Manufacturing Engineering Team Lead in Special Equipment required to join the existing team at a leading manufacturer of sophisticated vacuum products, exhaust management systems and related value-added services based in Clevedon – BS21. The post holder will be responsible for the daily management and the performance of the specially designed equipment
Manufacturing Engineering team.
- Up to £55,000 per annum, depending on experience
- 37.5 hours per week
- 25 days holiday per year + bank holidays
- Performance related bonus scheme - up to 7.5% of annual salary
- Ideally located next to M5 J20 – an easy commute from Bristol, Bridgwater, Cheddar etc
- Subsidised canteen on site
- Ample free parking and bike storage
- Flexibility on working hours, variable start and finish times
Excellent employee benefits program, including
- Cash health plan
- Pension with a company contribution of up to 8%
- Life Assurance of 4 x basic salary
- Employee Referral scheme
- Training, Learning and Development throughout
- Wellbeing Program supporting physical health, mental wellbeing, social connectiveness and sense of purpose.
- Free access to a leading Fitness App, with streamable classes
- Discounted membership with some national gyms
About the role
- Lead a team of Manufacturing Engineers to ensure an efficient production process through evolving and introducing the most suitable manufacturing processes for products that deliver safe, high quality, repeatable, cost-effective solutions with agreed, calculated time outputs.
- Drive collaborative working with other support departments (Operations, Quality, MI etc) to resolve issues impacting the manufacturing process
- Lead major change projects that support goals through improvement strategies, implementing a range of improvement methodologies.
- Keen focus on budgetary adherence, performance and driving out recurrent waste.
- Being key driving force in implementation of lean initiatives within the business with emphasis on development of production processes using lean tools such as value steam mapping, 5s etc
- Lead investigations and the ability to relay information to all levels in the business.
- Interpret drawings to provide dimensional inspection or manufacturing requirements and informed selection of techniques of measurement.
- Ensure Manufacturing Engineering specifications, processes & best practices are implemented throughout ME documentation.
The right candidate
- Mechanical, Electrical or Manufacturing Engineering degree or equivalent
- Good understanding of Manufacturing Engineering processes and techniques
- Confident leading teams of people – prior experience is essential
- Experienced in the use of lean methodologies and tools including 6S, std work, SIM, change management, TPM, kaizen,, VSM, SIPOC, PFMEA.
- Previous experience in setting and achieving manufacturing business plans , KPIs and outputs
- Use skills matrix's to develop personal and team development plans
- Audit awareness, able to represent Manufacturing Engineering function during internal and external audits
- Experienced in change management, project management and leading improvement teams, with a track record of implementing planned business benefits
To find out more, please apply online or call Pertemps Bristol Technical and speak with James Guyatt or Charlie Radford
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