Manufacturing Engineer

Manufacturing Engineer - Wing Industrialisation Team

Type: contract until 02/01/2026

PAYE: £27.21ph + holiday pay 

Umbrella: £36ph 

Are you passionate about driving innovation and excellence in industrialisation processes? Our Aircraft manufacturing client is looking for a Manufacturing Engineer to join the Wing Industrialisation team, where you’ll work alongside diverse internal and external stakeholders to shape the future of airframe manufacturing.

What You’ll Do:
As a key member of the team, you’ll contribute to major modifications and new development projects from inception through to implementation. You’ll play a pivotal role in improving products and processes, co-designing solutions with engineering and design teams, and driving long-term development across multiple programmes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support and influence major modifications for single-aisle and wide-body aircraft through the Co-Design milestone process.
• Participate in project reviews and workshops to ensure robust modification management.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to manage modifications through to aircraft embodiment.
• Support design reviews, including DSR, IDR, PDR, and CDR stages.
• Deliver manufacturing engineering tasks to achieve safety, quality, cost, delivery, and people targets.
• Ensure industrial system designs align with manufacturing engineering (ME) process requirements.
• Maintain compliance with EHS and quality regulatory standards.
• Drive lean manufacturing principles to develop efficient processes and support production rate ramp-ups.
• Contribute to new project idea generation and research & technology initiatives as part of the Industrial Evolution Plan.

What We’re Looking For:
We value individuals with the following skills and experience:

• Background in product assembly and industrial systems.
• Undertsanding of fuel systems. 
• Knowledge of wing airframe systems.
• Experience working within regulatory constraints and requirements.
• Strong project management and communication skills.

Desirable Skills:

• Familiarity with CATIA V5 and SAP (ME Planning & Config fundamentals).
• Ability to interpret technical drawings and documentation.
• Proficiency in Google Workspace applications.