Hybrid Senior Manufacturing Engineer

at Babcock International Group

• Job title: Senior Manufacturing Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Bristol, United Kingdom

About the role

• Senior Manufacturing Engineer shaping product manufacturability at Cavendish Nuclear in defense programmes. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive innovation and efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Collaborating with design teams from the earliest stages to embed manufacturability into product designs, ensuring alignment with safety, quality, cost, delivery, and lead-time requirements.
• Defining and documenting manufacturing processes, including equipment selection, workflow design, and quality control procedures.
• Identifying and resolving potential production challenges, such as bottlenecks, material constraints, or process inefficiencies, through proactive analysis and problem-solving.
• Partnering with cross-functional teams, including design and quality, to deliver a seamless and efficient manufacturing process.

Requirements

• Demonstrated expertise in Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) methodologies
• Hands-on experience in design for manufacturability, ideally from the early stages of the production lifecycle
• Proven success in introducing new products into manufacturing environments
• Background in highly regulated or high-volume manufacturing sectors
• Strong ability to collaborate across engineering disciplines to drive efficient production outcomes
• Degree (or equivalent) in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Cavendish 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.
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.