Randstad are recruiting for a Manufacturing Engineer for a client based in Clevedon. They are a global company who, at this site, specialise in manufacturing special purpose machinery.
Reporting to the Manufacturing Systems Team Lead, the successful candidate will join a team of manufacturing engineers in a manual assembly production facility, with products involving a mix of electrical, mechanical and pneumatic assembly.
Main Responsibilities
- To document, implement, own and continuously improve the manufacturing cell's Lean manufacturing processes according to the guidelines of the Vacuum Technique Production System
- Accountable for the definition, setup and optimisation of the processes within the allocated manufacturing cell(s)
- Implement continuous improvement activities and projects
- To design or optimise, prove, implement and maintain cell layouts
- Implement and maintain risk assessments for allocated manufacturing cell(s), including the authoring of safe systems of work
- Specification and purchasing of the appropriate tooling and equipment for the allocated manufacturing cell(s)
- Ensure configuration control of operational documentation in compliance to our current regulations in terms of ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001
- Ownership and accountability to resolve or support any non-conformity, internal or external, impacting the manufacturing process
- Elimination of routing and material variances with the allocated manufacturing cell(s)
- React to production feedback and manufacturing lessons learnt to influence design revision or correction through the engineering change process
Experience & Skills
- Mechanical, Electrical or Manufacturing Engineering degree or engineering qualification
- Process documentation authoring, writing of procedures and work instructions
- Experience in optimising production processes as well as providing production support
- Experience of problem solving and or utilising root cause analysis tools in a manufacturing environment
- Able to work cross functionally, communicate and build working relationships at all levels
- Ability to develop technical solutions, to requirements, within agreed timescales
- IT literacy - proficient user of MS office and similar applications used in an office environment
- Understands engineering drawings, schematics and diagrams
- Experience in implementing the principles of Lean manufacturing
- Tooling design and development
- Technical knowledge including mechanical, electrical and pneumatics
- Basic CAD skills for layout design and design model interrogation
- MRP/ERP system use - SAP
- DFM/PFMEA awareness
- Experience in implementing change, change management
- Risk assessments and understanding of compliance requirements to health and safety, environmental and quality regulations
- Project management experience, including risk, schedule and cost
This is a full time permanent position with a salary bracket of £37,000-£45,000 depending on experience + a 7.5% annual bonus and other benefits. This role will be fully on site.
If you are interested, please make an application at your earliest convenience.
Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.
Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.
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