MTrec’s new career opportunity
Our client are specialists in their industry sector, they are looking to recruit a Production Lead Engineer on a permanent basis.
The Job You’ll do
- Meet timing and cost targets for all New Product Launches (NPL).
- Monitor, report and ensure all costs are within budget.
- Liaise with both customer and suppliers on cost and technical items.
- Support all project estimates and planning.
- Ensure all processes meet capability targets and client scrap levels as defined by the project charter.
- Ensure technical reports are produced for all pre-production builds as defined by the Product Lead Engineer.
- Provide relevant training to all manufacturing personnel in line with new projects implemented.
- Ensure risk assessments are carried out for all equipment.
- Coordinate parts supply and builds (internal / customer) and produce build reports.
- Coordinate equipment / tooling delivery.
- Formulate build plans and update bi-weekly.
- Plan and organize internal meetings.
- Design and implementation of capable manufacturing processes, following production system principles considering factors such as ergonomics, operator safety and material flow.
- Lead or perform tasks to ensure the NPL milestone requirements.
- Deliver appropriate manufacturing processes to manufacturing and transfer knowledge to the manufacturing team.
- Contribute towards optimizations of product design to ensure “Design for Manufacturing and Assembly” (DFMA).
- Identify and resolve together with manufacturing, production and quality problems.
- Ensure customer compliance through achievement of relevant qualification & validation.
- Support all Production Engineering department staff.
- Support manufacturing issues where required.
- Manage the maintenance team to support plant KPI’s.
About You
- Experience in engineering and maintenance functions within the Automotive Industry.
- Assembly manufacturing experience is desirable.
- A team player.
- Robust process design ensuring Process Failure Mode Effect Analysis (PFMEA) creation and Poka-Yoke implementation.
- Design, develop and implement appropriate test, assembly and automation solutions to enable successful NPL launches to meet quality, capacity and cost objectives.
- Experienced in modern assembly and automation techniques.
- Experienced in Lean Manufacturing techniques.
- Experience with a Project Management Methodology.
- Overseas travel required.
- Educated to minimum of HNC but preferably degree Level standard or equivalent.
- Must have an indentured apprenticeship in an Engineering discipline.
- Candidates with considerable experience and capability will be considered on merit.
The Rewards and the Benefits
- Excellent salary.
- Day shift role.
- Superb benefits package.
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