Manufacturing Engineers

Role title: Manufacturing Engineers

Location: RG7 4PR and RG30 3RR, located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking.

Package: 37,860 - 58,000 (depending on your suitability, qualifications, and level of experience)

Closing date: 2nd December 2024

Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight. We will consider flexible working requests so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know your preferred working pattern on your application.

Let us introduce the role

AWE is currently recruiting for Manufacturing Engineers to help design and shape the UK's future nuclear deterrent using innovation and the latest technologies, processes and capabilities.

These roles are ideally suited to candidates with demonstrable experience in working within a manufacturing environment, with engineering design and supply chain knowledge.

Working in a highly regulated environment and working alongside our design teams, technical experts and research centres, the role of the Manufacturing Engineer is to Identify, develop and implement innovative ways of working, appropriate with a new product introduction, support our production operations, delivering continuous improvement activities; optimise productivity, safety and reduce cost.

Who are we looking for?

Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we'd like you to have experience in some of the following:

• Configuration management
• MRP / ERP experience
• Process and Documentation generation
• Experience of creating and managing Route Cards (RC) and Technical Instructions (TI)
• Experience of driving and managing Engineering Change Requests (ECR)
• Project management
• Supporting prototype build activities with new processes and support resulting evaluative and non-analytical verification
• Knowledge and understanding of process control and problem investigation tools (PFMEAs, control plans, RCA, A3, 5 whys)
• Identifying, developing and implementing innovative ways of working, commensurate with a new product introduction (NPI)
• Demonstrable experience in product development and developing manufacturing capability and processes
• Experience of applying Lean Manufacturing Techniques, Value Stream Mapping (VSM), Statistical Process Control (SPC), Continuous Improvement, Quality Tools, Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), Obsolescence Management and Model Based Realisation
• Experience in defining or updating assembly or inspection processes
• Experience in CNC machining and casting
• Design to Manufacture (D2M) experience of process, tooling or equipment including requirements capture and presenting at design reviews
• Delivering results and driving innovative change

We would love you to have the following Soft skills:

• Excellent interpersonal and team building skills capable of building good working relationships within the organisation
• Leadership skills
• Stakeholder influence and management
• Good communication skills
• Adaptability

Some reasons we think you'll love it here:

AWE has wide range of benefits to suit you. These include:

• 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave
• Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions)
• Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay
• Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services
• Life Assurance (4 x annual salary)
• Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending
• Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring

The 'Working at AWE' page on our website is where you can find full details in the 'AWE Benefits Guide'.

You must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the security clearance required for the role and be willing and able to travel within the UK

Due to the classified nature of the work involved, there are limited opportunities to work from home with these roles. It is anticipated that the successful candidates will spend the majority of their time working on site at AWE.