Manufacturing Engineer

A Research and Development organisation that enable a halving of lead-time for the design & make of turbine components; develop novel techniques to enable future design styles and manufacturing systems and accelerate cost reduction & casting yield improvement activities. This is a chance to work within a co-located design and manufacturing engineering team within Coventry and in close collaboration with a wide range of research engineers from the relevant academic fields. Working in partnership with Consilium Recruit they are seeking a Manufacturing Engineer.

Benefits: Private health insurance with Vitality Health, a highly competitive pension scheme, 33 days holiday (including public holidays), income protection in the event of long-term incapacity, and life insurance, plus much more.

The Role 

As Manufacturing Engineer, you will conduct research and improvement activities related to the design and manufacture of turbine components. This organisation has state-of-the-art equipment for investment casting, machining, and advanced metrology of single crystal components.

Manufacturing Engineers are responsible for the method of manufacture that delivers component requirements and support both process engineering and project delivery tasks. Whilst an engineer may have a particular process or project focus, they will be able to support both functions. This role has a focus on Project Engineering tasks.

Understand customer requirements and translate them through consultation into a method of manufacture managing the associated technical package. They create, manage, and deliver the project using planning, risk management and cost tools whilst effectively managing key stakeholder expectations. They also act to ensure validation and substantiation of the component and manage any arising non-conformance or quality concerns to ensure compliance to specifications and a safe method of manufacture.

The Person

The successful candidate for Manufacturing Engineer will be experienced and qualified in the following areas:

• Degree qualified or demonstrate equivalent technical capability based on practical knowledge and experience
• Have sound understanding of manufacturing engineering and component engineering principles
• Ideally demonstrate technical knowledge of turbine components and/or process knowledge associated with investment casting and Metallurgy.
• Be equipped with a strong functional skill set (problem solving, programme management, change control, risk management and budgetary control)

Equality, diversity, and inclusion are integral to everything that we do.  We are committed to these values and they are central to our mission.  We encourage applications from all backgrounds and communities, and we are more than happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments that you may require.

To apply for the position of Manufacturing Engineer (Project Engineer) please forward an up to date copy of your CV to Matthew Fielding.