Senior Industrial Engineer

Overview

As a Senior Industrial Engineer at Raytheon UK, you will shape manufacturability and drive capacity improvements across sites and programs. You’ll translate customer needs into productive, cost-efficient manufacturing solutions and guide projects from concept to volume production. You work closely with engineering, design and operations to implement innovative processes and equipment. Your impact spans planning, layout, and continuous improvement to strengthen our competitive edge in defence and aerospace.

Pay / Benefits

• 25 days holiday + public holidays
• Contributory pension scheme
• Discretionary bonus
• Life assurance (6x salary)
• Flexible benefits and salary sacrifice options
• Enhanced sick pay and family-friendly policies

Responsibilities

• Develop innovative product/process solutions and contribute to roadmaps for factory capacity and investments
• Support development of new projects, technologies or business opportunities
• Analyse manufacturing system performance to identify improvement opportunities via IE tools and methods
• Determine equipment, facilities and support requirements for new products or processes
• Create detailed factory and line layouts using AutoCAD and assist with planning, costing and implementation
• Optimize assembly lines using workflow analysis, time and motion studies, ergonomics and human factors
• Produce technical reports and presentations to support projects
• Analyze current or future requirements using simulation, value stream mapping, data analysis, PFMEA, Lean and Six Sigma
• Collaborate with engineering and design to ensure producibility and smooth transition to manufacture
• Labor estimating for electronic, cable or mechanical assemblies
• Contribute to factory safety and work cell ergonomics

Key requirements

• Degree in engineering science (Industrial Engineering, Electronics, Mechanical, Manufacturing Systems Engineering, etc.)
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and MS Project
• Proficient in AutoCAD and/or simulation modelling tools
• Strong mathematical, statistical analysis and IE methods ( SPC, Six Sigma, Lean, queuing theory )
• Ability to represent Raytheon with internal/external customers
• Understanding of cost drivers in project development and manufacturing

• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Ability to mentor or lead other engineers
• Customer-focused and collaborative approach
• AutoCAD
• Simulation modelling tools (e.g., Witness)
• MS Project

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