About the Role
The main purpose of the role is to define the process of manufacture for the value stream unit in order to meet internal and external customer requirements ensuring the quality and delivery of all products within budgeted costs. Responsible for the development of the process of manufacturing and/or assembly of components into finished goods.
This is a core role as part of the Value Stream team which is fundamental in providing engineering support to develop quality products on time and on cost whilst driving continuous improvement through effective management and controls.
Role and Responsibility
Health Safety & Environment
- Ensure Health Safety and Environmental compliance
- Ensure the appropriate focus is placed on behavioural safety
- Identify manage and eradicate risks concerning HSE
- Develop safe systems of work and provide appropriate PPE
- Ensure training of mandatory HSE topics has been undertaken by the team
- Introduce opportunities to minimise the environmental impact of the value stream unit
- Operate at all times in accordance with the Quality Management Systems
- Ensure processes and procedures are known understood monitored and controlled
- Develop processes of Manufacture to ensure products are consistent with the technical definition
- Manage preventive and corrective actions and verify their effectiveness
- Develop and implement an improvement plan in order to reduce the level of non-quality
- Support the introduction of APQP and PFMEA approaches
Cost
- Work within and adhere to budgets (engineering costs indirect costs & consumables)
- Ensure the target productivity level is achieved and continuously improved
- Prepare product costings and quotations
- Generate and maintain work measurement systems for direct activities (Most)
- Manage projects in line with project budgets
- Drive waste out of the production line process
Delivery
- Manage the industrialisation of new products in line with the NPD process
- Research design and develop new processes and identify new equipment
- Ensure compliance with both internal and external protocols and regulations
- Design new digital solutions to support manufacturing (Andon systems hardware)
- Monitor equipment effectiveness using statistical process control and provide expert oversight of processes being deployed
- Design create and maintain programs for automated assets
- Adhere to the engineering change process for all product and process changes
- Create and validate standard operating procedures work instructions quality control points and methods of inspection
- Ensure that effective plant equipment and tooling solutions are in place
- Ensure the reliability of assets and that TPM processes are in place
- Provide line support to the unit to ensure OTIF at target levels
- Manage the engineering Master files (Routings mBOMS Work Instructions tooling data sheets and drawings )
- Ensure that the performance of the process meets defined targets (quality cost delivery)
- Perform regular 5s Audits/ events to improve productivity and work place organisation
People
- Implement all Human Resources policies as defined
- Support the identification of future skills requirements
Improvement
- Lead projects in support of the continuous improvement plan for the value stream
- Participate in the Gemba process to identify opportunities for improvement
- Select deploy improvement tools to deliver improved performance e.g. Standard Work Kanban Value Stream Mapping etc.
- Seek employee ideas involvement and participation in improvement activities
- Continuously challenge identify and act on opportunities for improvements
- Lead projects as required that are aligned to the strategic execution plan
Leadership Focus:
- Lead project meetings to ensure projects are delivered on time on budget
- Promote team working and a One Team ethos
- Partner with the Supply chain Manufacturing and Quality teams to deliver robust plans
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Communicate with stakeholders the impact change and potential effects on supply
- Assure the application of regulatory provisions
Data and Reporting
- Manage all projects robustly reporting on performance to milestones regularly
- Measure and analyse performance using the defined metrics and provide the required weekly/monthly reports
- Analyse the root cause of metrics not at target level and develop the necessary action/recovery plans
- Ensures the security and integrity of all master data
About You
We want to make sure youre set up for success in our mission. To be successful in your application youll need to demonstrate :
Essential
- Relevant engineering degree HND BTec / Professional Level 5 Award or equivalent NVQ Level 5 qualification
- Prior experience in a Manufacturing Engineering Role
- Understanding of Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) Kaizen lean manufacturing
- Excellent communication skills
- Working knowledge of ISO 9001
- Empowering & motivating teams to achieve results.
- Demonstrated delivery of KPIs (OTIF FTG accident prevention cost etc)
- Strong leadership & organizational skills
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office
- Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems experience
- Prior experience of a hand-assembly process / line
Desirable
- Green Belt or Black Belt in Lean Sigma
- CPIM or APICS Basics or working towards
- Working knowledge of SAP or (M3) systems
- CAD Knowledge for 2D and 3D drawings
We offer a competitive salary alongside 25 days holiday per annum not including UK bank holidays. We also offer a contributory pension and sick pay schemes staff discounts and more.
Does this sound like you Then we would love to hear from you!
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