Manufacturing Engineers – Composites & Assembly Teams Location: Burnley Contract: 12-months (with potential extension or temp-to-perm opportunity) Rates: PAYE: £27.18 per hour £3.95 per hour holiday pay Umbrella: £35 per hour Morson is currently recruiting experienced Manufacturing Engineers to join our Aerospace Component Manufacturing client in their Composites and Assembly teams. This is a fantastic opportunity to work with advanced manufacturing processes on cutting-edge aerospace projects. You'll be part of a forward-thinking, high-performance environment where your expertise will directly contribute to shaping next-generation aircraft production. Key Responsibilities (Composites & Assembly Teams): Define and design complex manufacturing processes (composite or assembly), ensuring alignment with product design and performance standards Create and validate standard operating procedures, work instruction sheets, quality control points, and inspection methods Develop effective tooling, equipment, and plant strategies Generate routes, bills of materials, layouts, tooling requests, and engineering documentation Lead and coordinate industrial product validation activities Identify and reduce risk using structured tools such as PFMEA Candidate Profile: Composites Team: Strong background in composite manufacturing processes, ideally in aerospace Engineering degree (mechanical, manufacturing, or materials), HND, or equivalent experience Competent with CATIA v5 for 3D component modelling Assembly Team: Experience with complex mechanical assembly processes, preferably in aerospace Engineering degree (mechanical, manufacturing, or materials), HND, or equivalent experience Proficiency with CATIA v5 for 3D assembly design