Production Engineer

Position : Production Engineer

Sector : Manufacturing/Engineering

Location : Sheffield

Salary : £43,000

Shifts : Days/Early finish on Friday

The Production Engineer will be responsible for providing front line support for all manufacturing processes. This will be inclusive of CNC machining & programming (CAD/CAM), special process support in areas such as cleaning, degreasing, design of jigs & fixtures, tooling development, production documentation, custom manufacturing, and capital projects. The role will include ensuring all validations IQ, OQ and PQ, Engineering Studies, documentation, and records meet the Quality Management System.

Role Specification

• Produce technical reports to support process changes.
• Responsible for managing the Manufacturing Support Engineer and Production Engineer daily workload, carrying out performance reviews and training needs.
• Experience of Statistical data analysis, Statistical process control, Six sigma project methodology and lean manufacturing techniques.
• Adhere to the company Change Control procedure. Design of Experiments - DOE.
• Creation of work instructions, routings, BOM's, SOP's and implementation and handover of processes to online staff.
• Complete time and motion studies for manufacturing processes.
• Project Management responsibility with ability to produce Gant charts and provide accurate project timing plans.
• Work with the Process & Engineers to specify and commission & validate capital equipment.
• Analyse factory flow and lean layouts to ensure maximum optimisation of people and equipment.
• Identify and assess new developments in technology, machinery, software, cutting tools, materials, and processes, minimise process set-up times, design jigs, fixtures, and special tooling.

Person Specification

• Lean / continuous improvement knowledge and experience.
• Competent CAD-CAM-Vericut user with Solidworks drafting experience able to produce and amend engineering drawings in line with current standards.
• Advantage to have Esprit CAM experience.
• Must be a proficient Solidworks user and capable of producing engineering drawings. Good understanding of measurement techniques and equipment - Gauge R&R - MSA Good working knowledge of Microsoft products
• Methodical thinker with an eye for detail.
• Experience of data analysis - Preferably Minitab Good Project management skills
• Plans activities and projects well in advance and takes account of changing circumstances.