Facilities Engineer

Position Title: GME T&F Manufacturing Lead Engineer

Duration: Contract

Location: Halewood, Liverpool

What to Expect:

• Trim and Final Facilities are responsible for the development and introduction of new and modified facilities associated with new model introductions and model year changes.
• Ensure facility installations are delivered through strict adherence to Product Creation and Delivery System (PCDS) and Launch Quality Operating System (LQOS) Gateways deliverables, Health & Safety and Manufacturing Engineering Facility procurement procedures.

Key Responsibilities:

• Project manage the planning and implementation of facility installations for new model introductions.
• Creation of detailed facility timing plans in line with manufacturing launch strategies.
• Layout planning and creation of new and modified facilities to accommodate new models
• Create Request for Quotation (RFQ) and technical specifications
• Supplier selection and vendor management activities with the Clients’ purchasing.
• Provide feasibility statements for Product designs to suit manufacturing process & facility requirements.
• Create and maintain detailed cost trackers up to and beyond programme approval.
• Achieve Equipment Capability targets for all new & modified facilities, including Operating Efficiency Effeteness targets.
• Ensure adherence to the Clients’ Reliability & Maintainability, 8D, Mean Time To Repair (MTTR), Mean Time Before Failure (MTBF) and Preventative Maintenance (PM) principles.
• Manage and resolve technical issues and elevate where appropriate.
• Represent Trim & Final Facilities at program meetings at all levels and present status.
• Coordinate and manage the New Equipment Procurement Team (NEPT)
• Provide departmental responses to PCDS & LQOS deliverables and Product Definition Letter’s etc.
• Ensure the team support virtual build events raising and championing issues where appropriate.
• Identify resource requirements in support of virtual and physical builds.
• Provide feasibility of product and process designs to suit manufacturing facility requirements.
• Ensure achievement of capability of all processes and equipment, including dimensional targets.
• Ensure application of lean manufacturing principals and Bill of Process (BOP) and Bill of Facilities (BOF) requirements.
• Drive quality planning and analysis for manufacturing.
• Balance workload and prioritize the team ensuring all key business objectives are met.
• Collaborative working with multiple teams: GME Technologies, Logistics, Digitals, Maintenance, Production and Programme Management
• Support the development of the Engineers through on the job coaching, creators conversations.
• Co-ordinate and Lead Go Look See events.
• Liaising with downstream teams and Manufacturing plants to concur alignment.
• Manufacturing Engineering contribution within agile teams.
• Develop P6 plan to manage team and programme deliverables.
• Communicate programme deliverables to Programme teams and manage progress reporting.
• Competitor benchmarking for facility and process strategies.
• Drive lean principles with all aspects of manufacturing operating process.

Skills, Experience and Qualifications Required:

• Detailed understanding of NEBOSH and Construction Design Management (CDM) Regulations
• In depth project and budgetary management experience
• Proven track record of delivering facilities within a manufacturing environment.
• Ability to set individual and team objectives and measure performance against them.
• Previous experience of managing multiple facility suppliers and concurrent projects.
• Experience of and involvement in product launches.
• Degree qualified in relevant engineering discipline (preferred).
• Knowledge of and involvement in product development including use of virtual toolsets.
• Candidate must have a record of proactive delivery and commitment to meeting deadlines.

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