Manufacturing Engineering Technical Specialist

We have an exciting opportunity for a Lead Manufacturing Engineering Specialist to join our team on a hybrid-working basis. In this role you will play a pivotal role in our manufacturing operations team, shaping the; NPI / Repair strategies and requirements for DFevents, ensuring efficient production processes, adherence to quality standards, and timely project completion.

The role on offer is supporting the Future Combat Air Line of Business, this role will help plan future manufacturing activities to deliver products to schedule, quality and cost. The successful candidate will be supporting the business through developing & executing the Operations NPI process, Repair Definition, DFx and Manufacturing & Repair requirement strategies aligning with Leonardo lines of business throughout the UK.

What you will do as a Manufacturing Engineer:

• Providing specialist input including the application of specialist skills and knowledge into a project team to help ensure the delivery of a technically sound solutions, meeting all stakeholder requirements within an NPI environment.
• Lead the maturity of prototyping with a heavy focus on technical requirements generation & DFX.
• Define the future requirements for products and services across the life cycle of the programme.
• Harmonise Manufacturing Engineering activities across multiple sub-system projects (UK wide).
• Lead failure investigations, aware of all the project issues, able to prioritise and championing the solutions and deliverables using known problem solving techniques (e.g. 8D).
• Work in a highly skilled team, providing key inputs and data to aid Operations decisions and failure review boards.
• Tracking external developments and disruptive technologies to identify exploitation and knowledge sharing within the project team.
• Ensuring the development of manufacturing processes by studying product requirements; researching, designing, modifying, and testing manufacturing methods and equipment; understanding feedback from Leonardo operators, conferring with equipment vendors or external suppliers.
• Act as a Manufacturing Engineering authority in order to formally approve product / process / technology change.
• Lead and deliver Manufacturing Engineering sections of the Manufacturing Maturity Reviews, maintain governance through the Lifecycle Management process and create / contribute / review and/or lead Manufacturing Plans.
• Advising and participating on improving policies and processes within the operations framework.
• Ensure manufacturing decision-making information is robust with objectives and results.
• Reviewing production schedules; reviewing production labour and material costs; estimating future requirements.
• Prepare product and process reports by collecting, analysing, and summarizing information and trends
• Create a culture which improves manufacturing efficiency by generating innovative ideas and solutions also ensuring capacity analysis, simulation planning workflow, space requirements, and equipment layout
• Review manufacturing documentation, can include input to process specific risk assessments, COSHH data, technical reports, specification.
• Assure product and process quality by designing methods; validation/verification of process capabilities; establishing standards; confirming manufacturing processes.
• Assure manufacturing data i.e. routings, production plans, control plans and electronic work instructions
• Promoting a culture of best practice sharing and knowledge exploitation.
• Mentor, coach and develop more junior members of the team in order to develop overall capability.
• Providing domain experience in support of customer and user engagement and product road maps.
• Maintain product and company reputation by complying with government regulations.

What we are looking for:

• Minimum HND in relevant discipline or equivalent experience.
• Experience in leading NPI, Repair Definition, DFX Manufacturing & Repair requirement activities.
• Manufacturing systems & process knowledge including PLM, ERP, MES and QMS/BMS.
• Experience in early phases of the product development life cycle (AS9145 – APQP phase 1 &
  2).
• Experience in Process Failure Mode & Effects Analysis (PFMEA).
• Ability to…