Manufacturing Engineering

Acro Aircraft Seating is one of the UKs leading and fastest growing manufacturers of passenger seats for commercial airlines around the world. We are an agile, innovative business at the forefront of disrupting the aerospace market. Through modern methodologies, lean techniques, inspired innovation, and passion to be the best, Acro is positioning itself to be the worlds leading aircraft seating supplier.

Collaboration is one of Acros core values, by working together and applying our skills and expertise across Sales, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain and Operations, we find the solutions to our clients most complex challenges and how we deliver our promises today and tomorrow

Job Description

A Manufacturing Engineer will be part of a team that designs and implements an organisations production processes. Manufacturing Engineers are responsible for maintaining and improving the efficiency and quality of the production processes to produce a better product, at a lower cost and improve the profitability of an organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• To work alongside our New Product Development team to ensure successful launch of

• New products into mass production, including:

• Driving best practice design for manufacture and assembly

• Determining the most efficient build sequence and assembly line layout

• Authoring standard operating procedures (SOPs)

• Design and manufacture of bespoke tooling, jigs and fixtures

• Author and update PFMEA documentation

• Conducting trial build events both virtually and physically

• • Drive continuous improvement on all current processes and products

• Support issue resolution through effecting problem solving on existing production lines

Skills and experience required

• The ideal candidate will be degree qualified in an engineering field (such as mechanical,
• Chemical engineering, electrical or manufacturing)
• Good interpersonal skills
• A positive attitude with an eagerness to learn
• Have a keen interest in manufacturing and engineering
• Able to communicate effectively
• Aptitude for learning new techniques
• Capable of prioritising and multi-tasking
• Capable of working to agreed schedules
• Capable of working as part of a multi-functional team
• Ability to solve problems

This role profile is not exhaustive; it will be subject to periodic review and may be amended to meet the changing needs of the business. The post holder will be expected to participate in this process, and we would aim to reach agreement to the changes.

Our values

Accountability

We do the right thing and own our actions

Collaboration

We build trusted relationships and deliver through high performing teams

Respect

We develop our people and care for the environment

Outstanding

We relentlessly drive improvement and are obsessed about innovation