Manufacturing Engineer - Darwen, United Kingdom - Brookhouse Aerospace

Brookhouse Aerospace

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Darwen, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job Title:
Manufacturing Engineer

Location:
India Mill, Darwen

Job Type:
Permanent, Full time, 37 hour 4-day week, Monday to Thursday

Salary:
£38,000 to £43,000

The Role:

We are currently searching for a highly experienced Manufacturing Engineers with at least three years of working experience within an aerospace/manufacturing environment.

Brookhouse Manufacturing Engineers are responsible for creating and delivering world class manufacturing solutions used to make both composite and metallics parts.

Working as part of an exceptional engineering team you will work a in a structured way to manage and deliver new capabilities across a broad range of different manufacturing processes.

Here is what you can expect to be doing:

Both composite and metallic products are manufactured in one location across two different factories with emphasis being on the creation of complex composite parts.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

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 nonconformance
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 5axis 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 inprocess control at all stages of industrialisation to deliver zero defect level processes
Ensure thoroughout 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
As required work with subcontractors and technology partners to design, install and commission new production processes
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 5axis 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 zerodefect 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 6Sigma principles
Proficient in the use of relevant IT tools
MS Office and Teams

Benefits:

Holidays start at 28 days per year (including Bank Holidays) (Based on a 4day week).

Onsite

Occupational Health
Employee Referral Scheme
Corporate health Cash Plan (Benefit in Kind)
Life Insurance x 2 annual salary
Cycle to work scheme.

Who we are:

Brookhouse Aerospace Limited (Brookhouse) manufactures a range of composite structures, producing monolithic and sandwich parts from a range of materials, including carbon fibre, glass and Aramid cured by autoclave.

Brookhouse also manufactures sheet metal fabrications and machined metal parts with associated surface treatments and integrated assemblies. Specialist capabilities include a full kitting service and a dedicated Spares and Repairs capability.

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