Graduate Manufacturing Engineer Runcorn, England
Job description
Company Bio:
Entrepreneurial Leader
Heroux-Devtek, the world’s 3rd largest producer of landing gear, serves the civil and military aerospace markets from production facilities in North America and Europe. The Company’s longevity, flexibility, and track record for the development and implementation of innovative production systems have distinguished it as a leader in the domain. With its most recent acquisitions, Heroux-Devtek is bolstering its status as one of the foremost landing gear, actuation and hydraulic system designers and manufacturers in the global aerospace industry.
Division info:
The Landing Gear Market specializes in the design, qualification, manufacture and repair and overhaul of landing gears and flight critical components to a customer base that extends from the OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) to the Operators in both the commercial and military markets.
Summary of position:
What we offer?
- Opportunities to grow and develop within a customer focused growing business.
- Competitive salaries linked to performance (reviewed annually)
- 37 working week with short contracted hours on Friday
- 25 days annual leave (plus statutory)
- Further education support including vocational skills upgrades
- An attractive and comprehensive pension plan and life assurance scheme
- Support for the payment of contributions to the professional bodies
- Social activities for all employees (BBQ, Golf, Christmas parties, etc.) and unlimited hot drinks!
- Refer a Friend bonuses and loyality programs
- A motivating work environment and leadership style to enable you to make a difference
Main responsibilities:
- Development, implementation and daily use of Infor LN ERP system for planning (creation of manufacturing routings) and creation and amendment of Bills of Materials.
- Support the disposition of parts in our Maintenance Repair & Overhaul (MRO) business by providing guidance on rework/repair schemes for in-service components.
- Generate bespoke repair and rework schemes in support of our Warranty return system.
- Work with our Design Engineering Team to develop and modify rework schemes for recurring MRO repairs.
- Generate production planning for Cadmium, Nickel and Chrome plating processes.
- Support New Product Introduction through attendance at design reviews, identification of new tool/fixture requirements, creation of product structure within the ERP system and identification of risks through process analysis and PFMEAs.
- Use of CAD design packages (Solidworks, NX/Unigraphics, CATIA Composer) to support tooling, fixture design and visual manufacturing instructions.
- Develop and operate in house 3D printers to produce tooling/fixtures
- Rapidly assess components through Material Review Board (MRB).
- Provide day to day support on the shop floor for the manufacturing teams on manufacture/process related issues.
- Provide support for shop floor Health and Safety relating to manufacturing processes, tooling and test equipment.
Qualifications:
Degree in Manufacturing Engineering/Mechanical Engineering/Aerospace Engineering
An individual with a strong engineering background and good interpersonal skills.
Ability to understand to read and interpret engineering/technical drawings for machining and assembly.
An individual with a degree in engineering with good interpersonal skills.
Some experience of an ERP system
Excellent diagnostic and problem solving skills
Excellent communication
Excellent Organisational skills
The individual should have strong communications skills and be able to work effectively with people of all levels of the business. They should ideally have strong analytical skills and work comfortably in areas outside their area of specialisation. The candidate should have a Degree in an engineering discipline.
You enjoy challenges, teamwork an a quality working environment that evolves continuously? Developing your competencies is a priority for you? Join Héroux-Devtek and "lets grow together".
