Production Engineer

• This role is key to the successful implementation of new product lines and the ongoing support of production and legacy items. Applicants will be expected to have attained a broad engineering experience gained within metal fabrication and welding. The successful applicant can expect to be involved in the following tasks:-
• Generate work guidelines; structures and routings, along with cost centre set and run times from drawings and digital data.
• Produce concepts for the design and manufacture of jigs; fixtures and workshop aids.
• Prepare equipment specifications; process FMEAs; process flow and SOP's during product development, or improvement, activities.
• Provide support to the operations departments to resolve production issues.
• Create cost estimates for new and repeat work, inclusive of labour; materials; packaging and tooling.
• Assist the Operations team to evaluate new, or emerging, manufacturing techniques, including building industrial and academic links.
• Create business case and CAPEX calculations to assist management decisions with respect to new product lines or process updates.
• Monitor KPIs to ensure specific targets are achieved.
• Identify production / cost trends and implement corrective actions and improvements.
• Interface with design department personnel to analyse new concepts and designs to ascertain the most cost effective manufacturing solution.
• Support design department reviews related to new concepts and designs, along with legacy product updates.
• Provide support to the customer interface teams.
• Experience/Qualifications:
• Educated to at least HNC/ HND Level.
• A good understanding of Lean Manufacturing Methods, along with Kaizen, 5S and C.I. processes.
• PC literate inclusive of Word; Excel and Powerpoint along with digital data and models.