Job title: Manufacturing Engineer
Location: Salisbury
Salary: up to £45,000 per annum.
Job Type: This role will be worked over a 4.5 day week; Monday to Thursday 08:00 – 16:45 and Friday 08:00 – 12:30. Flexibility in this role is critical to the success of supporting the team.
Chemring Countermeasures is a world leading and innovative company, designing and developing countermeasure solutions to armed forces throughout the world. We are part of the Chemring Group of companies and have a solid global infrastructure, which also helps us to thrive.
The role:
The Manufacturing Engineer / Process Engineer will be responsible for defining all aspects of the production method including defining machining, equipment, work instructions, drawings and tools as required.
Key responsibilities:
- Deliver all elements required for successful New Product introduction and method changes, ensuring safe working procedures.
- Demonstrate a thorough understanding of the manufacturing processes and procedures.
- Ensure that products meet the requirements of customers, quality standards and external stakeholders.
- Continuously identify opportunities to improve processes and working practices and take responsibility for implementing improvement actions.
- Identify and document process instructions.
- Implement and carry out initial running of new processes.
- Deliver rapid problem solving to minimise the impact of product non-conformance.
- Take the lead in Process Management of Change (MoC) board as necessary, to enable amendment to tooling, equipment and work instructions accordingly.
- Support in the training of production personnel in the use of equipment, tooling and processes.
- Project manage new and improved processes.
Manufacturing Engineer / Process Engineer Person Specification:
- Right to live and work in the UK, with ability to obtain SC level clearance (5 years British residency necessary)
- Level 4 NVQ in engineering discipline or technical area
- Knowledge of Production Engineering either from Defence or Aerospace (preferred), high tech manufacturing or precision engineering
- Demonstrate working knowledge of new product introduction
- Ability to compile risk assessments and report writing
- Experience of working on Hazops, desirable
- Proficient in MS Office
About Chemring Countermeasures:
Chemring Countermeasures has a culture built on our values of Safety, Excellence and Innovation. We continue our investment in the very best people to contribute to our delivery of highly reliable solutions. We are seeking individuals who are not only of the highest calibre for today’s business but have the capability to perform at even higher standards to meet the needs of tomorrow’s threats facing our armed forces.
We have more than 50 years’ experience at the forefront of Radio Frequency (RF) and Infrared (IR) expendable decoy research, design and manufacture, we operate at the leading edge of expendable countermeasure technology.
Benefits:
- We actively encourage an open and collaborative culture across our site through the recognised suggestion scheme and reward and recognition scheme
- 5 weeks’ annual leave plus bank holidays
- A generous pension-scheme
- Share save scheme
- Holiday buying and selling scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which includes dietary advice, wellbeing initiatives, family matters and counselling support
- We hold annual social events
- Cultural days
- Free on-site parking
- Podiatrist
- Weekly fruit baskets
Armed Forces Covenant:
We are proud to support the armed forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant. We recognise the value that Serving Personnel, both Regular and Reserves, Veterans, Uniformed Cadet Instructors and Service Families contribute to our business and the United Kingdom.
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Please note: We do not accept speculative CVs from Recruitment Agencies
Candidates with the relevant experience of job titles of Mechanical Maintenance Technician, Mechanical Design Engineer, Engineer, Civil Engineer, Structural Engineer, Design Engineer, Equipment Engineer, Project Technician, Handling Technician, Engineering Project Technician, Equipment Test Engineer, Testing Technician, Packaging Engineering Technician, Electrical Engineer, Electrician Multi Skilled Electrical Technician, Technician, Electrical Maintenance Engineer, Maintenance Electrician, Installation Engineer, may also be considered for this role.
