Senior Manufacturing Engineer – Industrial Part Time

Cowes, Isle of Wight
Acumen Bay Consultancy

• Technical expertise in Manufacturing Engineering, with a professional qualification (university degree) in Engineering (Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical). Additionally:
• Fully competent in own field with specialist knowledge.
• Able to work competently in other fields.
• Acts as a guide and source of information to others.
• Operates with minimum of supervision in a complex environment and regularly oversees the work of others.
• Makes presentations at senior level, internally and externally demonstrating ability to clearly communicate to audience.
• Identifies and anticipates technical problems and offers solutions.
• Sets challenging goals by identifying possible ways to improve performance.
• Ability to interpret data, events and looks for appropriate solutions.
• Understands situations by analysing them logically and uses information in a systematic way, identifying appropriate course of action for resolution.
• Fully appreciative of the limits of their experience.
• Participates in activities within a global technical community and has an understanding of the interface with broader business functions within Aerospace client.
• Competent, multispecialty member of the technical community, understanding the relationship of own field to others.
• Applies knowledge and skills to a range of activities/
• Understands the formal and informal structure of the business with an awareness of customer base.
• Provides support to the organisation functions, showing commercial awareness at a business level.
• Recognise the culture and climate within the organisation.
• Creates project plans, budgets, organises people, directs and controls tasks.
• Encouraging others to work co-operatively to achieve a common goal, leads knowledge management initiatives.
• Explains complex concepts to a variety of audiences and ensures meaning is understood.
• Creates formal networks with key decision makers internally and externally.
• Uses the opportunity to develop their own coaching skills.
• Able to provide support and development where appropriate.
• Will be a major technical contributor internal to Aerospace.
• Carries out Continuing Professional Development (CPD) necessary to ensure competence in areas identified and at the future professional level intended.
• Develops new ideas and seeks supports for their development.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in Manufacturing Engineering.
• Detailed knowledge of quality system models such as ISO9000, AS9100, or D1-9000.
• Project/Program Management.
• Familiarity with AS1945 APQP process or equivalent