Senior Manufacturing Engineer
// Role Summary
Join Lockheed Martin in Ampthill as a Senior Manufacturing Engineer, playing a crucial role in supporting operational performance and product development across the full lifecycle. This role focuses on reducing manufacturing costs and improving yield through proactive engineering solutions.
// Key Responsibilities
- Drive down manufacturing costs and improve product yield.
- Support full product lifecycle from design to production.
- Develop manufacturing processes, including sequences, procedures, and layouts.
- Identify tooling, fixturing, and BOM requirements.
- Contribute to technology roadmaps and capital planning.
- Liaise with Industrial Engineering, Production Engineering, and other functions.
// Role Specification
About the Role
The Operations Engineering team provides essential engineering resources to support operational performance and major product development projects. This encompasses the entire lifecycle, from design through engineering build and production support to end-of-life. The team offers comprehensive product lifecycle support, including prototype design and build, development of build documentation, and meeting the requirements for full production build.
This Senior Manufacturing Engineer position will be involved throughout the complete product lifecycle, with a primary objective to reduce manufacturing costs and enhance yield at all stages. These improvements will directly benefit customers and support the Programme in meeting its milestones.
As a key member of the Operations Engineering Team, the Manufacturing Engineer will serve as the primary point of contact for all matters within their area of expertise. They will provide engineering advice, problem-solving support, and coordinate activities essential for current and future business needs.
The Manufacturing Engineer is expected to adopt a proactive approach to achieving 'right first time' quality, thereby fostering business growth. This role will enhance the company's reputation through exceptional quality standards and contribute significantly to an overall reduction in manufacturing costs.
Required skills, qualifications and experience
- Develop manufacturing processes.
- Define sequence of operations, procedures, and production layouts for assemblies, equipment installation, processing, and material handling, incorporating flow and lean philosophies.
- Provide Basis of Estimates for engineering activities and shop floor operations across various technologies and disciplines.
- Identify new tooling and fixturing requirements.
- Experience in creating Technical Requirement Specifications.
- Create detailed process instructions.
- Generate Manufacturing BOMs/routings to facilitate ease of manufacture.
- Actively participate in Level 1 & 2 MDWT (Mission Directed Work Team) meetings.
- Support and contribute to the relevant section of the Technology Roadmap to identify improvements for current manufacturing processes and future requirements.
- Assist with the Technical requirements of the relevant section of the Capital plan, from definition through to acceptance.
- Support full rate production of a range of products aligned with LMUK Ampthill Business requirements.
- Maintain close liaison with Industrial Engineering, Production Engineering, and other necessary functions.
- Support business process reviews and the generation/update of relevant documentation.
What we offer you
At Lockheed Martin, our employees are our priority. We are committed to your physical, mental, and financial wellbeing. In addition to a highly supportive, friendly, and respectful work environment, you can expect numerous benefits.
We support Flexible working arrangements, including the option of a 4-day week, depending on business requirements, which may offer Fridays off. We provide Competitive salaries and flexible holiday entitlement.
Our extensive benefits package can be selected via our wellbeing tool upon commencement of employment. Key benefits include:
- Private Medical Insurance
- Competitive Pension
- Dental
- Critical Illness Cover
- Life Assurance
- Travel Insurance
- Employee discounts for high street retailers
- Employee Assistance Program offering free face-to-face counseling, legal advice, financial advice, etc.
- Internal training and development, including Education assistance programs.
- Reimbursement for professional memberships.
- Competitive policies supporting flexibility and family leave, including enhanced maternity leave.
Business Environment
Lockheed Martin (UK) Ampthill is a dynamic and rapidly evolving part of the Lockheed Martin Corporation, serving both domestic and international customers. Our business areas include Platform Integration, Ground Based Air Defence, Special Projects, and Weapons, providing a diverse range of products and services to the Ministry of Defence and other clients. We seek talented individuals for exciting and challenging career paths, offering an excellent work-life balance with a 4-day week (Monday-Thursday) and flexible working arrangements.