Continuous Improvement Engineer

Brush Transformers; Blackwood; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

BRUSH Group is seeking an engineering support professional on their Blackwood site. The role involves enhancing communication between departments, resolving manufacturing issues, and implementing improvements in processes. Candidates should have an engineering degree and strong interpersonal skills to lead diverse teams effectively.

Qualifications

• HNC/HND or Degree in Engineering or related discipline.
• Strong team player, able to galvanise teams to improve standards.

Responsibilities

• Act as a communication channel between engineering and production teams.
• Monitor manufacturing processes to ensure compliance with specifications.
• Assist with Continuous Improvement initiatives.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Project management

Analytical skills

Team player

Negotiating skills

Education

HNC/HND or Degree in Engineering

Job description

About The Role

Working with manufacturing, engineering, procurement, and quality departments to provide support on new and existing products, to act as interface between engineering, operations, and procurement to strengthen the links between operational activities at the Blackwood site.

Key Responsibilities

• Reports directly to the Production Engineering Manager & supports Quality, Engineering and Operations teams.
• Acts as a communication channel with the above teams to identify and resolve issues relating to switchgear manufacturing generally.
• Assist with manufacturing and quality investigations.
• Develop and maintain clear communication channel with engineering, procurement, manufacturing, and quality, ensuring all issues identified are reported.
• Raise issues through NCR system to prevent further issues arising on future contracts.
• Review NCR’s raised and implement corrective actions.
• Monitor manufacturing process to ensure work undertaken is to specification.
• Develop & Update SOPs to ensure the correct process are adhered to.
• Identify opportunities to improve current processes, reducing potential risk during switchgear manufacturing.
• Assist manufacturing with Continuous Improvement implementation.
• Effective implementation of approved projects, to include successful commissioning, qualification, and handover.
• Technical evaluation of engineering change requests
• Undertaking any necessary trials and generation of information to support any change applications.
• Provide first line of contact to purchasing, production & QA in the event of component or assembly queries on existing products and new products.
• Take time analysis, map each production station to identify bottlenecks and improve them.
• Value Stream Mapping, removing nonvalue added processes & waste
• Lean initiatives, Implement 5S, visual management “Best in Class Mindset”.
  
  

Qualifications

Qualifications, Knowledge, Experience & Skills:

• HNC/HND or Degree in Engineering or related discipline
  
  

Skills

• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate within and across department functions.
• Flexible and adaptable.
• Capable of managing multiple activities.
• Understanding Engineering drawings and statistical data
• Strong team player, able to galvanise teams to improve standards and rectify issues
  
  

Experience

• Experience in leading diverse teams with a broad range of skills and technical knowledge
• Self-motivated with positive attitude to meet deadlines and work schedules
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence both at individual and group levels across the operation
• Have a disciplined and enthusiastic approach, which captures the commitment of others
• Influencing and negotiating skills
• Excellent net-worker with the ability to collaborate and agree outcomes
• Experience in leading technical investigations and writing technical reports
• Experience in project management and project leadership, well developed planning skills and ability to meet deadlines
• Experience in managing and co-ordinating skilled specialist operators
  
  

About The Organisation

BRUSH Switchgear provide agile and adaptive engineering solutions and products, including consultancy services, design, and project management as well as award-winning product technology, to a wide range of projects.

A chosen partner for national and regional power generation and distribution network operators, through innovation and a commitment to delivering solutions that address grid-resilience and drive system change, we support the global drive to net-zero, helping create a future-proof Infrastructure.