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Manufacturing Engineer
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Leonardo
One of the world's leading companies providing cutting-edge technologies and services for the Aerospace, Defence and Security sector. KellyOCG are proud to be playing a key role in supporting Leonardo across UK sites.
Manufacturing Engineer
Basildon, Essex
- Pay: Inside IR35
- Hours: 37 Hours a week
- Duration: 10 Months, possible extension
Defence & Aerospace
Requires Active Security Clearance
You will be part of the Integrated Sensing and Protection 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.
As a Manufacturing Engineer, you will have the opportunity to build cross-functional relationships and be a positive influence within the project teams to support the future of the business and affect the production process.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for developing robust solutions to ensure the smooth transition of our new products from design into production. You will be expected to plan and deliver your own work, across medium term planning horizons and provide complex technical advice to both internal and external customers.
- Develop, improve and support the operations manufacturing processes and equipment enabling world class production of client products.
- Developing manufacturing processes by studying product requirements, researching, designing, modifying, and testing manufacturing methods and equipment, understanding feedback from the client operators, conferring with equipment vendors or external suppliers.
- To prepare for and organise Manufacturing Maturity Reviews, maintain governance through the Lifecycle Management process and create / contribute / review and/or lead Manufacturing Plans.
- Provide manufacturing decision-making information with resolution proposals 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.
- Ability to resolve complex product and/or production issues & constraints (relieving bottlenecks) on shop floor reacting efficiently to escalation from manufacturing teams.
- Improve manufacturing efficiency by 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.
- Contribute to failure investigations to know problem-solving techniques (e.g. 8D).
- Assure manufacturing data i.e. routings, production plans, control plans and electronic work instructions.
- Identifying continuous improvement activities to develop skills and competencies within Manufacturing Engineering.
- Complete improvement and development projects by training and interacting with the organisations' manufacturing engineer community.
- 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.
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- 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.
- Ability to take ownership of a work package, planning and scheduling own workload and the work of others.
- Operational understanding of project work and how the work of the team impacts upon other project activities.
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience of multiple phases of the Product Life Cycle and the associated processes.
- Experience of peer reviewing the work of others inside a product team and within a sub Engineering Unit and ensuring the resulting actions are implemented.
- Demonstrated knowledge of the risk / reward process associated with engineering activity, informing the activities of a product team and own sub-engineering unit.
- Ability to communicate concepts in a non-technical way.
- Confidence and ability to challenge / respond to technical / process issues.
- Ability to interact effectively with customers and suppliers.
- Been involved in capability and / or process development, demonstrating an ability to implement a change to working practices.
About KellyOCG
As a Contingent worker through KellyOCG, you become an important part of our operations while being fully integrated into Leonardo's team. We offer secure employment terms, collective agreements, and the opportunity to work with leading talented teams in the Defence industry.
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