Role and Responsibilities

• Development of product and end user application/specifications and data, including product testing requirements.

• Support existing manufacturing lines and new product introduction (NPI).

• Participates in concurrent engineering efforts, critical design reviews, and value engineering initiatives as growth opportunities.

• Develop preliminary layout of the manufacturing and assembly lines in line with process and Production Engineering department.

• Develop, document and improve required tooling and associated test jigs, in a timely manner, by liaising with the design and manufacturing teams, to guarantee product quality and operational productivity and efficiency.

• Manage and review all operational product and process documentation and ERP system information changes (including bills of materials, product routings and design change requests).

• Production support element will also include review and update of any production related documentation.

• Lead manufacturing system analysis, to ensure systems are lean and delivering the design intent, continually improving the systems to add maximum value to the business.

• Manage and maintain the actions on the non-conformance database.

• Lead Engineering activities for Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DfMA) to ensure products can be manufactured and assembled in the most efficient way possible.

• Understanding of problem-solving methodologies used in determining root cause and formulating corrective action(s) - i.e. thought maps, 8D, root cause analysis, Process Failure Mode Effect Analysis, Gage R & R, control charts, Pareto charts, etc.

• Act as a liaison between Manufacturing, Testing, Design teams, plus other areas of the business including Suppliers

• Liaising with all relevant departments throughout the design cycle to ensure a smooth and efficient introduction of products to manufacture.

• Provide support and back-up to Production Engineering for site and plant maintenance including environmental issues.

• Liaise with NPI during various build stages to report back to engineering any ‘pickups’ such as problems or improvements that can be made.

• Manage, maintain and distribution of PLC database actions.

• Review projects at the design stage to capture solutions for manufacturing considering Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA).

• Hands on build / repair to support to all areas of the business.

• Development of functional test sets and refresh of existing equipment.

• Development of supplier test and fault-finding capability.

• Liaison for development of PATP with Engineering / NPI to provide a suitable solution that meets production capability and customer requirements.

• Creation of test leads, jigs and fixtures for production environment.

• Creation or modification of Layouts, Drawings, CAD data and BOMs.   

• Creation & maintenance of Engineering Change Notes.

• Liaising with all relevant departments throughout the design cycle to ensure a smooth and efficient introduction of products to manufacture.

• Responsible for ‘Release to Production’.

• Ensure all safety regulations and statuary requirements are met at all times.

• Working to companywide Processes and Work Instructions and ensuring AS9100 is understood and being adhered to at all times.

Key Skills

• Ability to work to tight deadlines under pressure in a busy environment with limited information (essential).

• Ability to work on own initiative with minimal supervision and interact with staff members at all levels within the business (essential)

• Excellent understanding of an Engineering / Manufacturing environment.

• Must be computer literate: Microsoft excel, word, project etc. (essential)

• Must be CAD literate: SolidWorks, SW Composer, AutoCAD (essential)

Qualifications

• HNC / HND minimum in a related subject (essential)

• 5 years minimum in a previous related role (desirable)

Company benefits

• Holidays 22 days per year plus Bank Holiday entitlement

• Medical Package (Westfield Health)

• Company Pension Scheme

• In Service Life Insurance