Manufacturing Engineer

The client is an established and successful precision engineering company supplying parts and components to various market sectors such as aerospace, civil, defence and power etc.

They are seeking to recruit a Manufacturing Engineer to join their friendly, modern production facility in Alcester.

Salary - circa £49-£50k per annum
Benefits of working with the company are as follows;
Generous holiday entitlement, pension, life assurance, bonus scheme, social events, parking.

Hours of work are 7.30am to 4.30pm Monday to Thursday and 7.30am to 12.30pm on Friday.

The main responsibility of the Manufacturing Engineer, is to improve the company manufacturing processes to ensure cost efficiency and to meet required quality standards.

Responsibilities and duties are as follows;

• Support the manufacturing function by sharing of agreed objectives on EHS, Quality, Cost & Delivery and operational controls.
• Liaising with manufacturing - attending meetings and carry out walk the floor routines both with the manufacturing manager and in a stand alone capacity.
• Participate in internal and external audits, implementation of solutions where discrepancies have occurred.
• Contribution to the deliver of the EHS model by participating in job safety. Provide technical / process solutions to problems and discrepancies.
• Understanding the process constraints and operational rules of the value stream and participation in problem solving to improve flow where relevant.
• Creation and control of manufacturing documentation such as set up packs, stage drawings, work instructions, standard operation processes (SOP's).
• Take accountability across departments that need manufacturing engineering support such as NPDI, Production, Purchasing etc.
• Ensure all tooling needed to provide an efficient manufacturing process is designed and manufactured correctly.

Experience and qualifications for the role are as follows;

• Previous experience in a process or manufacturing engineering capacity.
• Multi axis laser programming is essential, EDM & wire programming is highly desirable.
• Laser engineering / programmer experience required.
• Sheet metal / Fabrication experience required.
• Hold Solidworks design software experience (although variants such as Catia, NX are acceptable).
• Good problem solving - identify root cause and identifies a suitable solution.
• Continuous Improvement mentality.
• Good planning skills, able to multi task and communicate effectively at all levels.

The company are based in Alcester so is commutable from Birmingham, Redditch, Bromsgrove, Solihull, Worcester, Droitwich, Stratford upon Avon, Evesham.

Please apply now to be considered for the vacancy.