Industrialisation Engineer

This role is to define and steer the industrialisation of production lines for the shop floor (Lean Layout & Processes, Workbenches, Machines, Digitalisation)

To provide leadership for the production of fully integrated Satellite Telecoms and ENS Products based on robust inputs, processes and procedures, for implementation into production.

• As the project focal point, the Lead Engineer defines the production schedule, identifies opportunities from manufacturing experience and sets out daily priorities for the operations teams.
• A dynamic and essential role that deals with daily challenges, changing priorities and resolving blocking actions to ensure schedule adherence, yet, maintaining quality and costs.

INTERNAL RELATIONSHIPS:

• AIT Engineering Teams (M-AIT)
• AIT Operations Team Leader(s)
• AIT Operations (M-AIT)
• AIT Production Control
• AIT Quality Team
• AIT KPO's
• AIT Delivery Manager

EXTERNAL RELATIONSHIPS:

• MFT leads and Design KPO's
• Cross Site AIT Engineering Teams
• Project Management Team
• Engineering Support to Manufacture (ESM)
• Product Assurance Team (PA)
• Mechanical, Equipping & Thermal Design Teams

General Responsibilities:

• Lead/co-ordinate a team of engineers, offering technical advice and guidance with respect to the product flow
• Liaise with management over manpower and budgets as necessary
• Drive the ideal that AIT Engineering are the technical authority internally and externally for manufacture
• To flow new initiatives and ideas to those within the process teams and ensure subsequent feedback to process owners
• Lead industrialisation projects
• Establish layout for the production line based on existing work, value stream mapping, and other initiatives
• Redefine layout as required with focus on industrialisation
• To provide regular feedback to management on current progress, workings and issues on behalf of their team

Customisation / Preparation Phase Responsibilities:

• Co-ordinate Product/Process Owner(s) responsibilities for inputs into the generic schedule.
• Product manufacturing flow and area layout definition
• Generic Sequence / VPB (IPS) Maintenance (Overall Build for Project) - Process Improvement, Maintenance, Lessons Learned, customisation as required.
• Attending and/or supporting all meetings / reviews relating to the products manufacture ensuring support is in place where required, taking any appropriate actions, relating to development, planning, or manufacture.
• Attend inputs preparation meeting to define and ensure KIDs for product / project are fit for Manufacture (DFM)
• Manage the creation of all documentation, liaising with the process owners to provide a scheduled requirement.
• Define the manufacturing sequence based on experience and CAIT specific knowledge to optimise the overall Product/Project schedule in Primavera P6 (agree structure of PBOMs to ensure this is efficient for AIT need)
• Liaison with relevant stakeholders / areas to ensure best practice on process in design and manufacture.

Operations Phase Responsibilities:

• The Lead Engineer is the AIT point of contact for the project.
• Manage costs for the project and provide inputs to monthly cost reviews, as well as contributing to Customisation Close Out (CCO)
• Provide timely feedback to appropriate managers on process engineering issues.
• Drive and continuously monitor the Manufacturing Production schedule to ensure the timely delivery and optimum sequence for manufacture VPB to P6 durations.
• Attend and define daily priorities for operations team at the daily meetings (SQCDP), including optimisation of task lists for the following day.
• Attend scheduled and ad hoc meetings, and GO meetings, contributing to issues relating to process engineering and specifying details, including manufacturing readiness state

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT:

• Appreciation of manufacturing techniques eg. CFRP, structural bonding or TIG welding, within the aerospace industry
• Use of Windchill, SAP, P6, IPS, 3D live or other ERP System
• Understanding of build documentation to ensure clear instructions are given to shop floor operators.
• Lean, Six Sigma projects, Layout definition, product implementation
• Driving build quality through review of processes and implementation of improvements
• Managing a multi-disciplined team during investigations and initiatives
• Controlling and delivery of projects to budget and schedule
• Good understanding and detailed experience of mechanical engineering and systems, including but not limited to: Lean manufacturing techniques including 5S, root cause analysis and continuous improvement (Green belt).
• Production planning.
• Support to operations.
• Manufacturing
• A background in an aerospace engineering environment, preferably within the space sector
• High level mechanical skills and relevant experience.
• Procedures and process control.
• Team working and team leading skills.
• Practical and proactive.
• Process and Quality driven approach with high attention to detail.
• High self-motivation and ability to deal with changing priorities on a multi project basis.
• Good planning skills and process competence (MRP system experience an advantage).
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Previous experience of aerospace structures and build requirements is a distinct advantage.

Education & Training

Minimum HNC level in a Mechanical discipline (or lesser qualification if a high level of relevant experience can be demonstrated in the required disciplines).