Summary:

Reporting to the Commercial Manager, the Estimator is responsible for producing bid packages for new and existing projects in line with Company procedures and customer requirements.

 

Role & Responsibilities

• Creation of the bid package
• Maintain records of WIP, failed and won bid packages.
• Work in conjunction with Engineering, Customer Services, Program Management, Purchasing and Finance to support customer quotation requests to tight and aggressive deadlines.
• Effective escalation of threats or blockers to the bid submission.
• Communication with all levels of management and external suppliers.
• Active recording of ‘lessons learnt’ to improve the accuracy and efficiency of the bidding process.
• Identify improvement activities to drive the estimating process towards consistent best practices.
• Gain personal skills and experience to reduce reliance on external/internal staff for the creation of bids.
• Become proficient in the use of all relevant estimating software or spreadsheets.
• Create new items/assemblies/routings/BoMs within the inhouse systems database.
• Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Comply with all relevant internal rules, policies and procedures, including those related to Health and Safety, Data Protection and issued Employee Handbook.

Knowledge & Experience

• Strong commercial, manufacturing and engineering background with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Ability to create method of manufacture for both development and production components.
• Good understanding of quality requirements within the aerospace industry – ability to read and interpret specifications.
• Proven and relevant cost estimating experience covering both manufactured parts, purchased parts and processing.
• Experience of constructing bid packages in an aerospace manufacturing environment.
• Ability to identify and communicate business risks when constructing bids.
• Ability to meet deadlines.
• Full understanding of multi-level / mixed BoM structures, with an understanding of fabrication, machining and assembly stages and methods.
• Knowledge of assembly

• Worked in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to work without supervision.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Exceptional communication and customer service skills.
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to multitask.

• IT literate to intermediate level (Microsoft word, Excel, PowerPoint and outlook)
• Knowledge of PFMEA’s, DCM’s, Control plans, inspection methods, etc.

 

 

Hours of work

39 hour working week Monday – Friday

 

Salary Range

£40,000.00 – £45,000.00

Reporting To:            Commercial Manager

To apply for this position, please email: hr@dynamicfabs.co.uk

Summary

This engineer is responsible for technical conformity of all products, providing technical documentation, introducing new capabilities while maintaining and developing Methods of Manufacture.

• Great working knowledge of creation and management of FAIR software.
• Good working knowledge of Document control to include ECR, NDA, DAR, Concession, Data Card, SOP, and quotation processes. Input of BOM’s, Routing’s, Rework Planning / Changes.

Role & Responsibilities

• Take responsibility for creation and management of new FAIRs and Delta FAIRs. Have great working knowledge of AS9102 and be able to deliver structured instructions to the shopfloor. This will include drawing balloon generation, inspection records and submission of data to customer portals.
• Evaluate manufacturing processes by designing and conducting research; applying knowledge of product design, fabrication, assembly, tooling, and materials; conferring with equipment vendors.
• Develop manufacturing processes by studying product requirements; modifying, and testing manufacturing methods and equipment; conferring with equipment vendors.
• Assures product and process quality by monitoring process capabilities; establishing standards; confirming manufacturing processes.
• Provide manufacturing decision-making information by calculating production, labour, and material costs.
• Maintain product and company reputation by complying with governing regulations.
• Identify new technologies to improve current processes and implements to completion.
• Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Comply with all relevant internal rules, policy and procedures, including those related to Health and Safety, Data Protection and issued Employee Handbook.

Knowledge & Experience

• Must have experience of FAIR Software (Q-Pulse / Ideagen)
• Experience of forming processes
• Project management skills
• CAD experience using any software
• Worked in a manufacturing environment, ideally with Sheetmetal and machining assemblies. Welding knowledge would be advantageous.
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to work without supervision
• Excellent time management skills
• Exceptional communication and customer service skills
• Strong organisational skills, with ability to multitask
• Good knowledge of PFMEA’s, DCM’s, Control plans, inspection plans, etc.

Hours of work

Monday to Friday

7am-4pm Monday to Thursday, 7am-12pm Friday

or

8am-5pm Monday to Thursday, 8am-1pm Friday

Salary

£35,000 – £40,000 depending on experience

Reporting To: Manufacturing Engineering Manager

To apply for this position, please email: hr@dynamicfabs.co.uk

Job Summary

This is a great opportunity to join a well-established and growing aerospace engineering Company as a Sheet Metal Worker. Working with a range of materials and sheet metal tools and equipment.

As a proactive and competent member of the team, you will be responsible for the fabrication and final production of complex multiple parts to ensure internal and customer demands are met.

This role requires someone with extensive skills and experience of sheet metal working.

Responsibilities

• Compliance with all procedures and work instructions.
• Reading, interpreting and understanding of drawings, work cards, specifications and other relevant technical documents.
• Working with materials such as Titanium, Stainless Steel, Jethete, Nimonics and others.
• Working with thin gauge material 0.7mm to 1.6mm approx
• Experience of riveting and sealing applications
• Assembly of fabricated and machined parts combined into one assembly.
• Use of visual inspection and documentation, working to tight tolerances.
• Identification of non-conforming product or process and feedback to the Shift Leader.
• Active involvement in Continuous Improvement activities related to production activities.
• Provide continued training support as required.
• Clocking on and off of all jobs being undertaken.
• Identify and communicate improvements to processes or procedures identified during production.
• Maintaining a clean and safe work environment in accordance with 5S protocol

Required Skills & Competencies

• Use of hand tools to cut, bend and straighten sheet metal
  
• Shaping metal over blocks or forms using hammers
• Inspecting, assembling and smoothing seams and joints of welded, brazed or burred surfaces.
• Read and interpret engineering drawings.
• Adherence to technical specifications.
• Follow work to lists to achieve the relevant productivity levels.
• To achieve right first time on all parts.
• Abide by all Health and Safety rules and regulations.

