Lead Manufacturing Engineering Specialist

Job Description

Lead Manufacturing Engineering Specialist Lead to join us at Leonardo in Southampton. You will be part of the Integrated Sensing and Protection (ISP) line of business, which is a leader in delivering defence electronics, mission critical systems for situational awareness, electronic warfare, communications and surveillance across the land, air and sea domains.

In this role as a Lead Manufacturing Engineering Specialist, you will have the opportunity to provide leadership and vision in the realm New Product Introduction (NPI). You will act as the focal point to support with the Airborne Communications Team part of ISP focused on identifying the manufacturing requirements and planning NPI operational activities for products across the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP).

In this role you will play a pivotal role in our manufacturing operations team supporting the business to develop and execute the NPI / Repair strategies, derive requirements for DFX activities, ensuring efficient production processes, adherence to quality standards, and timely project completion.

• Through life approach to manufacturing engineering, during NPI defining & influencing key product KPI such as business winning (bid) budgets (e.g. NPI Budget and through life UPC)
• Providing specialist input including the application of specialist skills and knowledge into a project team to help ensure the delivery of a technically sound solution meeting all stakeholder requirements
• 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)
• Tracking external developments and disruptive technologies to identify exploitation and knowledge sharing within the project team
• Ensuring the development 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 by
• reviewing production schedules; reviewing production labor 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

• In depth understanding of manufacturing processes and principles
• Ability to influence and negotiate with others using data and analysis to support line of reasoning
• A detailed understanding of the operational framework and business processes
• An understanding of cross functional / commercial business processes and their own impact
• Demonstrated knowledge, and experience of multiple phases of the Product Life Cycle and…