Manufacturing Engineer
4 days ago
St Albans
Role Overview The Industrialisation 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. Core Responsibilities • Designs and develops tooling and processes to support the manufacturing of metallic systems, • Creates and maintains manufacturing instructions and standard operating procedures, • Supports industrialisation of new products using project management skills, • Supports production to optimise tooling for legacy products, • 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, • Governs engineering standards within production to 5S standards, • Evaluates and improves process effectiveness through time and motion studies, • Uses cost data to assess the most cost-effective methods/designs of products, • Applies multiple continuous improvement tools, • Other responsibilities as assigned Role Specifications Skills: • Able to create manufacturing sequences of multiple-level assemblies, • Good organisational skills and the ability to prioritise in changing situations, • Experience using MRP systems, • Self-starter with the ability to make rapid iterations to improve production processes, • Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills to drive tasks to completion, • Able to use cost data to assess capital investment, • Experience with welding processes and non-destructive testing is desirable, • Strong project management skills using project management tools (MS Project) are desirable, • Experience performing make vs buy assessments using cost data is desirable Education: Degree in an engineering/science discipline or equivalent combination of relevant education and work experience that will allow successful performance of job expectations. Additional Detail 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. Monday - Thursday Core Hours between: (7 hours) 9.00am to 4.00pm Flexi Hours between: (1.5 hours) 7.30am to 9.00am and 4.00pm and 5.30pm Friday Core Hours between: (3 hours) 9.00am to 12.00pm • Flexi Hours between: (2 hours) 7.00am to 9.00 am and 12.00 pm and 2.00 pm