Salary – £35,000 – £42,000 per annum
Type – Permanent
Location – Somerset
My client is a manufacturer of mechanical products, supplying to customers around the world. They are looking to expand and are recruiting a Manufacturing Engineer to join the team. They offer tailored manufacturing solutions.
Attributes the client will be looking for from the Manufacturing Engineer:
- Degree/ HND/ NVQ or similar in Production or Manufacturing Engineering
- Ideally 2 or more years’ experience working in a similar role in a technical manufacturing environment
- Experience and knowledge of ERP systems, EFACS being preferable but not essential
- Good communication skills; both verbal and written
- The ability to work well alone as well as part of a team
- Have the ability to work to tight tolerances within deadlines, whilst maintaining quality
- Have an appreciation for design and production costs
- Have a good understanding of Lean techniques
- Desire to find solutions to any and every problem that occurs
- Ability to engage with and motivate other team members
- Designing tooling & fixtures for assembly tasks
- Looking at potential areas to prevent errors
- Implementing standard operating procedures to reduce variability in manufacturing
- Introducing COPQ to make improvements
- Carrying out RCA, FMEAs and implementing improvements where possible
- Determining and also managing KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) of the assembly cell
- Support process improvement activities, continuous improvement and problem solving
- Deliver training to improve the team knowledge and practices
- Maximising efficiency of the manufacturing process by analysing and planning the workflow, equipment layout and space requirements