Senior or Principal Manufacturing Engineer ( Lead Engineer)

ASSYSTEM; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy in the UK is seeking a Senior / Principal Manufacturing Engineer to lead the development of manufacturing capability for a nuclear defence project. The role involves managing teams, interfacing with stakeholders, and ensuring compliance with industry standards. Candidates should have over 3 years of experience in engineering projects and strong knowledge of manufacturing processes. This is a full-time position located in Derby, with no remote work options.

Qualifications

• 3+ years managing engineering projects in tooling-related industries.
• Strong interpersonal skills and experience managing teams.
• Knowledge of manufacturing machining methods and metallurgy.
• Awareness of product lifecycle management (PLM) tools.
• Experience estimating planning and budgeting.
• Demonstrate nuclear professionalism in a regulated sector.
• Good understanding of UKCA marking and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of manufacturing capability for nuclear sector.
• Manage manufacturing teams during acquisition process.
• Provide technical authorship in bid proposals.
• Build relationships with stakeholders.

Skills

Lean Manufacturing

Six Sigma

CNC Programming

Machining

Tooling

CAD

Assembly Experience

SolidWorks

Kaizen

Job description

Senior / Principal Manufacturing Engineer (Lead Engineer)

Location: Derby

Your Future Team

As part of a growing account Assystem Energy & Infrastructure are looking to increase our Engineering capability to respond to an increase in demand for a new client account. We are therefore recruiting for a Senior or Principal Technical Lead for Manufacturing Capability.

As a Technical Lead you will be involved in developing an engineering capability with responsibility for managing and delivering manufacturing capability resources to support engineered solutions. This work is to support current and future manufacturing requirements for the nuclear defence sector.

Your Missions

• Support development and growth of a Manufacturing capability within a growing client base.
• Lead manufacturing teams in Requirements Capture and down‑selection processes for acquiring equipment and ultimately conduct Validation and Verification through to implementation of equipment to an Operational Plant.
• Provide technical authorship within a Bid proposal process and Bid management experience.
• Build effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders including client representatives.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable evidence (3yrs) of managing and delivering engineering projects in tooling‑related industries including experience in managing and developing multi‑discipline teams.
• Strong interpersonal skills in managing manufacturing teams, excellent communication and ability to interface with multiple levels of internal and client stakeholders.
• Knowledge of manufacturing machining methods and ensuring processes meet manufacturability requirements. Knowledge of metallurgy of metallics and / or composite materials exposure to assessing defect criteria and using tools and techniques (LEAN Principles 5 Whys) NDE detection methods welding techniques and equipment acquisitions.
• Awareness of PLMs (Teamcenter) and use of MS Suite to produce or check technical documentation providing guidance and mentorship to the Manufacturing delivery team and their deliverables.
• Experience in estimating planning and budgeting for the discipline within a programme of work.
• Able to demonstrate nuclear professionalism and best practices or experience in a highly regulated sector.
• Working knowledge of regulatory compliance to Nuclear Industry standards with desirable experience delivering equipment plant and systems.
• Ideally possess Nuclear industry or heavy industry production experience to support precision engineering‑related projects.
• Experience applying current Legislative Regulations (e.g. Machinery Directive PUWER CDM Regulation) and respective Engineering Standards (ASME BS EN).
• Good understanding of UKCA Marking (CE marking) Security and Safety Classifications QA / QC grading for equipment.
• Experience working within the Supply Chain and a track record of managing suppliers as an Intelligent Customer.
• Experience with full life cycle of equipment Construction Commissioning Installation and Handover processes is desirable.
• Commercial awareness (engineering procurement and commercial models of delivery EPC / NEC4).
• Project Management experience (quotation processes estimating cost‑to‑complete scheduling resourcing risk management reporting and presenting to stakeholders).
• Experience in compliance with Quality Management Systems and Business Management Systems.

Additional Information

Please be aware that many roles at Assystem are subject to both security and export control restrictions.

These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation.

All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in theUK depending on the vetting level required for the role to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Equal Employment Opportunity

We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills talent and our peoples ability to dare are the only things that matter! Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.

Key Skills

Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, CNC Programming, Lean, Machining, Tooling, CAD, CNC, Assembly Experience, SolidWorks, Kaizen, Manufacturing

Employment Details

Remote Work: No

Employment Type: Full-time