Manufacturing Engineer - Automotive

Job Title: Manufacturing Engineer - Automotive

Location: Andover, Bristol, Midlands + Hybrid

Compensation: Competitive + Additional Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF49848

At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Manufacturing Engineer - Automotive, based in either Andover, Bristol, or across the Midlands.

The role

As a Manufacturing Engineer you'll be responsible for investigating engineering problems, maintaining and developing processes, and advise junior engineers and operatives.

Day to day, you'll report to the Engineering team any opportunities that can be realised through the introduction of improved processes and techniques, lead engineering reviews in order to drive efficiencies into productivity and you'll review MRO1-4 production techniques to determine efficiencies with the process. You'll also develop business cases to support any investment in process improvements and amend, implementation and record manufacturing engineering processes and procedures.

Main Duties:

• Report to the Engineering team any opportunities that can be realised through the introduction of improved processes and techniques
• Lead engineering reviews in order to drive efficiencies into material supply and quality
• Review MRO1-4 production techniques to determine efficiencies with the process
• Develop business cases to support any investment in process improvements
• Amend, implementation and record manufacturing engineering processes and procedures
• Manage all procedural and process changes through the agreed project management processes
• To ensure effective communication to all internal and external stakeholders

Essential experience of the Manufacturing Engineer:

• Charted Engineer or close to be recognised as CEng
• Member of a professional Engineering Body
• Has a mechanical engineering background

Hybrid working from home options are available. We offer flexible working to give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met. This role requires frequent travel to other sites.

Qualifications for the Manufacturing Engineer:

• Engineering degree or equivalent
• Professionally certified Engineer

The successful candidate must be able to achieve SC Security Clearance level for this role.

Our Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive ten days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity

Babcock International

For over a century Babcock International have helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 22/08/23

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