Senior Production Engineer

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Our client is a market leading, high-quality, design and manufacturing company.
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The Senior Production Engineer (Electromechanical) heads up the team that defines the processes and procedures for how products are manufactured.
Responsibilities will include: Leading a team responsible for supporting the production department in producing high quality products.
Working with Production Supervisors, Quality, and other Departments to determine and define good working practices and critical processes.
Provide engineering support to operations to verify process capability for all manufacturing areas.
Review and highlight production capability related issues, by identifying problems, examining solutions, implementing action plans.
Identify and mitigate production bottlenecks.
Recommend changes to processes based upon findings and perform follow up to verify effectiveness.
Participate in the Product Introduction Planning activities to determine appropriate use of existing and new resources and equipment.
Facilitate and promote the use of appropriate problem-solving techniques for effective root cause analysis and successful corrective action, taking a leading role in activities such as PFMEAs.
Coordinate the design and building of assembly and process fixturing of production equipment.
Plan and implement shop floor changes /layout improvements.
Advise and support implementation of new and upgrading of existing equipment to improve capacity.
In conjunction with Maintenance, lead the installation, commissioning, and acceptance of new equipment.
Working with a Maintenance Technician to ensure equipment is maintained and in good working order minimising downtime and ensuring PPM is completed to schedule.
Coordinate with external suppliers where required for equipment supply and service work needed.
Qualifications and experience sought: HNC qualification (or degree) within Manufacturing / Production environment or Lean Industrial experience Engineering experience in Assembly/ Plastics / Automotive/FMCG Environment preferred Experience of low volume and batch production environments Good working knowledge of 6 Sigma.
Knowledge and experience in the practical application of Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement techniques, including 5s, 7 Wastes, 7 Quality tools, TPM and Statistical Process Capability.
Experience within an assembly environment.
Knowledge of ISO9001 and process control methods Injection moulding experience or knowledge of the plastic industry Process evaluation and improvement, including leading PFMEAs.
Project management of changes to the Production Process Production, Control, and issue of standard operating procedures Specification and evaluation of new equipment Knowledge and experience of SolidWorks 3D CAD software beneficial.
Capable of producing working drawings to support fixture design and manufacture.
Experience with ERP/MRP systems and the use to control materials operations for product manufacture Prior involvement with Planned Preventative Maintenance for equipment Knowledge of CNC machining processes beneficial Able to make use of manual workshop machinery e.g.
lathes and turret milling machines, cutting saws, pillar drills etc.
Our client offers excellent benefits to include: - Up to 5% annual bonus.
- Hybrid working (1 day per week from home).
- Flexible hours with early Friday finish.
- 25 days holiday bank holidays (Christmas shutdown guaranteed).
- Up to 5% employer pension contribution. xehkeey
- Study support and professional development.
For more information and full vacancy description, please apply with CV, or contact Jim Lander at Rednal Recruitment Ltd.
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Location:
Bristol
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Engineering

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