Deliver industrialisation for new/modified products and manufacturing processes, ensuring production readiness, process validation, quality, rate, and cost requirements are met. Acts as a project technical owner for defined work packages.
This role will champion effective process development, DFM capability and efficiency throughout the entire product and process development lifecycle.
Lead/supervise a small team to execute industrialisation plans, balancing workload, coaching team members, and ensuring adherence to standards and schedules.
Core Responsibilities
- Process design
- PFMEA/Control Plans
- Work instructions
- Routings
- Tooling specification
- Line balancing
- Trials (PPAP/FAI)
- Capability studies (Cp/Cpk)
- Issue resolution/problem solving (8D)
- DfM/DfA/DTC
- Qualification of new tools, machines and working practices
- Process performance monitoring and first point of contact for technical issues on the Production Line
- Approval of the work of others when required
Leadership & Collaboration
- Industrial WP Planning, including NRCs
- Leads technical activities and mentors juniors informally
- Collaborates proactively with Design, Quality, Supply Chain, HSE, and Ops
Governance & Standards
- Applies company standards (OneSafran, APQP/PPAP, MSA, SPC, ERP/MES, HSE, regulatory)
- Ensures compliance throughout the full product and process lifecycle
Innovation & Continuous Improvement
- Identifies and implements CI using LEAN toolsets (SMED, 5S, Poka‑Yoke, waste reduction)
- Pilots digital tools
Risk & Readiness
- Owns PFMEA actions
- Manages run‑at‑rate, pre‑production builds and capacity verification
- Leads RCCA for launch issues
Financial Accountability
- Builds costed routings and supports capex business cases and ROI
- Delivers to cost/efficiency targets and validates production standard timings/KPI’s
People Management
- Coaching and mentoring only (no formal people management)
- Work Package Lead/Supplier lead
Typical Deliverables
- Process flow
- Value stream map
- Risk assessments
- PFMEA
- Control Plan
- WI/SOPs
- Layout & line balance
- PPAP/FAI packs
- MSA/SPC reports
- Packaging/preservation specifications
- Run‑at‑rate results
- Trade study reports
- Validation reports
Key Performance Measures
- Production Quality: FTPY, RFT, Scrap/Rework Rate, Cp/Cpk, 8D Problem Solving Closed
- Production Delivery: Cycle Time, Run at Rate / Takt Compliance, Launch OTIF (On Time, In Full), Aged QNs
- Cost & Efficiency: OEE, Cost vs Target
- Schedule, Scope & Stakeholders: Projects Managed to Milestones; Effective Internal/External Relationships
- Product & process capability and efficiency managed / improved through life cycle
Qualifications
- Proven experience in manufacturing/industrialisation; strong APQP/PPAP/SPC; hands‑on with tooling/fixtures and validation
- HNC/HND in mechanical, electronics or Production Engineering or equivalent experience
- Experience acting as a focal point for technologies and processes
- Broad production engineering experience including cost down, design for manufacture / assembly / test techniques
- Ability to challenge design and manufacturing techniques to meet DFM and DTC requirements
- Solid communicator, able to influence at all levels through written reports and presentations
- Problem solving, accurate analysis, concise conclusions and reporting of technical data
- Champions and leads investigations, process capability assessments & improvements, and delivers resulting work packages
- Experience leading process improvement activities
- Understanding of Statistical Process Control, Process FMEA’s, DFM & DTC activities
- Ability to lead and work effectively as part of a multi‑disciplined team and deliver to tight deadlines
- Experience building strong relationships within a supply base to develop solutions that work for all parties
- Knowledge of legislative requirements including REACH and HSE
- Energetic, strong influencer, pragmatic and results driven
- Strategic thinker, customer focused mindset (internal and external)
- Planning and prioritising work effectively to completion
- Computer literacy, experience with key systems PLM, MES, ERP, MS Office
- Ability to read and write English
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