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SalaryJob Title: Production Engineer
Salary: Competitive plus benefits
Industry: Engineering
Term: Permanent
Location: Glenrothes, Scotland
We are currently recruiting for an established Production Engineer with a good understanding of manufacturing principles, with added skills in tooling, hydraulics and general mechanical engineering.
Responsibilities for Production Engineer
- Maintaining comprehensive knowledge and understanding of trends in manufacturing, methodology and systems engineering
- Developing an understanding of the company products, customers, competitors, suppliers and the business environment
- Actively pursue continuous improvement activities and support development of BPS and First Time Quality
- Supporting customer visits, quality enquiries, process change and new product prove outs
- Pro-actively designing quality into the manufacturing process using poka yoke, FMEA, DFM/A
- Collaborating with other engineers and departments to implement corrective and preventative actions
- Liaising with MTM work study department in the preparation of route card standards to define process sequences
- Providing engineering support to project teams for the manufacture of prototype components
- Developing standard working methods for production processes including method sheets and work instructions
- Initiating the design and manufacture of tooling, selection of equipment and fixture requirements for new and updated component manufacture
- Liaising with the quality department on inspection equipment requirements, capability and gauge R & R studies
- Informing quality and SDE on non-conforming material issues
- Discussing tool store stock levels for existing and new tools with purchasing, initialising process for adding new tools to stock list as required
- Integration of industry 4.0
Requirements for Production Engineer
- Degree in mechanical engineering.
- Experience in machining and assembly of hydraulic motors
- Familiar in the structure of bill of materials, engineering standards
- Understanding of technical drawings
- Understanding of material selection, tool design, ISO limits and fits
- Computer literate in the packages of MS Office, PowerBI, SQL Databases, SAP and PLC experience
- Experience using 3D modelling software for tooling design
- Experience of linking 3rd party production with IT systems and analysing the data
Interview are available immediately for the most suitable Production Engineer candidates.
