Job Description

About the role

The jobholder, reporting to the Technical Process Manager (Manufacturing), will provide manufacturing engineering expertise to support shop floor, focusing on work instructions, tooling documentation, critical checks, and maintenance programs. Responsibilities include creating, reviewing, and improving process documentation and collaborating with the Operations team to address production defects and drive continuous development.

Duties and Responsibilities

• To create and produce manufacturing work instructions and documentation, i.e. how tooling should be used in production, critical checks – based on tooling manufacturing designs developed within the department  Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including operations, IT, tooling, supply chain, maintenance to ensure successful project implementation.
• With liaison with the rest of the technical team, investigate and develop new processes, methods, and layouts to increase equipment flexibility and improve throughput, within the OEM standard requirements
• Identifying process waste and proposing solutions
• Supporting the TPM (M), investigate non-conformities and within the matric environment to alter tooling and or process until deficiency or unsatisfactory condition is corrected.
• Analysing and reporting on production processes, methods, schedules, downtime, cycle times, availability of machines and waste management
• Coordinating maintenance and repair services to keep production equipment operational
• Supporting the TPM (M) with structured problem solving projects linked to both project deliverables and day-to-day manufacturing issues
• Be compliant with the Company’s Environmental, Health & Safety and Energy procedures
• Development of master data for tooling and equipment control in our SAP Computer system
• Conduct time and motion studies, workflow analysis, line balancing, capacity analysis and process mapping to identify bottlenecks and inefficiencies.

Education and Qualifications

• Minimum qualification HND in a mechanical discipline, with significant CAD experience;
• Higher qualification considered if able to demonstrate genuine interest in pursuing tool design.
• Training in Lean manufacturing, Continuous improvement, and Statistical Process Control would be beneficial. Personal Qualities
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to distil technical information for both a technical and non-technical audience
• An approachable team player, who proven to work in a matrix environment
• Highly Innovative, analytical, decisive, multi-tasked, and goal oriented individual is required with the ability to manage time and resources

Experience and Knowledge

• Proven experience of creating and producing manufacturing work instructions and documentation, i.e. how tooling should be used in production, critical checks / inspection regimes
• Ability to read engineering drawings and basic metrology skills
• Ability to understand the mechanical aspects of manufacturing processes
• Ability to communicate with both production staff and process engineering to understand requirements and its use
• Experience in a metal component processing, including surface finishing operations for Aerospace components.
• Excellent IT knowledge (Understanding of MRP & ERP / MS Office products / CAD software - SolidWorks preferable)
• High analysis, trouble shooting and problem solving skills

Direct Reports

• No direct reports Working Conditions
• The job requires the person to be flexible in terms of working schedule – based on the needs of the business. Some duty travel may be considered necessary to cooperate with other station within the Group.
• The role is office based, however day to day support of the plating shop will require significant time within this area and therefore the employee will be exposed to toxic and corrosive chemicals.

Additional Requirements

• Candidate must have the right to live and work in the UK unrestricted
• Mandatory Training will be required