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Working at MBDA

  • Company employees
    7000
  • Gender diversity (m:f)
    74:26

Hiring in

  • Spain
  • United Kingdom

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Take on a Manufacturing Engineer role at MBDA in Bolton, United Kingdom. This full-time, hybrid position (4-5 days on-site) offers a salary of circa £43,500, excellent flexi leave, and strong pension contributions for a candidate with a background in electrical or mechanical engineering.

Requirements

  • Electrical or Mechanical Engineering/Manufacturing Apprenticeship (Advanced Level or L3 Standard) AND Level 4 academic qualification (HNC, diploma, etc.) AND Level 3 vocational qualification (NVQ) (NVQ not required if L3 apprenticeship standard achieved), OR a Degree in a relevant subject.
  • Must demonstrate a proactive approach to problem solving.
  • Ability to interpret Design Drawings with a view to producing Manufacturing Build Instructions.
  • Ability to work within and contribute to a team environment.
  • Awareness of digital communication platforms.
  • SC Security Clearance and British Citizenship or Dual National status required.

Skills & Responsibilities

  • Problem solving & validation: Use FMEA and process proving activities to support the industrial validation process and resolve manufacturing issues.
  • Documentation & configuration: Manage configuration control by embodying design modifications into manufacturing documentation and compile manufacturing instructions.
  • Design collaboration: Liaise with the design authority during prototype phases to ensure optimised Design for Manufacture (DfM).
  • Safety & compliance: Ensure products are produced considering safety, efficiency, and economic factors while liaising with COSHH and SHE.
  • Potential transition routes: People from production engineering or quality engineering roles may bring strong shop-floor and process improvement skills, alongside meeting technical qualification and security clearance requirements.

Job description

Fantastic opportunity to take ownership of manufacturing engineering processes and equipment to make improvements to production whilst developing new skills and techniques

Salary: Circa £43,500 depending on experience

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 4-5 days per week on-site due to workload classification

Security Clearance: SC & British Citizen or Dual National

Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.

What we can offer you:

  • Company bonus: Up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year)
  • Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
  • Overtime: opportunity for paid overtime
  • Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days
  • Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements
  • Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave -enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments
  • Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking.
  • Healthcare Cash Plan: The Healthcare Cash Plan benefit provides the option to claim cash back on everyday healthcare expenses such as optical, dental, health and wellbeing and more.

The opportunity:

An opportunity has arisen on the development/production manufacturing lines, for a support engineer who would be responsible for translating design requirements into user instructions including the development of the project manufacturing architecture. You will coordinate with the day to day operations staff within the manufacturing facility.

The opportunity also allows you to grow your knowledge within manufacturing as part of our development into future opportunities. Industrial Validation, manufacturing architecture and factory of the future principles are some of the work packages that provide stretched objectives for such growth.

Working with the Principal Engineer, you will be working on multiple projects, responsible for manufacturing problem identification and resolution:

  • Support existing manufacturing lines and new product introduction
  • Support the industrial validation process through the use of FMEA’s, process proving activities etc.
  • Management of configuration control by the embodiment of design modifications into the manufacturing documentation and industrial validation
Apply now
MBDA

Manufacturing Engineer

Bolton
Hybrid
Circa £43,500 depending on experience
  • Support the non-conformance process
  • Ensure products are produced with consideration to safety, efficiency and economic factors
  • Assume the responsibilities for safe operating implementation for changed processes, including liaising with COSHH assessors, SHE and Human Factors
  • Liaise with the design authority during the product prototype/development phase, to ensure optimised Design for Manufacture (DfM)
  • Compilation and update of Manufacturing Instructions maintaining production BOMs
  • Tooling development and control
  • What we're looking for from you:

    • Electrical or Mechanical Engineering/Manufacturing Apprenticeship (Advanced Level or L3 Standard)

    &

    • Electrical or Mechanical Engineering/Manufacturing Level 4 academic qualification (HNC, diploma, etc.)

    &

    • Electrical or Mechanical Engineering/Manufacturing Level 3 vocational qualification (NVQ) *Not required if a L3 apprenticeship standard has been achieved

    Or

    • Degree in a relevant subject.

    • Must demonstrate a proactive approach to problem solving and commitment to work to meet our delivery milestones.

    • Have the ability to interpret Design Drawings with a view to producing Manufacturing Build Instructions.

    • Must be able to work within and contribute to a team environment.

    • Awareness of digital communication platforms to work and communicate effectively within the workplace.

    Our company: Peace is not a given, Freedom is not a given, Sovereignty is not a given

    MBDA is a leading defence organisation. We are proud of the role we play in supporting the Armed Forces who protect our nations. We partner with governments to work together towards a common goal, defending our freedom.

    We are proud of our employee-led networks, examples include: Gender Equality, Pride, Menopause Matters, Parents and Carers, Armed Forces, Ethnic Diversity, Neurodiversity, Disability and more…

    We recognise that everyone is unique, and we encourage you to speak to us should you require any advice, support or adjustments throughout our recruitment process.

    Follow us on LinkedIn (MBDA), X (@MBDA_UK), Instagram (MBDA_UK) and Glassdoor or visit our MBDA Careers website for more information.

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