Senior Production Engineer

Position: Senior Production Engineer

Salary: 40,000 - 45,000

Location: Milton Keynes

Proactive currently have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Production Engineer to begin work for a leading manufacturing and production business based in Milton Keynes.

Due to rapid company expansion and an ever growing order book, our client is hoping to recruit at least one additional Senior Production Engineer to help ensure the quality and accuracy of the site's function is well maintained throughout this new and excited influx of work.

You will be responsible for:

• Define & sustain lean space allocation & layout plan to achieve current and forecast output requirements. Maintain existing CAD layout files, and - where changes are proposed - develop and present updated and final layout CAD drawing.
• Keep structured process for documentation of every stage (sequence, task, parts, consumables, tools, health and safety requirements) to achieve current and forecast output requirements.
• Maintain balanced (time/people and plant/equipment stages of capacity) operations through each process flow.
• Define, implement & sustain lean and safe (risk assessed) easy-to-use presentation methods/formats for each step of documentation stage. Taking into account meeting the engineering specification/quality standards required.
• Identifying and control of consumables for each operation/stage through each process flow.
• Perform risk assessment / health and safety requirements for each operation.
• Maintain data in MRP system, including engineering master/works order structures, resources, standard times, operations/legs etc. data for each product.
• Review and identify where there is potential for automation within the operations/stages.
• Review process adherence and process improvement for existing & new process operations.

Experience/Qualifications:

• Proven skills, knowledge, experience, and expertise in developing and supporting new and existing production lines and plant equipment.
• Level 5 qualification in related engineering field or 5 years demonstrable experience.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of Lean/Six Sigma in the manufacturing field preferable.
• Formal training in Lean/Six Sigma would be preferable.
• Demonstrated engineering/manufacturing experience.
• Excellent analytical skills combined with good negotiation and conflict management skills with proficiency in computers would be beneficial.

If you are interested in this position, please apply with a copy of your CV & a member of our team will be in touch to discuss the opportunity with you in further detail.

How to Apply:

For more information on the role, or an informal discussion regarding opportunities we have available, please contact Karina Sarowska on (url removed)

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