Manufacturing Engineer
Full job description
Rise Consulting Limited
Salary: £44,400 – £50,400 per year
Job Summary:
As Manufacturing Engineer your role is to support the company’s 5-year investment and equipment rationalisation strategy for the UK site. Drive production measurement and improvements for the site.
Job Description:
* Conduct work studies to verify all production cycle times.
* Review equipment utilisation to determine the optimum number of machines required for each production area.
* Review floor space to determine the optimum equipment footprint.
* Benchmark current manufacturing times against intercompany times and work with the Strategic Sourcing Manager on make verse by decisions.
* Work with the Operations Director to determine investment strategies for all areas of manufacturing.
* Review the material flow/movement of parts and supermarkets/Kanban’s around the site to minimise the storage footprint and parts movement.
* Develop a capacity model for current state, future state, and capital investment.
* Work with the Operations Director of ROI and payback analysis.
* Review onshoring processes to reduce cost and lead-time.
* Optimise production processes minimising setup, downtime and removing non-value-added operations.
* Discover, investigate, recommend, and implement new manufacturing processes, technologies, and equipment.
* Conduct cost benefit analysis, develop justifications, and raise capex for improvement projects.
* Manage equipment verification and validation activities, FAT, SAT, on new equipment.
* Implement process capability measurement systems, OEE, CPK, DPMO to measure process performance.
* Work with the US Engineering team on technology transfers of equipment, products, and processes.
* Lead and support Kaizen events driving continuous improvement.
Education / Qualifications / Experience:
The following qualifications and experience are required:
* Minimum or 3 years’ experience working as a Manufacturing Engineer or similar in a manufacturing environment.
* B-Tec HNC or HND or similar in an engineering discipline
* Min Green belt in Lean Six Sigma.
* Experience of selecting and implementing new production equipment.
* Lead projects driving continuous improvement and cost savings
* Experience of using ERP systems and BOMs.
* Can multitask and work under time pressure
* Full driving License
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