Process Development Engineer

PROCESS DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER

COMPANY DESCRIPTION, PROFILE AND SCOPE OF ROLE

Our client is a world class, award winning, established and growing global manufacturing business, with strong and sustained investment in people, capital and plant.

Working onsite, in a modern, fast paced environment, and with experience gained in a similar role, the successful candidate will be motivated and dynamic. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced manufacturing process engineer, seeking to develop their career within a progressive organisation, but consideration will be given to appropriately qualified, but less experienced engineers able to demonstrate they have sufficient understanding of the key principles along with the ability to apply them in a working environment.

KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

•Auditing and evaluation of production processes, including root cause analysis and effective problem solving where necessary

•Conducting process walks to identify improvement opportunities, relating to cycle time,

•Improving staff-machine ratio, effectively apply technology to gain efficiencies and reduce waste (e.g. Automation, AVC, COBOTS, digitalisation tools).

•Maximising process stability and robustness to failures.

•Effective incorporation of standardisation and obsolescence reduction.

•Identifying opportunities for quality and scrap improvements/issues, downtime and changeovers, and increasing profitability of specific items and analyse performance deviations e.g., low OEE, low PPH

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES

•Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/related field or equivalent experience

•Relevant experience on automation equipment.

•Ability to analyse data and determine action for improvement

•Quality Management: working within structured QA systems.

•Practical knowledge and application of equipment benchmarking and testing; proficient and practical experience of managing multiple projects including budgetary management; knowledge of IP, knowledge of VA/VE, Lean and Kaizen tools; application of FMEA

•IT: Strong knowledge of IT systems in general.

PRERRED NOT ESSENTIAL:

•An electrical qualification would be

•Experience of moulding process would be advantageous (rubber or plastics)

•Experience of programming would be beneficial

Details of Package: Competitive Benefits, Including Generous Holiday Entitlement + Dayshift / Site Based with some flexible working around daily core hours.