Supplier Support Manufacturing Engineer

Airbus; Filton; Hybrid; GBP 41,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working at Filton

Paid overtime over 35 hours

Contract until 01/04/2027

Job summary

Airbus is recruiting a Supplier Support Manufacturing Engineer in Filton, offering 80% hybrid work after an initial on-site period. The role focuses on providing hands-on manufacturing engineering support to the Airbus supplier network for A320/A321 programmes and beyond.

You will analyse supplier capabilities, support New Product Introduction, lead supplier industrial reviews and drive design-to-manufacture input for industrialisation, with occasional global travel.

Qualifications

• Experience liaising with suppliers and reviewing quality issues with them directly.
• Ability to assess drawings for manufacturability with focus on tolerances.
• Knowledge of drawing dimensioning and machineability for aircraft parts.
• Understanding of aircraft drawings and how they translate into manufacturing processes.
• Experience using CATIA for design-to-manufacture input.

Responsibilities

• Providing technical Manufacturing Engineering support to Aerostructure and Detail Parts suppliers across serial programmes and next-generation aircraft
• Supporting New Product Introduction and Transfer of Work activity within the supplier network
• Analysing the industrial capability of potential suppliers
• Contributing to the Transfer of Work project team and organising industrial kick-off meetings with suppliers
• Leading Supplier Industrial Reviews until Industrial Coordination Handover
• Using manufacturing expertise to improve quality and support supplier capability
• Working with suppliers to review quality issues and non-quality in the supply chain
• Taking part in Root Cause Analysis of Technical Abnormalities with Procurement Operations
• Contributing to Design Reviews, providing design-to-manufacture input for industrialisation
• Supporting process improvement, technology dissemination and industrial innovation projects at suppliers
• Coordinating activities within your area and passing information to stakeholders
• Occasional travel to suppliers, including global travel if required

Skills

Manufacturing engineering

Manufacturing processes

Design for manufacturability

CATIA

Supplier liaison

Drawing tolerances

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

CATIA

Job description

Supplier Support Manufacturing Engineer

Location: Filton, near Bristol (80% hybrid, full-time on site initially)
Hours: 35 hours per week (4.5 days, between 7am and 7pm)
Pay: PAYE £30.00 per hour | Umbrella £40.13 per hour
IR35: Inside
Security: BPSS+ clearance (completed by Airbus Security)

Help Airbus suppliers get production right, from first drawing to finished part.

Guidant Global is recruiting a Supplier Support Manufacturing Engineer on behalf of Airbus. You will join the Industrial Systems Support for Suppliers team (OMS department) at Filton, providing hands‑on Manufacturing Engineering support to the Airbus supply chain.

The team makes sure suppliers are industrialised to the performance targets expected across Airbus programmes. Your focus will be the Single Aisle family (A320/A321), with potential to support all programmes, on current production and the next generation of aircraft.

What You'll Be Doing

• Providing technical Manufacturing Engineering support to Aerostructure and Detail Parts suppliers across serial programmes and next-generation aircraft
• Supporting New Product Introduction and Transfer of Work activity within the supplier network
• Analysing the industrial capability of potential suppliers
• Contributing to the Transfer of Work project team and organising industrial kick-off meetings with suppliers
• Leading Supplier Industrial Reviews until Industrial Coordination Handover
• Using your manufacturing expertise to improve quality and support supplier capability
• Working with suppliers directly to review quality issues and non-quality in the Aerostructure and Detail Parts supply chain
• Taking part in Root Cause Analysis of Technical Abnormalities with Procurement Operations, to determine whether manufacturing capability is the cause
• Contributing to Design Reviews, providing design-to-manufacture input for industrialisation
• Supporting process improvement, technology dissemination and industrial innovation projects at suppliers
• Providing industrial support on modifications
• Acting as the manufacturing industrial authority on development projects, with a focus on co-design
• Coordinating activities within your area and passing information to internal and external stakeholders through established reporting channels
• Travelling to suppliers occasionally, including globally if required

What We're Looking For

Essential

• Technical background in manufacturing engineering, with a manufacturing background
• Sound knowledge of manufacturing processes and methods
• Ability to assess design drawings for detailed manufacture, with a particular focus on manufacturability
• Good understanding of tolerances and drawing dimensioning, with machineability in mind
• Understanding of aircraft drawings
• Working knowledge of CATIA
• Experience of liaising with different suppliers and reviewing quality issues with them directly

Desirable

• Aerospace experience or background
• Degree level in Engineering or equivalent (experience is valued over qualifications)

What's on Offer

• The chance to support a global supplier network across Airbus programmes
• Hybrid working at Filton (80% hybrid), following an initial period full time on site to get up to speed
• A contract running to 01/04/2027, with a likely extension
• Paid overtime over 35 hours at the standard rate (AP Grade and above)
• A one-stage virtual interview process

Inclusive Recruitment

Guidant Global is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation or background. If you need any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know and we will be happy to help.