Job Title: Estimating Engineer – Composites and Metallics
Location: India Mill, Darwen
Salary: Competitive based on skills, experience, and relevant qualifications
Job Type: Permanent, Full time
Hours: 37 hours per week over a 4-day week, Monday to Thursday
Brookhouse Aerospace is a well-known and respected name in the Aerospace Industry currently in its 71st year, and during this time, the business has seen many positive changes following an MBO in 2021 from Kaman UK.
We offer a range of capabilities, including manufacturing composite components, metallics, sheet metalwork, fabrication, machining and treatments.
We are approved and certified for JOSCAR, AS 9100 and NADCAP certificated and are approved Tier 1 and 2 suppliers to the Aerospace and Defence manufacturers in the UK and internationally, such as Airbus, BAE, MBDA, Rolls Royce, Safran and Spirit.
If you are a highly experienced Estimating Engineer with experience of working within an aerospace/manufacturing environment, this could be the ideal role for you.
The Role:
The Estimating Engineer (Composites & Metallics) is responsible for the logging and estimating of enquiries received within the business. You will be part of an experienced estimating team and will also be required to liaise with customers on relevant activities, compile bid proposals and submission of such for products and processes including, but not limited to:
Composites:
- Carbon Composites and Glass Fibre details and assemblies
- Understanding the detail of Composite lay-up and assembly
- Routing and 5-axis machining of Carbon Composites, Glass Fibre
- Surface Treatments
Metallics
- Flat and formed metallic details
- Metallic fabricated assemblies
- Metal to Metal bonding
- Routing and 5-axis machining of metallic components & details
- Protective Surface Treatments
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
Operational output
- Interpretation of customer models, drawings, Bill of Materials and specifications including PowerPoint and schematic presentations/sketches as well as hard copy drawings
- Identification of the processes required for each quotation such as lay-up, curing, machining, fabrication, assembly and protective treatments to enable accurate cost compilation
- Understand the process of Composite manufacturing from freezer to delivery
- Ensure the customer requirements are fully understood and the most cost-effective solution is quoted.
- Liaison with suppliers to ascertain prices
- Liaison with customers to clarify any details where necessary
- Preparation of accurate costs in terms of materials, labour etc.
- Ensure all enquiries and quotations produced are entered correctly into the computer system
Health, safety and environment
- Uphold processes that assure the effective health, safety and environmental best practices as defined by the Brookhouse HSE management system
The Candidate:
- Experience of Estimating within an aerospace manufacturing environment with Engineering trade qualification at HNC level or equivalent desirable
- Understand ply books, ply data and final composite drawing detail
- Conversant with a wide range of Composite processes
- Understand the difference between low-volume and high-volume strategies
- Ability to understand & extract key information from engineering drawings & Bills of Material from multiple customers
- Ability to manipulate arithmetic data with a high degree of accuracy in time-limited situations
- Computer literate and experienced in MS Office to a high standard including Excel
- Enthusiastic, proactive & organised
- Analytical thinker and self-aware
- High-level customer and business awareness
- Achieves results accurately
- Team-worker
Benefits:
Aside from the competitive rate of pay, the following is available:
- 4-day week Monday to Thursday 07:15 am to 5:00 pm, 37 hours
- Holidays start at 28 days per year (including Bank Holidays) Based on the 4-day week.
- On-site – Occupational Health
- Employee Referral Scheme
- Corporate Simplyhealth Cash Plan (Benefit in Kind)
- Life Insurance
Brookhouse-Aerospace is an Equal Opportunities and Age Positive Employer.
Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK under ITAR restrictions.
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles of; Project Estimator, Cost Estimator, Engineering Estimator, Works Cost Estimator, Manufacturing Estimator, Manufacturing Costs Estimator, Technical Estimator, Engineering Project Estimator, Technical Project Estimator, Manufacturing Engineer, Production Operative, Manufacturing Operative, Metallic Engineer, Estimator may also be considered for this role.
