CNC Manufacturing Engineer

Kingston Barnes Ltd; Clevedon; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Kingston Barnes Ltd. is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer with a hands-on CNC background to support day-to-day production across turning, milling and grinding in a precision environment.

You will contribute to cross-functional teams, drive process capability improvements, and manage manufacturing instructions, CAM programs, and new CNC equipment implementations, liaising with Design Office, Supply Chain and Quality teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a manufacturing environment.
• CNC background with hands-on experience.
• Strong problem solving skills (5Why, A3, 8D).
• Experience with NPI and manufacturing process/layout creation.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day production support across turning, milling and grinding.
• Contribute to cross-functional teams to solve daily issues.
• Lead process capability and improvement activities.
• Interface with customers for engineering changes and with suppliers for technical issues.
• Support new CNC equipment implementations and layout creation.
• Define manufacturing instructions and CAM programs.

Skills

5+ years experience

CNC programming

Problem solving

New Product Introduction

Education

HNC/Degree in a technical discipline

Tools

SAP or similar ERP systems

Job description

Manufacturing Engineer Precision

Are you a Production or Manufacturing Engineer with a hands on CNC background from a Precision Manufacturing background looking for an exciting opportunity ?

Kingston Barnes has an exciting opportunity for a Manufacturing Engineer for one of our clients in North Somerset.

The Role:

• Day-to-day production support across a variety of manufacturing processes, including turning, milling and grinding
• Actively contribute to the channel cross functional team solving daily issues
• Data driven process capability and process improvement activities
• Customer interface for engineering changes
• Technical interface with suppliers
• New product introduction activities, including manufacturing process and layout creation, prototyping and serial production support
• Lead costing and quoting exercises
• Defining manufacturing instructions, CNC machine program creation (CAM) and creating technical documents
• Support implementation of new CNC equipmentSupport reduction of scrap, loss and rework through process control and improvement
• Liaise with Design Office, Supply Chain, Planning, Customer Service, EHS and Quality Assurance functions

Qualifications and Experience

Essential

• 5+ years experience in a manufacturing environment
• HNC/Degree in a technical discipline
• Problem solving experience (5Why, A3, 8D)
• Process knowledge of either turning, milling and/or grinding
• New Product Introduction experience

Desirable

• Experience of NC programming for single and multi-functional equipment, CAM experience beneficial
• Experience with SAP or similar ERP systems
• Experience in an aerospace manufacturing environment
• Appreciation of aerospace bearing products and their applicationsKnowledge of lean or 6sigma tools
• IT literate, interest in IoT and digitalisation
• IEng/CEng accreditation or similar, or a desire to work towards
• Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK to apply for this position