Manufacturing Engineer

Job Description

Manufacturing Engineer

Stockport

Permanent

Up to £53 000 per annum plus great company benefits such as,

· 25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays.

· 7% employer pension contribution, 4% employee contribution.

· 4 weeks sick pay after probation increasing to 8 weeks with service.

· Cycle to work scheme.

· Life assurance – 4x annual salary.

· Half day Friday.

· Wellness programme.

A fantastic opportunity for a skilled Manufacturing Engineer to broaden their experience in a sustainable industry!

This is a critical role to develop/implement improvements to manufacturing processes and to drive continuous improvement, consistency of product quality, and delivery across multiple projects.

Main Duties

• Be a 'hands-on' engineer, present on the shop floor, providing Manufacturing Engineering solutions to support the build process.
• Develop timely, robust practical solutions for build/quality issues in fabrication and vehicle assembly environments.
• Explore the business case for process automation where applicable, aiming for repeatability, efficiency, and quality improvements.
• Develop processes to improve dimensional stability through effective jigging/fixture/alignment.
• Continuously drive efficiency improvements that reduce the build hours per product.
• Lead, develop, and implement quality manufacturing improvement programs across the area of responsibility.
• Implement a customer-focused, operational improvement culture on the shop floor.
• Coordinate cross-functional team activities to optimize cost performance through capital investment programs, operating standards, and waste minimization via a continuous improvement culture with lean principles.
• Support and lead structured problem-solving and process improvement activities.
• Provide design for manufacturing input at early stages in the new product development process.
• Support project management in cross-functional activities required for project execution.
• Ensure adherence to Environmental, Health and Safety, manufacturing, and quality standards and procedures.

Qualifications

• Ideally educated to Bachelor level or equivalent in a Mechanical Engineering discipline.
• Alternatively, HND or an Advanced/Higher Apprenticeship in Manufacturing or Mechanical Engineering.

Relevant Experience

• Technical skill set developed in complex engineering environments.
• Successful track record of manufacturing excellence.
• Experience in a similar role within an industrial or technical environment.
• Operating in complex organizations.
• Planning experience using SAP and ideally trained in SAP.
• Structuring BOMs from Drawing to Manufacture.
• Hands-on approach.
• Flexible attitude.
• Strong information management and presentation skill set.
• Good communication skills, commercial, and business awareness.

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