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Lead Manufacturing Engineer - Composites

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Lead Manufacturing Engineering (Composites)

Gloucestershire

Permanent position

Aerospace/Advanced Manufacturing

THE ROLE – Lead Manufacturing Engineering (Composites)

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a stand-out aerospace engineering business as a Lead Manufacturing Engineer in the development of aerospace components of a composite nature.

As a Lead Manufacturing Engineer, you’ll need to possess both understanding of composites materials and their properties and also have a strong manufacturing background including process and manufacturability improvements.

You’ll need to be able to demonstrate key experience composite materials, with experience in carbon composites being highly desirable. 

DUTIES – Lead Manufacturing Engineering (Composites)

Authoring and approving manufacturing processes and process specifications
Lead on carbon composite and resin transfer molding processes. (Team of 3)
Be an engaging, supportive and motivational leader to a small but growing team of carbon composite manufacturing engineers.
Champion and in some cases lead root cause analysis activities across the manufacturing.
Creating and developing production techniques from raw material to finished product.
Review and be the responsible approver of manufacturing work instructions.
Provide training and support to manufacturing operatives to support changes in SOP's
Establishing control plans and the means for data collection to allow monitoring, gating and analysis of critical input variables at defined control points in the manufacturing process.
Be a key signatory and approver for business procedures and documentation.
Actively contribute to the improvements in key manufacturing metrics such as Throughput, Yield, Cycle Time & Defects-Per-Unit.

BACKGROUND – – Lead Manufacturing Engineering (Composites)

Strong backgorund in carbon composite manufacture, resin transfer molding and NDT techniques.
BSc/MSc/HND (or Level 6 equivalent)
Experience in a manufacturing or engineering function.
An understanding of engineering statistics
Influential to stakeholders at all levels.
Experience with CAD packages
Knowledge of 3D printing from CAD and part production.

For more information on this role, please contact Lee Powell on (phone number removed) or send a copy of your CV to 

Candidates who are currently a Manufacturing Engineer, Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Production Engineer, Production Manager, Lead Manufacturing Engineer, Manufacturing Team Leader, Continuous Improvement Engineer, Composite Designer, Composite Research Engineer.

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