Process Engineer
3 days ago
Sheffield
Manufacturing Process Engineer Location: Sheffield Salary: Up to £45k DOE Elevation Recruitment Group are working with a long-standing manufacturing organisation in Sheffield that is investing in process development, optimisation and modernisation. As a Manufacturing Process Engineer, you’ll play a key role in shaping continuous improvement activity, leading projects and supporting site-wide performance enhancements. This is a great opportunity for a Manufacturing Process Engineer who thrives on ownership, enjoys variety and wants to make a real impact within a busy industrial environment. Summary of Main Duties and Responsibilities • Lead and support improvement projects across a range of manufacturing processes on site, • Manage individual projects including cost saving, H&S and business critical workstreams, ensuring realistic timeframes and regular updates, • Contribute to wider group projects and support team KPIs, • Work alongside operators and area leads to turn improvement suggestions into structured plans and actions, • Support production teams with lean tools including 5S, Kaizen, GEMBA and DMAIC, • Carry out justification and feasibility studies including ROI calculations, CAPEX submissions and cross-functional review, • Support the introduction of new products, new processes and emerging manufacturing techniques, • Optimise existing processes to reduce cost and improve performance, liaising with technical and quality teams, • Identify continuous improvement opportunities and apply modern manufacturing methods to strengthen performance and capability, • Capture and analyse production data to highlight improvement opportunities, • Present regular project updates to all levels of management, taking ownership of overdue actions, • Work cross-functionally to ensure projects deliver full value and measurable benefits, • Support quality investigations, conduct root cause analysis and implement corrective actions, • Proactively identify and improve health and safety standards across site, • Carry out any reasonable tasks requested by the line manager Qualifications and Skills we are looking to see for the role: • Experience delivering project or process implementation, either leading or as part of a project team, • Ability to evaluate processes, identify improvement opportunities and carry actions through to completion, • Exposure to a variety of manufacturing techniques and material processing, • Strong decision making skills with the confidence to drive performance improvements, • Solid problem solving skills, both individually and as part of a team, • High level of ownership, working to a SMART framework, • Experience writing justifications for equipment or process implementation, • Basic understanding of quality functions including root cause and corrective actions, • Strong health and safety awareness with a proactive mindset, • Excellent attention to detail, • Practical approach to spotting and delivering continuous improvement, • Ability to handle pressure and work to time critical tasks, • Team player with excellent organisational skills Desirable • Understanding of forging procedures, • Confident communicator with good liaison skills, • Basic knowledge of CI and Lean tools (PFMEA, VSM, DMAIC, Lean/6 Sigma etc.), • Ability to use 2D and 3D CAD packages