Manufacturing Engineer

LISTGROVE RECRUITMENT – JOB DESCRIPTION

PLASTICS – PACKAGING – PETROCHEMICALS – CHEMICALS – ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

Manufacturing Engineer

Salary: £42,000 – £48,000

Location: East Anglia

Shifts & Hours: This role is a 37.5 hour week (days)
Manufacturing Engineer will provide technical support for new product introduction within production. Reporting to the Manufacturing Systems Manager, your function will be to specify, install, commission and validate new manufacturing equipment to meet production demands and to liaise with suppliers and contractors to ensure projects are delivered on time. This role will also require production of validation documentation to meet regulatory requirements and identifying and implement improvements to manufacturing issues.

Key accountabilities will include:

Engineering responsibility for new equipment and improvement (QCDSM) projects
To plan and execute approved projects for both existing and emerging technology to agreed specifications and targets (cost, time and performance) either by leadership of work packages or contributing as a team member
To provide technical support for multi-skilled technicians, covering all assembly, moulding and packaging issues
Ensure that the production processes are capable and robust
Execute validation activities on site and at supplier premises
To identify areas of improvement in the production processes and techniques for ongoing cost effectiveness
To use a sound, evidence based approach to problem solving and quality enhancement
Ensure that statutory and regulatory requirements are met
To evaluate and select suppliers against specification and manage those suppliers to project completion
To communicate project status to the programme/ Team manager and customer as appropriate
To be responsible for documentation from specification to production handover, and ensure it meets GMP requirements
To ensure that training and handover procedures are completed to user satisfaction
To develop and improve planned preventative maintenance programmes
To provide process expertise/support in area of speciality (assembly, moulding, Elastomer)

Required Skills, Knowledge, Competencies & Attributes:
Project management experience involving new equipment installation
Proven and significant experience within a manufacturing industry ideally within high speed automation assembly, injection moulding or other electro-mechanical equipment experience

For EU roles, candidates must be eligible to work and live in the European Union.
Proof of eligibility will be required with your application.

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