Gregory-Martin International Looking for Advanced Manufacturing Engineer at Southampton, Hampshire Full Time

Advanced Manufacturing Engineer (Assembly/ Composites/ Metallics) – Aerospace/Defence

Salary: £40,000 to £50,000 with excellent benefits including pension, gym membership, 26 days holiday, medical, dental plus many others

Location:  Southampton, Hampshire

Our client is a highly successful international company and a leading supplier of major civil & military aircraft structures & systems. They offer excellent career progression with continual training and mentoring.

Requirements for the role of Advanced Manufacturing Engineer:

• Degree/HNC in Engineering or equivalent knowledge and experience
• Good leadership skills including coaching and team engagement
• Detailed knowledge of manufacturing processes relevant to the value stream.
• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills, including stakeholder management.
• Ability to manage multiple complex assignments/priorities and achieve results.
• Strong organisational skills with a high attention to detail
• Highly effective problem-solving skills
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft (Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.)

Desirable

• Project management skills.
• Positive approach to challenging situations.
• Six Sigma Green Belt trained and certified.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Prepared to travel within the UK and overseas to meet the customer and/or our suppliers.

Responsibilities Manufacturing Engineering Requirements:

• Partner with ME & IPT Leadership to identify and enable key demand, resource, capability and contingency requirements.
• Facilitate all elements of manufacturing engineering such as process planning, tooling, inspection criteria/equipment, lean methodologies
• Generate internal engineering instructions to enable manufacturing and control costs/quality within the engineering team.
• Understand and liaise with customers to support both internal and external customer needs
• Support the tooling function, identify tooling needs and support tool design from concept through to final design
• Ensure processes contribute to a safe working environment and meet EHS requirements. Support/lead EHS projects
• Identify and reduce product quality issues caused by process variation
• Track/drive root cause analysis and corrective actions for production issues
• Lead/support training activities within the manufacturing environment
• Prioritisation of workload and project planning to support customer needs
• Participate/lead in local and site wide initiatives

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