Your new career starts here with Plextek

Details

• Location CB10 1NY
• Position Manufacturing Specialist
• Placement Permanent

About the position

Role

• Full time role, reporting to The Head of Engineering.
• Office based in Great Chesterford, Essex. Hybrid working environment with minimum of 3 days in the office.
• Travel within the UK and internationally; visiting clients, supply chain partners and contract manufacturing partners where required to deliver projects or support sales.

Responsibilities

• Create and implement strategy to grow our manufacturing capability and integrate it into our overall R&D / specialist product development offering.
• Drive our manufacturing processes and keep us up to date with the latest technologies and best practices.
• Support the design for manufacture and assembly (DfMA) and transfer to manufacture processes for low-to-mid volume products incorporating complex RF systems.
• Manage and co-ordinate supply chain partners and contract manufacturers, in the UK and internationally.
• Work with our Quality Manger to assess supplier performance, address issues and hold our suppliers to account.
• Co-ordinate with project managers, technicians and technical staff to successfully deliver development projects.

The Person

• A confident and clear communicator, able to engage credibly with clients ranging from engineers to senior executives.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, consultancy-style environment with frequent client interaction and changing priorities.
• Experience with the full product development lifecycle, particularly in low-to-mid volume products incorporating complex RF systems.
• Good understanding of various manufacturing methods, techniques and equipment; including SMT.
• Well networked with supply chain partners and contract manufacturers in the UK and internationally.
• Literate in mechanical and electronic design and development; good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proactive and takes initiative to get the job done, with a rigorous attention to detail.
• Experience of manufacture for the space sector (ESA / ECSS standards and/or flight model verification testing) would be beneficial.

No agencies please. Recruiting partners will be contacted directly by the HR team when support is needed.