Lead Manufacturing Engineer - Machining - Southampton - £35K to £50K (102520)

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Lead Manufacturing Engineer - Machining
Southampton, Hampshire, England
£35K to £50K

An opportunity for a Lead Manufacturing Engineer has arisen with a world leading manufacturer of aerostructures for both the civil and military aerospace markets. This opportunity is within Machining - they are looking for someone who can lead and manage a team of Manufacturing Engineers. You will utilise your experience to solve problems, develop and execute objectives and have the ability to effect short term and long term business goals.

As Lead Manufacturing Engineer your essential responsibilities will be as follows:
- Leadership of the Machine Shop Manufacturing Engineering Team, ensuring goals and objectives are set and achieved.
- Lead New Technology Initiatives (NTI) and justify capital investment. Share best practices with other GE locations.
- Lead all elements of Machine Shop engineering such as process planning, tooling, inspection criteria / equipment, lean methodologies and new technology introduction.
- Support New Product Introduction (NPI) both from a resource perspective and a Design for Manufacture perspective.
- Identify resource requirements and man accordingly.
- Identify and control internal budgets and control other budgets such as Capital Expenditure and Program related expenditure.
- Conceptual design / identify / procure necessary tooling.
- Conduct cost/benefit analysis for changes to processes and/or equipment.
- Support EHS projects.
- Drive Process Improvement / Cycle Reduction initiatives and drive productivity improvements via process changes or improvements.
- Ensure processes contribute to a safe working environment.
- Identify and reduce sources of labour efficiency variations.
- Identify and reduce product quality issues caused by process variation.
- Support the quality function through integration of QC documentation and Manufacturing methods Instructions.
- Identify and Lead high impact process and quality improvement projects yielding significant reduction in defects and increased productivity.
- Track/drive root cause analysis and corrective actions for production issues.
- Utilize lean-manufacturing principles.
- Support equipment upgrades from purchase through installation.
- Develop and maintain manufacturing methods and create process routings.

Qualifications/Requirements for the Lead Manufacturing Engineer:
- Degree qualified, preferably in a Manufacturing Engineering or Mechanical Engineering related discipline or equivalent.
- Proven success in driving improved performance from teams and enhancing their capability.
- Demonstrable machine shop manufacturing engineering experience and NC programming experience / awareness.
- Strong project planning skills.
- Experience of business systems such as MRP, Computer Simulation, CAD, CAM etc.
- Strong communication skills with demonstrable teaming and influencing attributes.
- Lean Six Sigma qualifications to Green Belt level also preferred.
- H and S qualifications and Lean manufacturing qualifications preferred.

Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Recruitment are those of an Employment Agency.