Lean Manufacturing Engineer—Medical Devices

Medstrom; Hemington; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary £48k+ (depending on experience)

Pension scheme

33 days’ annual leave

Discounts and cashback on shopping, &%

Salary Sacrifice (Cycle to Work)

Training and mentorship

Birthday gift

Death in Service

Employee Ownership Trust (EOT)

Job summary

Medstrom in Castle Donington is seeking a Production Process Engineer to lead lean manufacturing improvements in the assembly of medical equipment. You will own the continuous improvement roadmap, driving safety, quality, productivity and cost reductions across the production line.

You will collaborate with Production, Quality, Supply Chain and R&D to ensure designs are manufactured efficiently, investigate issues and deliver permanent corrective actions, support SOPs and tooling specs, and

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years’ experience as a Process Engineer or Manufacturing Engineer in a manufacturing environment.
• Significant experience in an assembly manufacturing environment, preferably in medical devices.
• Proven experience implementing Lean Manufacturing principles and delivering measurable continuous improvement projects.
• Knowledge of PFMEA, Control Plans or similar quality improvement tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead and own continuous improvement initiatives across the manufacturing operation and implement Lean Manufacturing tools (5S, Kaizen, Standard Work, Visual Management, Value Stream Mapping).
• Identify opportunities to improve safety, quality, productivity, efficiency and cost.
• Develop and maintain manufacturing documentation, work instructions and SOPs.
• Collaborate with Production, Quality, Supply Chain and R&D to ensure products are designed for efficient manufacture and ongoing improvements.
• Investigate production issues, identify root causes and implement permanent corrective actions.
• Collaborate with Quality and R&D on product issue investigations and permanent corrective actions.
• Monitor production data and KPIs to identify trends and drive measurable improvements; conduct time studies, line balancing, capacity analysis.
• Write specifications for tooling and production jigs; work with R&D on design.
• Support engineering changes, product updates and design transfers into manufacturing.
• Support cost reduction projects, maintaining product quality and safety.
• Provide training to operators and team leaders.

Skills

Lean Manufacturing

5S

Kaizen

Value Stream Mapping

Standard Work

Root Cause Analysis

Problem-solving

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Engineering qualification

Tools

PFMEA

Control Plans

Job description

Medstrom in Castle Donington is seeking a Production Process Engineer to lead lean manufacturing improvements in the assembly of medical equipment. You will own the continuous improvement roadmap, driving safety, quality, productivity and cost reductions across the production line.

You will collaborate with Production, Quality, Supply Chain and R&D to ensure designs are manufactured efficiently, investigate issues and deliver permanent corrective actions, support SOPs and tooling specs, and