Manufacturing Engineer – Production
// Role Summary
Join BAE Systems as a Manufacturing Engineer in Sheffield, where you'll translate engineering designs into essential manufacturing data packs and instructions, contributing to safe, efficient, and high-quality production processes. This hybrid role offers the chance to shape the future of defence technology.
// Key Responsibilities
- Translate engineering designs into Manufacturing Data Packs and Instructions.
- Support Safety, Health, and Environmental (SHE) processes and contractor oversight.
- Contribute to estimating activities and make/buy strategies.
- Collaborate across teams to meet project requirements and drive performance improvement.
- Identify continuous improvement opportunities and support risk assessments.
- Hybrid working with 3 days on-site and occasional travel.
// Role Specification
About the Role
As a Manufacturing Engineer – Production at BAE Systems, you will play a crucial role in bridging the gap between engineering design and operational output. You will be responsible for translating complex engineering design intent into clear, actionable manufacturing data packs and instructions that empower our operational teams.
This role is central to ensuring our manufacturing processes are safe, efficient, and of the highest quality. You will actively contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, support estimating activities, and influence make/buy strategies. By working collaboratively across various teams, you will help guarantee that manufacturing solutions not only meet but exceed project requirements, leading to proficient performance outcomes.
Core Duties
- Translate engineering designs into Manufacturing Data Packs (MDPs) and Manufacturing Instructions (MIs) for operational use.
- Support Quality and Safety, Health, and Environmental (SHE) processes, ensuring safe working methods are defined and followed, including contractor oversight.
- Contribute to estimating activities and make/buy strategies to support effective project delivery.
- Work collaboratively across teams to support project requirements and contribute to business case development and performance improvement.
- Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and support training and risk assessment activities within Manufacturing Engineering.
Essential Skills and Experience
- Experience working within a manufacturing or engineering environment, ideally supported by a relevant HNC/Foundation degree (or working towards one).
- Demonstrable experience creating, managing, and improving processes, with an understanding of Lean techniques or continuous improvement practices.
- Ability to conduct risk assessments, with an understanding of Safety, Health and Environmental (SHE) requirements and awareness of potential hazards.
- Experience using root cause analysis tools to solve problems and improve performance outcomes.
- Comfortable using systems and tools such as SAP, Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook), Visio, TeamCenter and SharePoint; experience with web content or design is beneficial.
Working Arrangements
This position is based in Sheffield with a hybrid working model, requiring 3 days per week on-site between Monday and Thursday. Occasional travel to Barrow-in-Furness may be required once a month, depending on business needs. BAE Systems offers a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements, and candidates are encouraged to discuss specific options with their recruiter.