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Senior Manufacturing Engineer - Ealing
Job Posted: 13 days ago
Salary: £ Competitive
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Greenford, London
Expire in: 15 days
Job Description
Important: All applicants must be able to obtain Security Clearance and be a sole British national.
Working: This role offers some hybrid working and flexible working opportunities
The Senior Manufacturing Engineer will be working collaboratively with Engineering, Production and other Project Team members, to review new product designs, advise on Design for Manufacture principles & support Production to meet their daily targets.
The Senior Manufacturing Engineer role focuses on introducing new products into manufacturing by ensuring designs are standardised, manufacturable, and efficient. It involves developing production plans, designing layouts and tooling, supporting prototype builds, and leading continuous improvement initiatives. The position also supports daily production to achieve quality, cost, and delivery targets while maintaining safety and operational excellence.
Key Responsibilities & Duties
Ensure the designs released to production are standardised, manufacturable and testable. This will involve attending Project Meetings, Design Reviews and DFM Reviews.
Support prototype builds to highlight and resolve problems prior to full scale production.
Submit Manufacturing plans, detailing layouts, process maps, cycle times, resourcing levels, tooling, capital equipment, facility upgrades and workstation setup.
Lead the New Product Introduction Phase of the Design Process, ensuring that product quality, project timescales, cost targets, configuration and traceability requirements are met. This will also include training of Operations staff.
Design and implement new production lines and facility layouts. This will include submissions for Capital Expenditure.
Develop, design and implement Production Jigs, Fixtures and Tooling, to improve materials handling, standardisation and manufacturing efficiency.
Calculate Work cell and production line balancing, by conducting Time & Motion studies and Value Stream Mapping.
Create Routings on the Company ERP System, detailing process steps and standard times.
Conduct root cause analysis of Non- Conformances and implement corrective actions.
Manage equipment maintenance scheduling, to minimise production stoppages.
Estimate costs, production times and staffing requirements for new designs. Follow up by monitoring production times to ensure published Product Costs are being achieved. Also investigate any anomalies that are highlighted.
Developing and maintain work instructions, to ensure consistent standards are followed.
Actively target scrap, rework and non-value-added activities. Achieving this by working with cross function teams, utilising Continuous Improvement methodologies
Work with Procurement and Production Support to improve material flow and reduce inventory.
Investigate new techniques and equipment to ensure the Company's manufacturing philosophy incorporates current best practice.
Support production, to assist achieving on-time delivery of customer orders. This will include attending production daily meetings, assisting on resolving any issues that may arise and minimising disruption to production.
Follow Health and Safety procedures and address any Risks, in order to maintain a safe working environment.
Skills, Qualification and Experience
Degree in Industrial or Mechanical Engineering, or other Engineering discipline with significant manufacturing experience
Continuous improvement techniques such as LEAN, Six-Sigma and TQM
Work measurement and standardisation
Competency in ERP systems, including development of routings and Bill of Material structures
Familiarity with 3D CAD drawing packages and competency in 2D CAD design.
Strong data analysis abilities.
Understanding of Engineering Change Control processes
Interpreting engineering drawings, schematics, and other documentation
Experience managing small teams (desirable)
Company overview:
Want to work for a successful business, who develop advanced specialist systems to deliver warfighting edge in the modern maritime and underwater battlespace?
The company have a number of awards, most recently been named as an Award winner (Gold Award) in MoD Defence Employer Recognition Scheme!
Some company benefits are:
Optional 9 day fortnight
TOIL
Flexible working hours
1pm finish on a Friday
Annual bonus
Casual dress
25 days holiday
Christmas shut down.
Option to buy or sell holiday.
Option to purchase private health care, dental, critical illness etc via salary sacrifice.
Reward hub - discounts at over 200 online stores
4 x annual salary life coverBefore You Apply
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