The role:
- Providing hands-on engineering support on the shop floor for metal forming and machining operations.
- Supporting New Product Introduction by developing practical, robust manufacturing methods for aerospace components.
- Creating and maintaining manufacturing documentation, including method statements, routings, work instructions, and setup sheets.
- Defining, introducing, and proving tooling, jigs, fixtures, and gauges to support production.
- Supporting first-off, first article, and production readiness activities alongside Quality and Production teams.
- Troubleshooting manufacturing issues on the shop floor and leading root cause analysis and corrective actions.
- Ensuring manufacturing processes meet customer drawings, specifications, and aerospace standards.
- Driving continuous improvement activities to improve safety, quality, delivery, and cost.
- Actively supporting Health, Safety and Environment compliance across all shop floor activities.
- Upon a successful interview, Preci Spark’s application process requests that a basic criminal record check may be carried out.
Essential knowledge, skills & experience:
- Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively on the shop floor.
- Proven experience in a Manufacturing Engineer role within an aerospace or precision engineering environment.
- Hands-on experience of metal forming, machining and fabrication processes.
- Experience supporting production and resolving day-to-day manufacturing issues.
- Working knowledge of structured problem-solving techniques.
Preferred knowledge, skills & experience:
- Experience of working to AS9100 or ISO9001 quality management systems.
- Experience of working to aerospace OEM requirements such as Rolls-Royce SABRe.
- Experience with CNC machining (turning and milling) and metal forming operations.
- Knowledge of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement tools.