Assistant Engineering Technical Coordinator

Salary: £47,400 per year

We are seeking an Assistant Engineering Technical Coordinator to work for a manufacturer of electro mechanical machinery based in Swindon.

The hours are Monday to Thursday 7.30am – 4.30pm and Friday 7.30am – 12.45pm. The salary is £47,400, benefits include a pension scheme 25 days annual holiday plus statutory.

Reporting to the Engineering Technical Coordinator you are a member of the technical coordination team with responsibility for driving on time delivery of projects that meet the demands of the business. Coordinating with all areas, you will proactively support project activities from within the engineering department that directly involve the entire business, through stages from concept to manufacturing implementation.

You will undertake general project administrative activities by scheduling, hosting and attending project reviews in line with project plans and business gateway processes, ensuring attendance and following up the outputs with minutes and associated actions. You will ensure that the relevant outputs and actions are clearly communicated, actively progressing these to closure. Assisting the engineering technical coordinator, you will develop project plans and monitor resource activity, ensuring tasks are clear and up to date, with resource accountabilities communicated and progressed with those directly involved.

Your Skills & Knowledge:

• Minimum Level 4 technical qualification with at least 2 years’ experience, preferably with a bias towards project control in a volume manufacturing environment

• Knowledge of design for manufacture principles

• An appreciation of the volume manufacturing environment and associated scheduling constraints

• An understanding of engineering technical activities, tasks and scheduling

• Ability to work to deadlines in an industrial environment

• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office tools including Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Outlook and Project

• Ability to lead and deliver projects on time and within budgetary constraints

• Proficient communication skills across a range of media

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