Manufacturing Engineer

Workshop Recruitment; North Fareham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturing service provider in North Fareham is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to provide leadership and ensure production processes are efficient. This role involves liaising with various managers to prioritize production, address quality issues, and implement improvements. Candidates should possess a relevant degree and experience in electronic manufacturing. Strong communication and team leadership skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in electronic manufacturing.
• Ability to work independently to solve problems.
• Supervisory or team-leading experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with operations to prioritize production.
• Address quality issues related to production.
• Communicate internal problems to the Engineering Manager.
• Ensure processes conform to customer requirements.
• Implement tooling and improve key processes.

Skills

Electronic manufacturing knowledge

Project planning

Configuration control understanding

Education

Relevant degree level qualification

Job description

Overview

Our client is a world class electro mechanical manufacturing service provider who specializes in various industries including aerospace and automotive. They are looking for a Manufacturing Engineer who reports to the Engineering Manager and provides leadership and expert knowledge to ensure that assembly equipment, processes and procedures are working efficiently and effectively. In addition to this, the Manufacturing Engineer will work with the Production Manager to assist with ensuring that production schedules are met by providing guidance and training to production staff so they can meet the required assembly times and quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with the Operations Manager, Production & MPS, to assist with prioritizing production and ensuring production processes and engineering documentation are available.
• Liaise with QA to ensure that quality issues related to production processes are addressed in a timely manner.
• Communicate any problems of an internal nature to the Engineering Manager and produce reports to record and communicate process issues to other departments and Customers.
• To ensure processes and procedures will produce products that conform to customer requirements.
• Ensure the process/procedures are adding value to the business by implementing suitable tooling and improving key processes identified either internally by department members or by KPIs.
• Assist Product Engineering with NPI and provide DFM feedback to customers and prospective customers to ensure products are optimized for assembly using our client's processes.
• Assist Product Engineering with configuration control of all supplied documents & engineering packs and introduce customer design changes at agreed implementation points.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Relevant degree level qualification or demonstratable knowledge of electronic manufacturing is essential.
• Experience in electronic manufacturing is essential.
• Knowledge of project planning is important.
• Understanding configuration control is important.

Key Personal Skills

• Excellent communicator, written and verbal.
• Must be able to work under own initiative to solve problems.
• Supervisory or Team Leading experience preferred.
• Disciplined and controlled approach.
• Strong eye for detail and the ability to maintain accurate records.
• Responsive.
• Highly motivated and able to motivate others to achieve.
• Calm and collected, with the ability to work under pressure