R&T Manufacturing Engineer

MERITUS are recruiting for a large aerospace client based in Filton who are growing their engineering capability rapidly to meet upcoming demands.

R&T MANUFACTURING ENGINEER - INSIDE IR35 - £46 PER HOUR - FILTON, UK - 12 MONTHS - SINGLE STAGE INTERVIEW PROCESS

A leading aerospace engineering organisation is seeking an R&T Manufacturing Engineer to support the industrial preparation and build of next-generation aircraft wing technology demonstrators
.

The role sits within the Industrial Architecture / Manufacturing Engineering function and focuses on integrating manufacturing requirements across design, tooling, and production teams to enable the successful assembly of advanced structural demonstrators.

This position acts as a Manufacturing Engineering Integrator
, ensuring alignment between engineering design, production planning, tooling development, and supply chain partners.

The successful candidate will work at the interface between design engineering and manufacturing operations
, ensuring that demonstrator builds can be delivered efficiently, safely, and in line with programme schedules.

• Develop and manage industrialisation plans for wing research and technology demonstrator projects.
• Assess the manufacturing impact of engineering design changes
  , including implications for cost, schedule, and production feasibility.
• Work closely with production teams to support scheduling, operational planning, and resource coordination.
• Collaborate with tooling and jig design teams to ensure manufacturing fixtures and tooling solutions are delivered in line with build requirements.
• Liaise with external tooling and component suppliers to ensure delivery milestones are met and changes are effectively managed.
• Generate and validate manufacturing capability documentation to support demonstrator build readiness.
• Manage the design-to-manufacturing interface
  , ensuring Condition of Supply agreements are defined and validated.
• Support the development and management of delivery specifications
  , ensuring quality assurance requirements are clearly defined and achieved.
• Work collaboratively across the manufacturing engineering organisation to maintain schedule alignment and effective information flow across teams.

The successful candidate will demonstrate:

• Experience working within a manufacturing engineering or production environment
  , ideally within aerospace or complex engineering sectors.
• Knowledge of aerospace structures
  , particularly aircraft wing components and associated manufacturing processes.
• Hands‑on experience using CAD tools
  , ideally CATIA V5
  .
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical information across multidisciplinary teams
  .
• The ability to work autonomously and act as a technical interface between design engineering, production, and suppliers
  .
• Competence using standard office productivity tools and digital collaboration platforms.
• A collaborative mindset and strong team working approach.