Manufacturing Engineer

JR United Kingdom; Birkenhead; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading automotive company is hiring a Manufacturing Engineer specialized in Change Management to join a dynamic team at their Halewood facility. The role involves overseeing manufacturing processes, managing projects, and ensuring safe and efficient operations as part of a major transformation towards electric vehicle production.

Benefits

Employee Development and Assistance Programme

Access to Ford's Privilege scheme

Competitive salary with yearly increases

Excellent work-life balance

Cycle to Work Scheme

On-site facilities: gym, sauna, and steam room

Qualifications

• Experience in an engineering-based job role is essential.
• General computer literacy required.
• Highly motivated and self-driven individual.

Responsibilities

• Develop and improve manufacturing processes within the plant.
• Manage projects ensuring compliance with engineering standards.
• Initiate and coordinate change implementations.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Problem-solving techniques

Lean manufacturing techniques

Excellent people skills

Project management

Education

Degree in automotive or mechanical engineering

Tools

Project management software

Excel

Job description

Social network you want to login/join with:

Manufacturing Engineer - Change Management

Company: Ford Halewood Transmissions Ltd (FHTL)

Location: Halewood, Merseyside

Salary: £40,245.53 - £62,953.73 (inclusive of 35% holiday bonus for 33 days per year; 25 vacation and 8 bank holidays)

Duration: Permanent

About Ford:

Randstad are delighted to be working with Ford as the chosen talent partner to recruit for a number of roles in Halewood!

At Ford Halewood Transmissions, we're driving innovation as a part of Ford Motor Company, a global automotive leader. Our Halewood site is undergoing a £355 million transformation, becoming Europe's first electric vehicle component manufacturer in 2024.

Your Role:

You will be part of the plant manufacturing engineering team and be responsible for developing, maintaining and improving manufacturing processes within the plant. You will manage projects and deliver them to optimal standards including safe, cost, on time and aligned with strict engineering standards. You will work with a varied range of teams including engineers, management, production, and maintenance personnel to deliver projects and services which support an advanced automotive manufacturing environment transforming into a world leader in electric vehicle powertrains.

What We Offer:

• Employee Development and Assistance Programme.
• Access to Ford's Privilege scheme.
• Competitive salary with yearly increases and a generous pension.
• Excellent work-life balance (inclusive of set shutdown dates).
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• On-site facilities: gym, sauna, and steam room.

Key Responsibilities:

• To be a role model for Ford+ behaviours and requirements.
• Promote safety and a zero-accident culture.
• Adopt a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion ethos.
• Control costs to ensure best possible value for the company.
• Process owner for change management within the manufacturing environment.
• Initiate/answer feasibility and cost studies prior to change implementation actions.
• Co-ordinate change implementation across the manufacturing processes for both internal and design driven changes.
• Monitor compliance to necessary standards; GIS, TS16949, ISO14001 & ISO18001.
• Identify and implement innovative solutions to engineering issues.
• Effectively manage contractors in all aspects of projects, especially health and safety and project control.
• Integrate with the existing Engineering team and work with internal and external parties to achieve project deliverables.
• Drive continuous improvement of business objectives.
• Effective communication outside and inside the organisation including Trade Union.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Degree in automotive or mechanical engineering - Essential.
• Experience in an engineering based job role is essential.
• General computer literacy and familiarity with Excel, Word or equivalent and project management software (eg MS-Project).
• A can-do attitude is essential together with the ability to work in a challenging environment.
• overcome complex problems to meet demanding deadlines.
• Resilience is essential. Candidates must be able to deal with difficult problems whilst maintaining a positive, calm attitude.
• An analytical mindset, with some data science skills would be beneficial.
• Excellent people and communication skills.
• Highly motivated and self-driven.
• Ability to direct teams.
• Experience of problem-solving techniques and tools such as 8Ds, 5 Why, 6-Sigma.
• Ability to work in a team-oriented environment.
• Lean manufacturing techniques.
• Project management and change management experience is essential.

The Company is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity for all and is opposed to any form of less favourable treatment or harassment on the grounds of race, religion or belief, sex, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or disability. This vacancy is advertised in line with the FORD equal opportunities policy.