Ultima Forma is a design to manufacturing technology company specialising in electroforming. The business has a novel manufacturing process with applications across a range of advanced engineering sectors, including hydrogen containment, RF and lightweight structures.
This role has responsibility for conducting a range of manufacturing tasks, helping set up manufacturing equipment, supporting electroforming development projects and QA activity. Working to ISO9001 standards and towards EN9100.
Responsibilities:
Manufacturing / QA
Ultima Forma has set up a new factory north of Basingstoke and has a growing number of technology development projects underway. As a technology business we are designing, developing, prototyping, and manufacturing products for a range of clients. We also also moving towards low volume scale-up manufacture.
- Assisting with manufacturing facility specification and installation
- Leading manufacturing activities for the evolving project portfolio
- Development of manufacturing planning related to the building and scale of pilot manufacturing programmes
- Working within ISO9001
- Interface with the rest of the engineering and project management team
- Helping develop QA protocols and manufacturing processes that can reliably meet QA expectations.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience
Essential:
- A good manufacturing, science or engineering degree
- Minimum 2 years working within a manufacturing advanced engineering business – ideally space, aerospace or other transport sector
- Experience of aerospace QA systems and controls
- Ability to review and critique technical engineering information
- Ability to communicate commercial and technical messages in a relevant, effective and engaging format to varied audience members
- Able to construct manufacturing proposals with support from others
- Ability to handle confidential issues across various stakeholders and negotiate exclusivity and IP terms for the business
- Able to create business cases and budgetary planning of manufacturing projects
- Good time management, project management and organisational skills
- Energetic and resourceful team player with the ability to initiate and manage change
- Ability to work flexible across a number of roles
Desirable:
- Experience using robotics
- Experience with chemical based systems
- Understanding NDT and materials characterisation techniques and results
- Network of relevant industry relationships including manufacturing suppliers
Further information:
For further information email steve.newbury@ultima-forma.com