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Job title
Tooling Manufacturing Engineer
Ref no. | BHN552552 |
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Location | Bristol, England |
Start date | ASAP |
Job type | Permanent |
Job status | Closed |
Job summary
We manufacture composite wing spars and Fixed Trailing Edge assemblies for the A350XWB and A400M aircraft. We are seeking a Manufacturing Engineer, specialising in Tooling for the manufacture of composite parts.
Key skills required for this role
Tooling Manufacturing
Important
Tooling experience
Job description
The Opportunity
In this role, you will join a team of 7 Tooling Engineers who develop, maintain and control the deployed tooling suite and who provide a trouble-shooting service in support of our manufacturing processes.
In this role, you will be responsible for tool design, manufacturing and commissioning in the introduction of engineering changes and improvements to a suite of tooling that contains mould tools, mandrels, machining fixtures and major assembly jigs.
How You'll Contrinute
In this role, you will:
o Be responsible for the implementation of tooling, from original concept through to production.
o Design tooling for a high degree of process capability utilizing the standard Zero Defect Manufacturing (ZDM) tool suite to demonstrate as such.
o To be fully conversant with Catia V5 system and be able to interrogate data from customers and suppliers
o Maintains the tooling BOM and configuration of the tooling suite
o Responsible for the creation of tool user guides, commissioning and handover to the operations team.
o Applies the relevant health and safety regulations
o Provide estimates for tooling options and tooling quote ratification
o Ensure metrology plans are in place for new and current product introduction.
What You'll Bring
To help us make a difference, you'll bring your passion and expertise/ talent for what you do along with the following skills, experience, qualifications and attributes:
Essential
- Technical expertise in Tool Engineering, with a qualification / background (HNC and above) and/or approximately 3 to 5 years' experience in engineering (Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical); ideally, this will include tools such as mould tools, mandrels, machining fixtures and major assembly jigs.
- Experience being a technical representative, representing the business at a customer / supplier meetings
Desirable
* Working knowledge of CATIA
* Experience within an aerospace arena
In addition, you will have:
* Good communication skills and an understanding of why they are important
* Experience in identifying opportunities to improve performance
* Experience in the logical analysis and solving of problems