Manufacturing Engineer

ZipRecruiter; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Cheltenham is seeking an Electro Mechanical Manufacturing Engineer for a 12-18 month contract. The role involves supporting manufacturing processes, developing tooling for new designs, and ensuring quality through process improvements. Ideal candidates will have strong electrical engineering backgrounds and experience in manufacturing support.

Qualifications

• Experience in electrical engineering and manufacturing.
• Familiarity with electromechanical assemblies and IPC620.
• Ability to create and maintain SOPs and build manuals.

Responsibilities

• Support shop floor with work instructions and SOPs.
• Provide technical support for build issues.
• Lead process improvement activities to reduce waste.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Harness manufacture

IPC620 awareness

Electromechanical assemblies

Manufacturing support

SOP creation

Job description

Job Description

We are currently looking for an Electro Mechanical Manufacturing Engineer based on site in Cheltenham for a 12-18 month contract.

Products: Electro Mechanical - power distribution systems

Responsibilities

1. Providing support to shop floor by generating work instructions/SOPs in the form of build manuals or routings.
2. Reacting to shop floor queries and build issues and providing technical support (ANDON).
3. Developing and introducing tooling/formboards for manufacturing new designs of wiring harnesses.
4. Running process improvement activities to reduce waste through the build process of electrical power management panels.
5. Leading root cause corrective action investigations.
6. Supporting NPI/development projects in the introduction of new designs.
7. Performing FAI/verification on manufactured assemblies.

Key Experience required

• Electrical engineering/manufacturing.
• Harness manufacture.
• Awareness & practice of IPC620.
• Electromechanical assemblies i.e. contractors, relays, wiring, power distribution.
• Manufacturing/production line support.
• Creation and maintenance of SOPs, build manuals, routings, etc.

Desirable

• Shop floor layout.
• Lean six sigma.
• Problem solving.
• Manufacturing readiness levels/production readiness levels.
• Design for manufacture.
• PFMEAS.
• Problem solving & RCCA.
• Configuration management.