Smart Manufacturing Consultant / Senior Consultant - Aerospace & Defence

Capgemini Invent

At Capgemini Invent, we believe difference drives change. As inventive transformation consultants, we blend our strategic, creative and scientific capabilities, collaborating closely with clients to deliver cutting-edge solutions. Join us to drive transformation tailored to our client's challenges of today and tomorrow. Informed and validated by science and data. Superpowered by creativity and design. All underpinned by technology created with purpose.

Your Role

We help leading aerospace and defence manufacturers transform how they design, build and deliver complex products. Combining deep sector expertise with strategy, engineering, data, AI and cloud capabilities, we turn ambitious manufacturing visions into measurable business outcomes.

From defining smart factory strategies and accelerating production ramp-up, to deploying Industry 4.0 technologies and transforming end-to-end operations, we deliver change at scale. Our rare blend of strategy, transformation, engineering and cloud expertise sets us apart. Joining our team means working at the forefront of manufacturing innovation, shaping mission-critical programmes, and helping clients build the resilient, digital and intelligent factories of the future.

As a Consultant / Senior Consultant with a specialism in Aerospace & Defence manufacturing in our Intelligent Industry practice you will:

• •Help A&D manufacturers in addressing production ramp-up, supply chain resilience, quality excellence and operational performance challenges.
• •Assess manufacturing value streams and identifying opportunities to improve production flow, capacity utilisation and overall equipment effectiveness.
• •Lead Smart Factory and Digital Manufacturing transformation initiatives from strategy through to implementation.
• •Develop business cases, maturity assessments and transformation roadmaps aligned to client operational objectives.
• •Work with leaders in Manufacturing, Engineering, , quality and supply chain to define requirements and future operating models.
• •Support the deployment of Industry 4.0 technologies, including MES, Industrial IoT, AI, digital work instructions and connected worker solutions.
• •Deliver high-impact transformation programmes that improve productivity, quality, delivery performance and manufacturing agility across aerospace and defence operations.
• •Collaborate with operators and technicians to make changes sustainable thus assuring long-term benefits.
• •Contribute to the development of Capgemini’s offerings for Physical and Agentic AI at our manufacturing clients.

As part of your role, you will also have the opportunity to contribute to the business and your own personal growth, through activities that form part of the following categories:

• •Business Development – Leading/contributing to proposals, RFPs, bids, proposition development, client pitch contribution, client hosting at events.
• •Internal Contribution – Campaign development, internal think-tanks, whitepapers, practice development (operations, recruitment, team events & activities), offering development.
• •Learning & Development – Training to support your career development and the skills demand within the company, certifications etc.

Your Profile

We’d love to meet someone with:

• •Experience in transforming manufacturing or supply chain operations in the Aerospace & Defence sector, gained within industry or consulting.
• •Experience in leading operational improvement, process optimisation, digital transformation or Industry 4.0 initiatives within a manufacturing or supply chain environment.
• •A passion for leading operational improvements with a focus on employee engagement and empowerment;
• •A passion for smart manufacturing technologies, including Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), Industrial IoT, advanced analytics, AI, digital work instructions and connected worker solutions.
• •Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to transform data and insights into practical recommendations and measurable business outcomes
• •Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with experience working collaboratively across manufacturing, engineering, quality and supply chain teams.
• •The business acumen and skills to create compelling business cases for investment and change;
• •A proactive and collaborative mindset, with a passion for delivering sustainable improvements and helping clients solve complex operational challenges.
• •Currently or experience working in a leading aerospace organisation, defence organisation or consulting firm,

Security Check (SC) Clearance

To be successfully appointed to this role, it is a requirement to obtain Security Check (SC) clearance. ( https://www.gov.uk/guidance/united-kingdom-security-vetting-applicant#levels-of-national-security-clearance)

To obtain SC clearance, the successful applicant must have resided continuously within the United Kingdom for the last 5 years, along with other criteria and requirements.

Throughout the recruitment process, you will be asked questions about your security clearance eligibility such as, but not limited to, country of residence and nationality.

Some posts are restricted to sole UK Nationals for security reasons; therefore you may be asked about your citizenship in the application process.

What You'll Love About Working Here

No matter the project or customer, your work will have a meaningful impact on society, businesses and lives. It’s really rewarding. And it’s also really varied. You’ll potentially work on a huge variety of projects (some larger than others), so you could gain lots of experience in a short amount of time.

You will work directly alongside our clients in their manufacturing facilities, keeping the focus of digitisation on the user experience and the business outcomes. You will typically work with colleagues from Capgemini’s Engineering and Cloud Services businesses, collaborating to design, build and implement digital solutions that enable our clients to improve service levels, reduce costs and improve sustainability outcomes.

Need to Know

At Capgemini we don’t just believe in inclusion, we actively go out to making it a working reality. Driven by our core values and Inclusive Futures for All campaign, we build environments where you can bring you whole self to work.

We aim to build an environment where employees can enjoy a positive work-life balance. We embed hybrid working in all that we do and make flexible working arrangements the day-to-day reality for our people. All UK employees are eligible to request flexible working arrangements.

Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas. We have also invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.

We are a Disbility Confident Employer

At Capgemini we don’t just believe in inclusion, we actively go out to making it a working reality. Driven by our core values and Inclusive Futures for All campaign, we build environments where you can bring you whole self to work.

We aim to build an environment where employees can enjoy a positive work-life balance. We embed hybrid working in all that we do and make flexible working arrangements the day-to-day reality for our people. All UK employees are eligible to request flexible working arrangements.

Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas. We have also invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.

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