Advanced Manufacturing Engineer

Title:                           Advanced Manufacturing Engineer

Reports to:               Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Lead

Imagine working at the forefront of innovation in fluid-flow technology, with over 1,400 colleagues across the globe, and contributing to a legacy of excellence that spans eight manufacturing facilities on four continents. Armstrong Fluid Technology is more than just a leader in our industry; we are a community of the brightest and most creative minds, driven by a shared mission to engineer the future and safeguard our planet.

As part of our team, you'll be immersed in an environment that fosters growth, creativity, and collaboration. Here, you'll have the opportunity to push boundaries, tackle exciting challenges, and develop cutting-edge solutions that promote energy efficiency and reduce environmental impact. Every day offers the chance to make a meaningful contribution to a more sustainable future, driving innovations that help lower global carbon footprints. Together, we’re creating a legacy that goes beyond business—one that’s changing the world for the better.

As the Advanced Manufacturing Engineer you will own the industrialisation of new products and manufacturing processes, translating product designs into safe, capable, cost-effective and scalable production solutions. You will lead the manufacturing concept from early DFM/DFA through process and flow-line design, validation, production launch and formal handover to Operations and sustaining Manufacturing Engineering.

Key Accountabilities:

Manufacturing Readiness and Industrialisation

• Own the Manufacturing Engineering workstream for assigned NPI, APQP and capital programmes from concept through launch.
• Develop manufacturing plans, milestones, risks, resources and readiness evidence for prototype, pilot and production builds.
• Lead the manufacturing readiness gate, confirming process flow, PFMEA, control requirements, layout, tooling, capacity, labour, training and validation are complete or formally dispositioned.
• Support ramp-up until agreed safety, quality, delivery, cost and capability targets are demonstrated, then complete formal handover.

Design for Manufacture and Assembly

• Lead DFM/DFA reviews and provide early input into product architecture, materials, tolerances, datum strategies, interfaces, assembly methods and test requirements.
• Simplify designs, reduce part count and assembly complexity, and close manufacturing-related design actions before release.
• Develop mistake-proofing solutions and embed lessons learned into future product designs.

Process, Flow-Line and Factory Design

• Design safe, efficient and repeatable processes, production cells, flow lines, workstations and layouts.
• Define process sequences, takt and cycle times, line balance, labour, capacity, material flow, lifting, utilities and point-of-use requirements.
• Validate proposed processes through modelling, trials and pilot builds, applying Lean principles to remove waste before launch.

Process Risk, Quality Planning and Validation

• Lead Process Flow and PFMEA development with the cross-functional team and work with Quality Engineering to define prevention, detection and Process Control Plan requirements.
• Define critical process parameters, inspection points, acceptance criteria, validation requirements, reaction plans and capability evidence.
• Use 8D and root-cause analysis to resolve launch issues and prevent recurrence.

Equipment, Tooling and Manufacturing Technology

• Define and specify equipment, automation, tooling, jigs and fixtures; develop capital business cases and technical requirements.
• Support supplier selection, design reviews, acceptance testing, installation, commissioning and production validation.
• Evaluate automation, robotics, digital work instructions, vision systems, automated inspection and production-data capture where they improve safety, quality, capacity, cost or delivery.

Supplier Readiness and Operational Handover

• Support make-versus-buy decisions and supplier manufacturing-readiness reviews with Supply Chain and Supplier Quality.
• Define and validate the launch baseline for manufacturing BOMs, routings, labour standards, standard work, visual instructions and training.
• Transfer ongoing ownership to sustaining Manufacturing Engineering after readiness and stabilisation criteria are achieved. Ongoing documentation, routing optimisation, continuous improvement and day-to-day production support remain with the sustaining team.

What We’re Looking For

To thrive in this role, you should bring:

Education and Experience

• Degree, HNC/HND, technical apprenticeship or equivalent professional experience in Manufacturing, Mechanical, Industrial Engineering or a related discipline.
• Typically five or more years of relevant Manufacturing Engineering, industrialisation, process engineering or NPI experience, including taking new or significantly changed products or processes through production launch.
• Experience in complex mechanical or electro-mechanical manufacturing. Process plant, HVAC, modular build, capital equipment, low-volume/high-value or engineer-to-order experience is desirable.
• Practical experience of DFM/DFA, Process Flow, PFMEA, quality planning, process validation, Lean manufacturing, line balancing and capacity analysis.
• Experience specifying or implementing manufacturing equipment, tooling, jigs and fixtures, and interpreting engineering drawings, specifications and BOMs.

Soft Skills

• Strong ownership, organisation and delivery focus, with the ability to manage multiple technical risks and deadlines.
• Practical engineering judgement and a data-driven approach to complex problem-solving.
• Clear communication and the ability to influence Design, Quality, Supply Chain, Operations, suppliers and senior stakeholders without direct authority.
• Constructive challenge, collaboration, customer focus and a strong commitment to safe working.

Technical Skills

• Manufacturing industrialisation, readiness planning, NPI/APQP and production launch.
• Flow-line, workstation and factory-layout design; takt time, cycle time, line balancing and capacity modelling.
• PFMEA, process control planning, process/equipment validation, 8D and root-cause analysis.
• Equipment, tooling and automation specification, commissioning and manufacturing-technology evaluation.
• Working knowledge of CAD and PLM/PDM/ERP or MES systems; knowledge of ISO 9001 and UKCA/CE requirements is desirable.

Why Armstrong Fluid Technology?

By joining us, you’ll become part of a global community dedicated to pushing the boundaries of fluid-flow technology. You’ll have endless opportunities to learn, grow, and make a significant impact on the world. Together, we'll build tomorrow’s solutions today.