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SalaryJob title: Senior Manufacturing Engineer
Location: Samlesbury
We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.
Salary: £47,683+ dependent on skills and experience
What you'll be doing:
- Researching new manufacturing technologies for application to airframe manufacture
- Working with Product Engineering teams to identify manufacturing and materials technologies solutions for aircraft production
- Working hands on and with internal organisations/ suppliers/ partners to conduct development programmes to mature technologies
- Creation of reports, to a high standard, to document outputs of development programmes including what has been achieved, how this was done and requirements for future work. This will include preparation of reports for consumption by external customers.
- Identifying benefits from a cost/ schedule/ product performance perspective, determining how to capture these and reporting on them.
- Development of business cases to justify the application/ deployment of technologies
Your skills and experiences:
Essential
- Degree, HND or recognised apprenticeship with appropriate experience in an applicable subject area (Mechanical/ Manufacturing/ Aeronautical/ Materials Engineering)
- Previous experience of CAD/ CAM/ PLM toolsets and a willingness to investigate and learn future toolsets
Benefits:
You'll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You'll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.
The Technology Capability Delivery-Airframe Composite team:
Technology Capability Delivery - Airframe Composite Team are charged with identifying, developing and maturing technologies which will provide product performance, cost and lead-time advantage to BAE Systems both for current and future platforms, working with technology suppliers, Research and Development organisations and universities to deliver this goal. This role is based within the Special Engineered Composites Facility at our Samlesbury site. In addition, through our partnerships with Research and Technology organisations, we undertake work with the National Composites Centre in Bristol, the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) in Sheffield, and the North West AMRC situated on the Samlesbury Enterprise Zone. From a Manufacturing perspective our activities encompass: Future Composites processes such as automated layup, 3D pre-forms and dry fibre/resin infusion.
Why BAE Systems?
This is a place where you'll be able to make a real difference. You'll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.
Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.
Closing Date: 2nd July 2024
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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