Process Engineer

  • Carbon 60
  • Chester, Cheshire
  • Nov 04, 2025
Contractor Transportation Automotive

Job Description

Process Engineer - Manufacturing

Location: Broughton (full time onsite requirement)
Contract Duration: Until 10 November 2026, with potential for extension
Pay Rate: Up to 37.02 per hour (Umbrella) / Up to 27.68 per hour (PAYE)
Hours: 35 hours per week
IR35 Status: Inside IR35
Interview Process: One stage interview

This is an excellent opportunity to join a leading manufacturing engineering team supporting a major aircraft programme. The successful candidate will focus on work preparation to industrialise modifications for aircraft, supporting both mechanical and electrical systems. You'll work as part of a multifunctional team to ensure seamless industrialisation into production.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Translate design intent into technical instructions and manufacturing engineering data for aircraft manufacture, assembly, test, and certification
  • Implement best practice methods, tools, and processes to meet current and future business requirements
  • Deliver detailed work preparation definition (routings, BOMs, SOIs, STV calculations) for aircraft production
  • Ensure all work and documentation meets procedural and regulatory requirements
  • Project manage manufacturing process improvements, including implementation strategies
  • Evaluate and enhance manufacturing process capacity, recommending changes to product design as needed
  • Provide shopfloor support to operations, supply chain, and final assembly lines

Required Skills & Experience:

  • Strong process-driven background; experience in large manufacturing settings
  • Knowledge of lean principles and business management tools (ideally SAP)
  • Ability to operate from first principles in manufacturing disciplines
  • Working knowledge of Manufacturing Engineering, Design, and Business Information Systems
  • Experience in aircraft production and engineering methods
  • Effective communication and leadership skills; self-motivated

Candidates must have the right to work in the UK unrestricted.

To apply, please submit your CV. For more information please call Ellie at Carbon60 Fareham on (phone number removed).

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