Senior Manufacturing Engineer

An opportunity for a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to join an exciting organisation.

Working within an experienced team you will be working closely with customers and  production teams to ensure that best practice Engineering and Manufacturing methods are used in order to effectively meet the Customer requirements.

Principal responsibilities

• Ensure that all customer specifications and quality requirements are thoroughly reviewed and understood and incorporated in all routings and shop floor paperwork.
• Produce process drawings and verification of existing process drawing ensuring conformance of the component.
• Define and produce drawings for any relevant Jig & Tooling requirements to ensure efficient manufacture.
• Effectively manage process change to minimise quality and scrap risk, by ensuring changes are communicated and introduced in a controlled and progressive way and quality and specification attainment is captured and demonstrated at appropriate stages of the manufacturing process.
• Produce detailed routings within ERP system including material requirements and shop floor documentation detailing manufacturing method and build sequences, showing targets times for each operation, aligned with contract budgets.
• Work with procurement to determine product specifications for the correct purchase of equipment, materials, or parts, and evaluate products according to specifications and quality standards.
• Improve manufacturing efficiency by analysing and planning workflow, space requirements and equipment layout.   Support the business by identifying high return projects and preparing and presenting ROI justifications.
• Support and project manage the introduction of new manufacturing processes and equipment, ensuring project schedules and quality gates are met to ensure the project is delivered in time and to schedule.
• Leading and mentoring a small team of Manufacturing Engineers. 

Person Specification / Critical Behaviours

• Planning and organisational skills
• Can do attitude.
• Calm under pressure.
• Strong team player 
• Highly detail orientated.
• Able to demonstrate results delivery.
• Partnership building (internal and external users)
• Strong influencing skills 
• Excellent information sharing ability at all levels.
• Embracing and Driving Change
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• The ability to interact with people at all levels within/external to the Company.
• The ability to self-prioritise workload.

Personal development is promoted and genuine career opportunities are available. 

Please apply if you feel you have the required skills or want to discuss this opportunity further.