Production Engineering Manager

Oxford Nanopore Technologies: Our goal is to bring the widest benefits to society through enabling the analysis of anything by anyone anywhere.

The company has developed a new generation of nanopore-based sensing technology for faster information rich accessible and affordable molecular analysis.

The first application is DNA/RNA sequencing and the technology is in development for the analysis of other types of molecules including proteins.

The technology is used to understand and characterise the biology of humans and diseases such as cancer plants animals bacteria viruses and whole environments.

With a thriving culture of ambition and strong innovation goals Oxford Nanopore is a UK headquartered company with global operations and customers in more than 125 countries.

The Details

Job Summary
To guide and manage manufacturing engineering projects to deliver reliable and scalable manufacturing introduce new capabilities and maintain high standards of quality safety and compliance. The individual will focus on strategy implementation process performance and facilitating success of Engineering project Engineer objectives.

Key Responsibilities
To facilitate the development of internal and external production processes within recognised quality systems. To establish and maintain production processes and quality for new products and improvements to existing products. To develop and implement measures that improve product quality (yield improvement complaint reduction) and drive cost savings (labour material and overhead). The role has short/medium/ long term operational responsibilities where the individual will have the responsibility to execute highly complex or specialised projects.
To regularly monitor and report project status across multiple levels of the organisation.

Duties
Duties include but are not limited to:
Provide manufacturing engineering support and project management to the production engineering project team.
Coordinate transfer of new products into manufacturing considering manufacturability and efficiency of processes.
Collate and interpret data to ensure the manufacturing processes are effectively maintained to achieve consistently high yields
Identify production problems/deficiencies and be able to use a methodical system to solve these
Knowledge of documentation control procedures and engineering change management
Manage Create and Maintain controlled documentation such as; Process Flows Component specifications Process Routers Bills of Materials Work and Inspection Instructions
Optimise the manufacturing processes - improving efficiencies reducing wastage enhancing yield and reducing cost
Collaborate across multiple functions work with R&D TT Design Engineering to implement new products and processes in a timely manner reporting progress and status along the way.
Manufacturing and development support for existing processes and for new products product changes line extensions and enhancements
Co-ordination and scheduling of project team members to meet planned time scales and be able to offer status updates along the way.
Responsible for implementation and qualification of new or modified manufacturing and test equipment to achieve the specified requirements and implementation dates
Prepare and maintain documentation requirements to support and control manufacturing processes
Support company goals and objectives policies and procedures and regulatory requirements.
Any other duties as might be required within the remit and responsibilities of the post.

What Were Looking For...

Well expect you to have a degree in mechanical engineering or a similar subject and youll be apprentice trained with significant relevant industrial experience. Youll have a backgroundof production engineering within a highly regulated industry such as medical oraerospace and have worked in manual cell manufacturing where leaninitiatives have been practised.

Youll be a Manufacturing Engineering professional with a proven ability to lead complex projects from concept through to scalable production. Experienced in implementing robust manufacturing strategies introducing new capabilities and optimising processes to deliver high-quality cost-effective outcomes.

Skilled in cross-functional collaboration and continuous improvement. Adept at managing multiple projects simultaneously ensuring timely delivery and maintaining clear communication across all organisational levels.

Also desirable would be experience with automating and semi-automating processes for medical products. Youll have experience in establishing and validating pilot production lines as well as in performing FMEAs verifications and validations for medical devices products and processes. Alongside your strong technical background youll be a strong communicator with excellent writing skillsenabling you to createdetailing specifications processes and manufacturing documentation. Youll also be proficient in Microsoft Applications including Project Excel and Visio. Competency in Solidworks would also be advantageous.

This role will suit someone who enjoys working collaboratively with others from multi-disciplinary teams likes to take a hands-on approach and is a proactive problem solver. This is an excellent opportunity to work in a cutting-edge high-techindustry in afast-paced working environment on exciting projects where you can make an impact.

We offer outstanding benefits to include an attractive bonus generous pension contributions private healthcare and an excellent starting salary.

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a persons gender marital status race religion colour age disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits qualifications and abilities to perform the duties of the job.

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