Junior Manufacturing Engineer

ALTEN is looking for a Junior Manufacturing Engineer to support an exciting aerospace manufacturing programme. This is a hands-on, shop-floor focused position where you will work closely with production teams and operators, providing day-to-day engineering support and helping to resolve technical and manufacturing queries. A key part of the role will also involve supporting and training shop-floor employees in the use of the Manufacturing Execution System (MES), helping ensure manufacturing processes and digital work instructions are followed correctly. - Location: Broughton - On Site: Fully Onsite - Clearance: Clearable - Experience Level: Junior Key Responsibilities: - Provide day-to-day engineering support on the manufacturing shop floor. - Respond to and help resolve technical queries from production teams. - Support manufacturing activities and investigate production issues. - Provide guidance to operators on engineering and manufacturing processes. - Support and train shop-floor employees in the effective use of the MES platform. - Help ensure manufacturing information and digital work instructions are correctly understood and followed. - Work closely with Manufacturing, Production, Quality and Engineering teams. - Identify opportunities to improve manufacturing processes and ways of working. - Escalate more complex technical issues to the appropriate engineering teams. - Support continuous improvement activities across the production environment. Required Skills: - Experience working within a manufacturing, production or shop-floor environment. - Good understanding of manufacturing and production processes. - Comfortable providing hands-on support to shop-floor operators. - Good communication and problem-solving skills. - Ability to understand and communicate technical information and work instructions. - Comfortable using digital manufacturing systems and learning new software. Required Qualifications: - A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, or equivalent military experience. Desirable Skills: - Previous experience within aerospace manufacturing. - Exposure to MES / Manufacturing Execution Systems. - Experience supporting or training production operators. - Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing or continuous improvement. - Experience dealing with manufacturing technical queries.