Manufacturing Engineer
- Location: Burnley, Lancashire, England
- Salary: £27.18 - 35.00 per hour
- Category
- Sector: Aerospace and Defence
- Contract type Contract
- Consultant: Wiktoria Goral
Manufacturing Engineers – Composites & Assembly Teams
Location: Burnley
Contract: 12-months (with potential extension or temp-to-perm opportunity)
Rates:
PAYE: £27.18 per hour + £3.95 per hour holiday pay
Umbrella: £35 per hour
Morson is currently recruiting experienced Manufacturing Engineers to join our Aerospace Component Manufacturing client in their Composites and Assembly teams. This is a fantastic opportunity to work with advanced manufacturing processes on cutting-edge aerospace projects.
You’ll be part of a forward-thinking, high-performance environment where your expertise will directly contribute to shaping next-generation aircraft production.
Key Responsibilities (Composites & Assembly Teams):
Define and design complex manufacturing processes (composite or assembly), ensuring alignment with product design and performance standards
Create and validate standard operating procedures, work instruction sheets, quality control points, and inspection methods
Develop effective tooling, equipment, and plant strategies
Generate routes, bills of materials, layouts, tooling requests, and engineering documentation
Lead and coordinate industrial product validation activities
Identify and reduce risk using structured tools such as PFMEA
Candidate Profile:
Composites Team:
Strong background in composite manufacturing processes, ideally in aerospace
Engineering degree (mechanical, manufacturing, or materials), HND, or equivalent experience
Competent with CATIA v5 for 3D component modelling
Assembly Team:
Experience with complex mechanical assembly processes, preferably in aerospace
Engineering degree (mechanical, manufacturing, or materials), HND, or equivalent experience
Proficiency with CATIA v5 for 3D assembly design