Manufacturing Engineer

1 month ago


Darwen, United Kingdom Brookhouse Aerospace Full time

**Job Title**: Manufacturing Engineer (4)

**Location**:India Mill, Darwen

**Salary**: Competitive based on skills, experience, and relevant qualifications

**Job Type**:Permanent, Full time, 37 hours per week over a 4-day week, Monday to Thursday 07:15 am to 5:00 pm totaling 37 hours weekly

**About us**:
Brookhouse Aerospace is a well-known and respected name in the Aerospace Industry currently in its 71st year, and during this time, the business has seen many positive changes following an MBO in 2021 from Kaman UK.

We offer a range of capabilities, including manufacturing composite components, metallics, sheet metalwork, fabrication, machining and treatments.

We are approved and certified for JOSCAR, AS 9100 and NADCAP certificated and are approved Tier 1 and 2 suppliers to the Aerospace and Defence manufacturers in the UK and internationally, such as Airbus, BAE, MBDA, Rolls Royce, Safran and Spirit.

The Company prides itself on its innovative approach to product design and manufacturing and its excellent reputation for high-quality customer service.

If you are a highly experienced Quality Inspector with at least three years of working experience within an aerospace/manufacturing environment, this could be the ideal role for you.

Main Duties
- Reporting into the Engineering Manager you will create, validate and establish manufacturing controls for composite, machining and assembly processes
- Use PFMEA risk analysis and process surveillance eliminate all sources of risk and variation leading to non-conformance
- Interpret, understand and assess technical requirements of parts from different customer's CADD models, engineering drawings, specifications and instructions
- Provide methods, process instructions, tooling, NC programs (3 and 5-axis for both composite and metallic) to allow delivery of solutions within agreed timescales and an agreed cost
- Use advanced quality planning principles with focus being on good basics and detailed in-process control at all stages of industrialisation to deliver zero defect level processes
- Ensure thorough-out the development and validation phase that effective change control is maintained and that each process is developed with the highest integrity and attention to detail
- Where processes are incapable, create, plan and conduct trials and as required acquire new technology with testing in line with DoE and TRL methodologies to achieve the required level of capability
- Working with the HS&E Manager assess the safety and environmental impact of new equipment and processes, ensuring that all aspects meet specified legal requirement
- Develop methods and processes that optimise recurring manufacturing costs in line with business need
- Deliver process operation solutions through the production of documentation and training to the Operations team
- Research new and emerging technologies in support of the company's Technology Road Map, using Technology Readiness Level and Manufacturing Capability Readiness Level processes to bring to maturity
- As required work with sub-contractors and technology partners to design, install and commission new production processes
**Core Skill Set**:

- Manufacturing Engineering - minimum 3 years' experience
- Ability to create and manage plans - communicate both direction, resource management and road to success
- Experience of using CADD/CAM systems; Catia v5 and AlphaCAM currently being used
- Design and creation of tooling and fixtures - concept to industrialisation
- Create NC programming (3 and 5-axis milling of composite and metal)
- Generate technical instructions and routings
- Conduct component and process proving - from concept (FAIR) through to industrialisation (PPAP principles)
- Create/use pFMEA and control plans in support of driving reduced process risk and zero-defect level capability
- Proven experience of improving part right first time (PRFT) using detailed data driven process capability development
- Working knowledge and experience of both Lean and 6-Sigma principles
- Proficient in the use of relevant IT tools - MS Office and Teams
**Why work for us**:
Aside from the competitive rate of pay, the following is available:

- Senior 2 x Salary range 38,000 to 43,000 depending on experience, skills, and relevant qualifications
- Junior 2 x Salary range 32,000 to 38,000 depending on experience, skills, and relevant qualifications
- Holidays start at 28 days per year (including Bank Holidays) (Based on a 4-day week).
- On-site - Occupational Health
- Employee Referral Scheme
- Corporate Simplyhealth Cash Plan (Benefit in Kind)
- Life Insurance x 2 annual salary
- Company Sick Pay after qualifying period
- Currently sourcing a subsidised onsite canteen

Please click on the **APPLY** button to send your **CV** and Cover Letter for this role.



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