Desirable Skills

• Strong attention to detail and methodical
  
• Ability to work to instructions with limited supervision.
• Capable of working in a high volume, fast-paced manufacturing environment
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work as part of a team to achieve departmental and business objectives.

Qualifications

• Apprenticeship in Sheet Metal Work – City & Guilds Certification
• Advanced Certificate in Fabrication Studies or Level 3 Qualified in Welding & Fabrication
• Leadership, training and coaching skills

Based on site at our factory in Castle Donington – Dynamic Aerospace Fabrications Ltd, 10a Sills Road, Castle Donington, Derby, DE74 2US

Full time
Monday – Friday

Hours of work

Initially: Monday to Thursday: 7:00 am – 3:30 pm, Friday: 7:00am – 12:00 pm

Will move to 2 shifts:

• Monday to Thursday 6:00 am to 2:00 pm, Friday 6:00 am to 1:00 pm
• Monday to Thursday 2:00 pm to 10:00 pm, Friday 9:00 am to 4:00 pm

Salary

£33,000 – 35,375 per annum

To apply for this position, please email: hr@dynamicfabs.co.uk

Job Title: Sheet Metal Supervisor

Reporting to: Production Planning and Purchasing Manager

Summary:

Accountable for the H&S, quality, cost, delivery and team management in an allocated work stream.  Working within a fast-moving high-volume Operations department.

To lead the operational production teams to deliver best in class and flexible manufacturing performance in accordance with business objectives and strategic plans.

This will be achieved through the day to day effective leadership of a multi-skilled and multi-functional operations team to drive for superior results, exceed KPI targets, and strive for continual month on month improvements.

Role & Responsibilities

• To be accountable for the safe execution of the operational plan within your area.
• Lead by example with regards to working in a safe manner, avoiding accident or injury to people, damage to machinery or property.
• To ensure that all manufacturing activities are carried out in accordance with the instructions provide and that components produced meet the specified quality standards required.
• Maintaining appropriate approval and training system which ensures that all operators are adequately trained to meet the needs of their job function and to maintain written records, thus demonstrating that appropriate standards have been achieved and are maintained by individuals.
• Prioritises and schedules work to meet the business needs.
• Review and recommend production methods and equipment to ensure that the processes are performed efficiently and at minimum costs.
• Be the lead on lean methods, implement continuous improvements including 5’s activities.
• Ensure that the manning levels needed to support production are appropriate and where necessary instigate actions to adjust the levels to meet the changing needs of the business.
• A key element of this role will be to ensure that all required production records are completed accurately, and that the movement of work is recorded appropriately on the Company data base.
• To assist investigations into causes of non-conformance and propose correction actions to avoid reoccurrence.
• To ensure that appropriate levels of discipline are always maintained and that Company rules and regulations are adhered to.
• Attend cross-functional production meetings.
• Provide the leadership and training required to achieve empowered and motivated individuals and effective cooperation within and between teams.
• Actively manages attendance and performance of direct reports.
• Ensure accurate monitoring and maintenance of employee Time & Attendance and holidays.
• Manage departmental absence through timely managed Return to Work interviews and the use of the Company Absence Policy.
• Maintain a high level of housekeeping practice.
• Comply with all relevant internal rules, policy and procedures, including those related to health and safety and data.
• Be expected to carry out any other such duties as may be reasonably be required of you commensurate with your level within the company.

Knowledge & Experience

• Good solid experience of leading a team in a production environment, preferably aerospace/automobile industries.
• Ideally holding a recognised supervisory qualification.
• IT literate to intermediate level.
• Knowledge of Quality Management Systems.
• Experience of sheet metal and machining parts manufacture, used to working to close tolerances.
• Strong leadership skills committed to team and partnership working
• Flexible and able to work additional hours when required

Personal Qualities

• Driven – driven to deliver the best, personally and for the business. Motivated by responsibility, results orientated, tenacious and deadline focused. Possesses a ‘Can do, Will do’ attitude.
• Inspirational Leader – charismatic, capable of providing clear direction for the team and motivated to constantly drive safety, quality and production targets and efficiencies to a high standard. Promotes autonomy within the team, has a flexible approach, and encourages an ethos of managing upwards.
• Effective communicator – able to engage effectively at all levels, with a flexible communication style which can be adapted.
• Problem-solver – creative, innovative and with an analytical approach to exhaust all options until a satisfactory solution is found.
• Decisive – confident in making difficult decisions.
• Resilient – ability to adapt to changing priorities.

Hours of work

7am  – 4pm Mon – Thur and 7am – 12pm Friday.

Salary
£42,500

To apply for this position, please email: hr@dynamicfabs.co.uk