Are you experienced in Manufacturing and seeking a fresh challenge?
Are you ready to take on a pivotal role in maintaining and enhancing essential production machinery?
Do you have a passion for the future of electric vehicles?
Join the team at Ford Transmissions Halewood as a Manufacturing Engineer!
Salary: ££39,073.33 - £61,116.53 (inclusive of 35% holiday bonus for 33 days per year; 25 vacation and 8 bank holidays)
Benefits:
- Access to the Employee Development and Assistance Programme (EDAP)
- Discounted Ford vehicles through the Privilege scheme
- Competitive pension scheme and annual salary increases
- Generous holiday allowance of 25 days
- Take advantage of the Cycle to Work Scheme
- Enjoy on-site facilities such as a gym, sauna, steam room, and more
Key Responsibilities:
- To be a role model for Ford+ behaviours and requirements
- Promote safety and a zero-accident culture
- Adopt a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion ethos
- Control costs to ensure best possible value for the company
- Process owner of a series of production processes for various components and assemblies
- Managing the implementation of major capital projects
- Initiate and implement cost improvement actions
- Devise and implement efficiency improvements
- Monitor compliance to necessary standards; GIS, TS16949, ISO14001 & ISO18001
- Drive Reliability and Maintainability philosophy from enquiry to installation
- Environmental compliance
- Identify and implement innovative solutions to engineering issues
- Effectively manage contractors in all aspects of projects, especially health and safety and project control
- Integrate with the existing Engineering team and work with internal and external parties to achieve project deliverables
- Drive continuous improvement of business objectives
- Effective communication outside and inside the organisation including Trade Union
Qualifications and Experience:
- Degree in automotive or mechanical engineering - Essential
- Experience in conventional machining including turning, drilling, spline rolling and diameter grinding is essential
- General computer literacy and familiar with Excel, Word or equivalent and project management software (eg Project)
- A can-do attitude is essential together with the ability to work in a challenging environment and overcome complex problems to meet demanding deadlines
- Resilience is essential. Candidates must be able to deal with difficult problems whilst maintaining a positive attitude.
- Analytical mindset, with some data science skills would be beneficial.
- Excellent people and communication skills
- Highly motivated and self-driven
- Ability to direct teams
- Experience of problem-solving techniques and tools such as 8Ds, 5 Why, 6-Sigma
- Ability to work in a team-oriented environment
- Lean manufacturing techniques
- Knowledge of ergonomics and manual handling
- Knowledge of SPC
- Project management and change management experience is essential.
Hours:
Monday to Thursday 7:00-15:30 and Friday 7:00-12:30