Manufacturing Engineer

We have an exciting opportunity for a Manufacturing Engineer to join the Mechanical Assembly Process Engineering team in Southampton, supporting the manufacture of infra-red detector assemblies.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, flexible and driven engineer with hands-on manufacturing experience.

The right candidate will need to be a good communicator, capable of effectively training manufacturing assistants as well as giving progress updates on tasks/projects at an appropriate level of detail to update manufacturing management. Must be capable of working independently with minimal supervision, but must also not be afraid to actively seek help/support when required.

A sense of urgency is needed to support manufacturing in a timely fashion, but appropriate attention to detail, ensuring compliance to process instructions is also essential.

Existing experience and knowledge of one or more of the processes supported by the team would be an advantage, as would experience working in clean rooms and responsibility for health and safety of processes/equipment/chemicals.  Products are delicate and high-value so a good level of dexterity and some experience of manual handling of relevant components is desirable.

Experience and understanding of lean manufacturing techniques (e.g. continuous improvement, 5S etc.) is also advantageous.

This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personnel Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NSV) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV). For more information and guidance please visit: https://careers.uk.leonardo.com/gb/en/security-and-vetting