Location: Broughton (Onsite)
Type: Contract until 03/11/2026 (likely to be extended)
Working Hours: 35 hours per week (4.5 days)
Pay Rate:

• PAYE 26.92 per hour + holiday pay

• 36.00 per hour Umbrella

Morson is currently recruiting a Technical Support Engineer on behalf of our aerospace manufacturing client for their Broughton site. This is an excellent opportunity to work within a high-performing production environment, providing critical shopfloor and lineside technical support.

You will play a key role in supporting manufacturing operations by working closely with production teams on the shopfloor. The position focuses on resolving technical issues, enabling continuous production, and driving operational excellence through process improvement.

Shopfloor & Lineside Support

• Provide daily/on-shift technical support to production teams

• Resolve issues relating to missing parts, non-conformities, concessions, outstanding work, maintenance, jigs, and tools

• Identify, analyse, and resolve recurring technical issues beyond operator and First Line Manager capability

• Escalate issues to relevant support functions where required

Work Order Management

• Manage out-of-cycle work orders

• Flag blocked work orders for discussion at appropriate forums

• Support prioritisation of serial and rework work orders, particularly those linked to non-conformities or concessions

Continuous Improvement & Operational Excellence

• Support lean manufacturing initiatives and waste elimination

• Analyse industrial systems and processes to improve efficiency and effectiveness

• Contribute to capacity management and anticipate production fluctuations

Industrial Assets

• Support repair requests and creation of small tools

• Assist with specifications for new jigs/tools and improvements to existing assets

• Support calibration activities

Environment, Health & Safety (EHS)

• Promote EHS standards and ensure compliance on the shopfloor

• Support identification and resolution of near misses

• Cascade EHS requirements to production teams

Quality & Logistics

• Ensure production and quality standards are consistently applied

• Support prioritisation and movement of materials linked to rework activities

• Essential: Manufacturing or lineside experience

• Strong knowledge of aircraft production methods and engineering processes (highly desirable)

• Extensive experience in a manufacturing environment

• Strong practical problem-solving skills

• Systematic, organised, and analytical approach

• Experience with Lean Manufacturing principles

• Confident stakeholder management skills

• Customer-focused mindset

• Flexible and adaptable to changing priorities

• SAP experience