Salary: £35,000 - £45,000 plus benefits

Ricardo’s Performance Products division are seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to join the team that define the manufacturing process, estimate machining times of components, support the realisation of the quoted times, and look for further opportunities to reduce cost.

Responsibilities 

• Estimate manufacturing process and machining times to achieve the design specification, ensuring the most cost-effective approach.
• Develop and implement, through a hands-on approach, manufacturing processes to efficiently machine components, continually looking to reduce the costs.
• Specification/design of tooling, fixturing and equipment to support manufacturing processes, including its procurement, commissioning, and implementation.
• Provide cutting data to ensure optimum performance and realisation of estimated times.
• Support all team members to ensure the realisation of the quoted manufacturing times.
• Work with the production and engineering teams to reduce the ‘Cost of Poor Quality.’
• Liaison with the design authority to ensure correct understanding of intent and process requirements.
• Support shop floor with issue resolution.
• Create routings for new/up issued parts.

Essential

• Have a proven background working in a machine shop with extensive knowledge of tools, equipment and processes for milling and turning.
• Hands on approach to problem solving and cost reduction.
• Working in a formal Quality framework.
• Continuous Improvement drive.
• Good PC skills and Business System experience.

Preferred

• Experience of working in a production environment for a precision, low volume customer base
• Automotive or similar industry experience.
• Gear form manufacturing knowledge/experience.
• Heat Treatment knowledge/experience.
• 5 axis CAD/CAM programming experience.

Qualities

• Team player with “can do” attitude.
• Able to work and communicate effectively across different technical disciplines.
• Self-determination and confidence to challenge the norm and deliver on objectives.
• Logical Problem-Solving mindset.

Working with Ricardo

You will be warmly welcomed into our workplace where every voice matters. We are diverse thinkers and doers, coming together to create a culture of inclusion. We will support you to find your place.

We will encourage you to use your passion and expertise to make a positive impact through the projects you work on. Your knowledge and desire to bring about change will be invaluable in helping deliver innovative solutions that support communities across the globe in becoming safer and more sustainable.

Wellbeing and work life balance

Wellbeing is at the core to our culture, allowing employees to flourish and to achieve their full potential. Our People are important to us, and we take pride in our wellbeing programs and policies that support individuals including flexible working, careers policy, mental health first aiders and readily available support through our extensive Employee Assistance program.

Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours. We have an ambitious diversity, equality, and inclusion approach as explained here. We value diversity; recognising that a more diverse workforce creates a richer and more varied working environment.

Diversity also drives innovation, by allowing us to offer our clients the best consultancy service that we can. As part of our commitment to engage positively and pro-actively with all our employees and to ensure an inclusive culture, we are a recognised as a 'disability confident' employer.

Next steps

Once you have submitted your application a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch. Please be aware that the timing can vary dependent on the volume of applications that we receive for each role and in some cases, we may start to review applications prior to the closing date.

Ricardo is a Disability confident employer please advise the recruitment team via recruit@ricardo.com if you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process.