Senior Manufacturing Manager

Role & responsibilities

Role Purpose
Evaluates whether customer-designed parts can be manufactured, flags technical risks, and defines the manufacturing approach converting designs into production-ready components. Not responsible for pricing/quotation.

Core Responsibilities (condensed into 6 pillars):

1. Feasibility & Risk Assessment Review drawings/models against machinability, tolerances, GD&T, tool access, thin-wall/distortion risk, and EDM needs. Classify each part as manufacturable as-is, manufacturable with risk controls, needs redesign, or not feasible.
2. Design for Manufacturing (DFM) — Recommend practical design changes (radii, wall thickness, tolerance relaxation, datum improvements) without compromising function; document via markups and revised models.
3. Process Planning — Define the manufacturing route (CNC milling/turning, 5-axis, wire/sinker EDM, grinding, heat treatment, inspection stages) including operation sequence, setups, and critical datums.
4. SolidWorks & Drawing Preparation — Build/repair 3D models, create manufacturing-stage models, and produce fully toleranced 2D drawings with GD&T, finish, and material specs, under revision control.
5. EDM Electrode Design — Design roughing/finishing electrodes (geometry, spark gap, flushing, wear) and manage traceability between features and electrodes.
6. Fixture Feasibility & Production Support — Assess workholding/clamping strategies; support programmers, machinists, and inspectors; drive NCR/CAPA investigations and first-article reviews; maintain engineering documentation in ERP/PLM per AS9100.

Preferred candidate profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Production Engineering or Tool Engineering.
• Significant practical experience in precision manufacturing engineering.
• Advanced proficiency in SolidWorks part modelling, assemblies and 2D drawings.
• Strong experience in CNC machining and manufacturing-process planning.
• Practical experience in sinker EDM electrode design.
• Strong understanding of wire EDM and sinker EDM applications.
• Expert knowledge of engineering drawings, GD&T and tolerance stack-up.
• Experience with precision-machined parts in low-volume, prototype and production environments.
• Experience with complex aerospace, defence, medical or high-precision components is strongly preferred.