MAIT Engineer

Job Title: MAIT Engineer
Location: Stevenage, UK
Work Type: Contract/Freelance
Rate: £31.64/per hour 
Duration: ASAP - 12 months+
 
Job Summary:
Provide Manufacturing Engineering support to Operations, principally wiring harness activities but also mechanical assemblies and small bonded thermal installations.
Working with the ME team and supporting technicians, Inspectors, team leaders and KPO’s as and when needed.
Support the generation of standard documentation in line with scheduled needs.
Produce re-work instructions / deviation plans / discrepancies based on project requirements and identify parts and tooling required to carry them out. (materials, tooling, requirements and methodology).
Support quality reviews and Root Cause Analysis using lean tools, including driving and owning PPS’s.
Support Lessons Learned exercises at key milestones involving all key stakeholders in phase (Operations, Process Owners, AIT Management, and Design).
Ensure that feedback is provided from the cleanroom and to the Process Owners so that the current processes can be updated to improve them / remove non-quality.
Support to R&D / R&T for process developments and new process implementation, undertake process improvement and maintenance and monitor process implementation in operations.
 
Essential –
A strong working knowledge of digital manufacturing systems for the digital creation of work instructions and manufacturing bill of materials. Able to manipulate and capture images from 3D models. Use of MRP systems.
Understanding of build documentation to ensure clear instructions are given to shop floor operators
Appreciation of Aerospace manufacturing and assembly techniques e.g.  light weight mechanical fastening and bonding techniques as well as harnessing
Use of jigs and fixtures to aid assemblies.  
Driving build quality through review of processes and implementation of improvements