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SalaryThis role is for a Senior Manufacturing Engineer in the Manufacturing industry with a focus on Engineering & Manufacturing. The perfect candidate will have substantial knowledge in leading a team and show exceptional competence in the field.
Client Details
Our client is a well-established firm in the Manufacturing sector with a strong presence in Leicester. With a sizeable team of dedicated professionals, they have been committed to delivering high-quality services in Engineering & Manufacturing for many years.
Description
- Manage Manufacturing Engineering team to deliver day to day support.
- Short Term - Build CI Foundations - Standard Work, 5S, Visual Management
- Long term - Build a CI/Leam/6 Sigma in Manufacturing
- Exploring and implementing new ways to automate existing production lines. Create business case to justify new manufacturing processes and implement on global scale.
- Conduct research, development, and deployment of manufacturing automation technology into global manufacturing facilities.
- Support digital manufacturing initiatives by leading proof of concept (POC) studies and scale them to production levels.
- Support the development, implementation, and operation of Industry 4.0 and IIoT initiatives.
- Drive maturity of the overall plant knowledge of technology, adoption of new technologies, and ensure factories in the regions have the best access to the latest technological thinking and possible solutions.
- Collaborate with other manufacturing departments such as quality, materials, EHS, and facilities to provide innovative solutions
- Lead and provide support for the justification and selection of major capital equipment
- Apply project management skills (schedule, cost, communications) and coordination of internal and external resources to execute projects in a timely and cost-effective manner.
- Solid understanding of data connectivity, within the manufacturing environment.
- Collaborate with other business segments and report status to the Global Ops Team.
- Designing and testing automation equipment and processes
Profile
- Manage Manufacturing Engineering team to deliver day to day support.
- Short Term - Build CI Foundations - Standard Work, 5S, Visual Management
- Long term - Build a CI/Leam/6 Sigma Culture in Manufacturing
- Exploring and implementing new ways to automate existing production lines.
- Create business case to justify new manufacturing processes and implement on global scale.
- Conduct research, development, and deployment of manufacturing automation technology into global manufacturing facilities.
- Support digital manufacturing initiatives by leading proof of concept (POC) studies and scale them to production levels.
- Support the development, implementation, and operation of Industry 4.0 and IIoT initiatives.
- Drive maturity of the overall plant knowledge of technology, adoption of new technologies, and ensure factories in the regions have the best access to the latest technological thinking and possible solutions.
- Collaborate with other manufacturing departments such as quality, materials, EHS, and facilities to provide innovative solutions
- Lead and provide support for the justification and selection of major capital equipment
- Apply project management skills (schedule, cost, communications) and coordination of internal and external resources to execute projects in a timely and cost-effective manner.
- Solid understanding of data connectivity, within the manufacturing environment.
- Collaborate with other business segments and report status to the Global Ops Team.
- Designing and testing automation equipment and processes
Job Offer
- Salary of £45,000 per annum
- PPI Bonus- Paid annually, this is up to 9% of salary and is based on group performance. (Please note the % varies)
- Salary sacrifice pension scheme- we double contributions up to 10%- if employee pays 5% we will pay 10% for example, our contribution limit is 10% employer.
- Group Income Protection
- Group Life Assurance
- (Both of the above also have attached benefits, such as second medical opinion, access to 24 hour GP service etc
- EAP we provide an excellent employee assistance programme.
- Cycle to work scheme
- Smart Go- transport benefit- discounted travel on local buses etc
- Caboodle- discount platform
- Health shield- health cash back plan and discount platform
- 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays per year (prorata as necessary)
- Onsite parking
- Silver Award holders of the Armed Forces Covenant and that we encourage applicants from a military background or family members of serving military to apply.
