls, and will be eligible for UK security clearance.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance to manufacturing and assembly teams to ensure build quality and adherence to standards.
• Act as the communication line between manufacturing/assembly and engineering to give clear direction to relevant teams.
• Be SME for gear profile generation (hobbing, shaping, profile grinding) and finish grinding, liaising with Design Engineering and machine tool operators.
• Guide manufacturability and machine-tool capability to ensure right-first-time outputs and support design reviews.
• Lead PFMEAs with 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 capabilities (axis count, deep hole drilling, gear cutting, grinding, heat treatment, NDT).

Skills

Aerospace manufacturing

Gear profile generation

PFMEA

Root cause analysis

GD&T

Machining capabilities

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering

Tools

Machine tools

Gear cutting

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.

This really is a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to progress their career.