Manufacturing Engineer

Role Overview

The Manufacturing Engineer will develop new and existing production tools and processes to support a right first-time production culture. Supports production issues in a fast-paced environment to ensure business targets are met. Able to manage and lead tasks with minimal support, whilst, collaborating with multiple business functions.

• Designs and develops tooling and processes to support manufacturing of metallic systems
• Creates and maintains manufacturing instructions and standard operation procedures
• Optimise productivity and design for manufacture
• Supports industrialisation of new products using project management skills
• Supports production to optimise tooling for legacy products
• Supports quality with production repair instructions
• Works with and manages suppliers to support production with replacement tooling
• Use RCCA tools to resolve challenging production issues
• Uses project management techniques to drive continuous improvement projects from cradle to grave
• Uses cost data to assess most cost-effective methods/design of products
• Applies multiple continuous improvement tools
• Other responsibilities as assigned

Skills:

• Highly skilled with CAD, modelling and creating technical drawings
• Able to create manufacturing sequences of multiple level assemblies
• Good organizational skills and the ability to prioritize with changing situations
• Experience using MRP systems
• Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills to drive tasks to completion
• Ability to perform PFMEA assessments and support PPAP deployment
• Assess fabricated and machined components for design for manufacture
• Able to use cost data to assess capital investment
• Experience with welding processes and non-destructive testing desirable
• Strong project management skills using project management tools (MS Project) desirable
• Experience performing make vs buy assessments using cost data desirable

Education:

Degree in an engineering/science discipline or equivalent combination of relevant education and work experience that will allow successful performance of job expectation.

Schedules:

37 hours per week, Monday to Friday, office based.

Hours of Work: Your normal working hours will be 37 hours per week, 8.5 hours per day Monday to Thursday and 5 hours on Friday. Lunch breaks are 30 minutes in duration and timings will be advised on your first day.

Please note, the right to work in the UK is required, sponsorship is not available.