Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Willenhall

£50,000

The Role

A Precision engineering company who is going through an exciting expansion is looking for a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to join their manufacturing facility in the West Midlands. Working with Aerospace, Automotive & Oil & Gas industries this opportunity offers development and progression.

What will you be doing?

* Support Manufacturing activities by directing best methods of manufacture

* Deliver technical engineering support to both production and quality team

* Lead internal facing engineering to deliver continued growth to the business; target areas of improvement using both personal experience and research bolstered by a LEAN approach

* Lead front-end engineering to deliver continued growth to the business; target potential areas within the business that require additional work and grow portfolio and capabilities

* Support New business team to target sectors of growth and deliver engineering solutions to prospective customers by face to face presentations or by technical instructions.

* Produce in depth timing plans to support production on NPI projects.

* To plan and design the manufacturing process to the shopfloor.

* To closely support the operational team including programming CNC Milling and Turning machines to meet customer demand.

* Assist manufacturing engineers when planning work to deliver best method of manufacture

* Support Quality by assisting with metrology methods

What will you bring to the party?

* Must have at least 10 years' experience as a Manufacturing Engineer or Supervisor

* Experience in all fields of Mechanical machining and all types of materials

* Vast experience in product roll out and production release of parts

* Experience in a subcontract machine shop

* Experience of CNC machining in a precision engineering environment

* High level of CNC programming competency in Fanuc Heidenhain languages.

* Must have programming experience in both turning and milling capabilities, ideally up to 5 axis (3+2) with strong knowledge of setting, operating, and programming.

* Experienced in 3D modelling, preferably with Solidworks and Visi.

* Offline programming, familiarity with VISI CAM package highly desired.

* Must have a high level of knowledge in both GD&T and drawing standards

* Must have a high level of knowledge surrounding technical specifications on materials, metrology , surface treatments, hardness methods

* Must have knowledge of tooling and fixtures in addition to lean manufacturing principles, to aid process improvements and efficiencies in machining capabilities.

What happens next?

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