Manufacturing Engineer

Manufacturing Engineer

Farnborough (on-site)
· circa £43 per hour
· initially 6 months
· 2-stage interview
· Mon‑Fri / 37 hours

Advantage Resourcing is working in partnership with a leading aerospace organisation seeking a Manufacturing Engineer. The successful applicant will support activities and technical topics across manufacturing systems and processes.

• Designing and validating the manufacturing system using system engineering tools and methodologies (cell-based layout, lean workflows, line balancing, capital equipment planning, plant layout, and process simulation).
• Defining shop floor needs and coordinating them with the Facilities Management department.
• Setting up and updating MRP/ERP shop-floor routings, job cards, standard operating instructions, and quality documentation.
• Preparing technical documentation and supporting procurement, supplier management, and Make-or-Buy assessments.
• Providing technical assistance and troubleshooting for manufacturing and supply chain activities.
• Applying APQP principles where relevant.
• Conducting Design for Manufacture and Design to Cost evaluations, feeding improvements back to design teams.
• Collaborating closely with Jig & Tooling, Design, Production, Calibration, and Maintenance groups.

• Proven experience within the aerospace and/or space sectors.
• Background in one or more areas such as avionics, assembly, integration, or testing.
• Experience developing assembly process documentation and ERP routings.
• Familiarity with root cause and corrective action (RCCA) methods.

• PLM and ERP tools (eg Arena and Microsoft Dynamics 365)
• Creation of test plans in an Avionics environment
• Your experience with creating/editing BoMs.

Sounds like you? Apply now or Whats App/ring Lukas - (phone number removed) / (phone number removed)

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