Manufacturing Engineer – Assemblies Type: 12-month contract (rolling) Rates: PAYE: £26.22/hr up to £29.97/hr holiday pay Umbrella: £35/hr up to £40/hr Location: Burnley (Full-time onsite) Hours: Standard 37 hrs/week Morson is currently recruiting an experienced Manufacturing Engineer to join our aerospace component manufacturing client at their Burnley site. This is an excellent opportunity to support a world-class organisation, playing a key role in defining, validating and improving assembly manufacturing processes across a fast-paced and technically challenging environment. Role Overview As a Manufacturing Engineer (Assemblies), you will support the development of robust, compliant and efficient manufacturing processes from engineering definition through to industrial validation. The role combines technical leadership, hands-on process design, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure quality, cost and delivery objectives are consistently achieved. Key Responsibilities Process Definition & Development Define and validate manufacturing processes, ensuring consistency, compliance and alignment with business standards. Design manufacturing processes using a Takt/Flow approach with ergonomic and safety considerations. Create and maintain SOPs, work instructions, inspection methods, control points and quality documentation. Develop routes, BOMs, master layouts, tooling requests, COSs, data sheets and production support drawings. Technical Support & Industrialisation Ensure process designs meet targets for quality, cost and delivery. Provide technical support to internal teams and external suppliers. Plan, drive and coordinate industrialisation activities and product validation. Participate in the definition of manufacturing concepts, equipment selection and workplace layout design. Stakeholder & Programme Interaction Work closely with Programme teams including HSE, Digitalisation and Environmental initiatives. Represent Manufacturing Engineering in customer-facing discussions alongside the Industrial Programme Manager. Use PFMEA and SPC to manage engineering risk and ensure sustainable, repeatable processes. Continuous Improvement & Project Delivery Deliver improvement and industrialisation projects within scope. Support ongoing process flow and line performance improvements. Engage in lean projects and ensure updates are accurately reflected in ERP systems. Participate in Level 1 and Level 2 QRQC activities. Candidate Skills & Requirements Experience working with complex assembly manufacturing processes, ideally within the aerospace sector. Engineering degree (Mechanical, Manufacturing, Materials), HND, or equivalent work experience. Medium to high competency in CATIA v5, with the ability to interpret and work with 3D component models.