Manufacturing Engineer

Expleo is a trusted partner for end-to-end, integrated engineering, quality services and management consulting for digital transformation. We help businesses harness unrelenting technological change to successfully deliver innovations that will help them gain a competitive advantage and improve the everyday lives of people around the globe.

We are currently recruiting for Manufacturing Engineers to support one of our customers with various projects that include involvement from concept through to the production and requires a clear understanding of structure, manufacturing, tooling, assembly process and system interaction. The hourly rate is negotiable based on experience, seniority, etc. amd the successful candidate will play a key role in delivering a high-quality service to our client and will be expected to be proactive and self-motivated in delivering the targeted outputs to support the product.

The Manufacturing Engineer will report directly to the Programme Delivery Leader (PDL) and their role will involve them to be based at the Client's site.

Working within the ME team in our Aero Business Unit, the successful candidate will join our experienced team, with whom you will work on varied projects in high-tech and future-oriented industries taking on exciting and responsible tasks according to your skills and knowledge, thus expanding your existing know-how.

• →Knowledge and understanding of Manufacturing Work Instructions
• →Produce Engineering outputs to meet on-target delivery dates and Quality requirements
• →Identify and manage key dimensional variation across the manufacturing products
• →Analyse pertinent historical manufacturing capability data
• →Ensure ‘Right First Time’ outputs are met in-line with Business KPI’s
• →Be involved with continuous improvement process & offer improvement suggestions
• →Interface with external stakeholders to understand technical issues / specifications
• →Liaise with and support design and manufacturing supply chain
• →Attend reviews (both internal and external) where required
• →Work in accordance with the Expleo QMS and customer quality requirements
• →Support the creation of Quality plans to control the identified key parts and features
• →Work with Manufacturing Engineering Planning to establish hold points in the detail process plans
• →Work closely with Operations to manage key product features throughout the build process

• Engineering degree, or equivalent, with proven practical Engineering & manufacturing knowledge and experience
• Candidates without accredited qualifications will be considered depending upon experience

• Strong understanding of Manufacturing Products & Processes
• Understanding of dimensional measurement systems and principles
• Industrialisation experience (factory layouts, tooling deployment etc)
• Ability to interpret drawings and/or CAD models
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills
• Proactive ‘Team Player’ with a focus on delivery and quality who can work and act autonomously
• Excellent communication skills
• Have good written and verbal communication skills and be capable of making sound technical judgements and appropriate decisions
• Assertiveness, independent, structured way of working and the ability to find oneself in a multicultural working environment

• Experience of Manufacturing Processes and standards
• Professional experience in a manufacturing engineering environment
• Aerospace & Defence experience preferable but Marine & Automotive will be considered
• Proactive Team Player with a focus on delivery and quality
• Good communicator who is professional during interactions with both internal and external stakeholders.