Manufacturing Engineer

McLaren Bahrain; Woking; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading automotive manufacturer is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to improve processes and optimize production efficiency. You'll collaborate with engineering teams and lead projects in a fast-paced environment, ensuring the highest quality standards in vehicle manufacturing. Ideal candidates will have a strong mechanical engineering background and a passion for performance vehicles.

Benefits

Structured career development framework

25 days’ holiday plus bank holiday

Private medical insurance

Life assurance benefit

Discretionary annual bonus

Qualifications

• Experience with continuous improvement initiatives within Method, Cost, Quality, Delivery & Safety.
• Understanding of low volume, high value performance vehicle production.
• Strong attention to detail and data analysis skills.

Responsibilities

• Continuously improve manufacturing processes for car production.
• Manage PFMEA activities and lead engineering change implementation.
• Run time & motion studies to optimize production efficiency.

Skills

Communication

Data Analysis

Problem Solving

Education

Degree in mechanical / automotive engineering or similar (2:1 or above)

Job description

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What to Expect

A successful Manufacturing Engineer will use his/her process improvement experience to quantitatively assess current production/business system performance and execute change to reduce cost and optimize capacity. This role demands excellent communication and interpersonal skills as well as a holistic understanding of manufacturing operations.

Manufacturing engineers will be responsible for continuously improving and developing the manufacturing processes that our production team members use to build our cars. This position will be responsible for accepting new model build processes from our Future Manufacturing Engineering teams and developing them within Series production. This includes continuous process improvement, quality lead investigations and industrial engineering tools and techniques.

What You'll Do

• Display a positive attitude and practice strong work ethics that reflects the mission, philosophy and goals of McLaren.
• Maintain process sequence, documentation, and product traceability methodology for the plant.
• Own all aspects of PFMEA activities.
• Lead series engineering change implementation through design reviews for new content.
• Collaborate with engineering teams in leading the design of layout, modelling/simulation, and material flow integration to ensure data aligns with the overall plan and vision for the factory.
• Work with engineering and operation teams to identify and resolve production bottlenecks.
• Collaborate with various engineering teams to determine overall equipment effectiveness and associated improvement strategies.
• Headcount monitoring and liaison with production management.
• Ownership and maintenance of the Hours Per Car (HPC) data for series production ensuring plant efficiency and output targets can be achieved.
• Run time & motion studies across the plant and carryout line balancing activities.
• Develop and deploy a framework of continuous improvement utilising lean principles. Reduce scrap, rework, and cycle times.
• Drive other projects as needed by management or as business needs change.
  
  

What You'll Bring

• A degree in mechanical / automotive engineering or similar (2:1 or above) is advantageous or equivalent experience in a similar role.
• Ideally you will have experience with:
• Continuous improvement initiatives within Method, Cost, Quality, Delivery & Safety
• Manufacturing support within a mid to low volume assembly environment
• Hours per Car generation and monitoring
• Vehicle assembly process instructions and visuals
• Trim and Final processes
• End of Line vehicle processing / finishing
  
  

Personal Attributes

• As one of our engineers you will naturally have an understanding and appreciation for low volume, high value performance vehicle production and brand requirements.
• We work in a fast-paced environment so the ability to act under pressure with calmness, clarity of thought and decisive authority is crucial. Change is a natural part of our business and candidates must be susceptible to plans and procedures changing frequently.
• You will have the determination to drive forward the business to ‘Best in Class’ performance standards in line with brand expectations and be a lateral thinker able to think outside of the box to make structured and objective decisions
• Other traits of a successful McLaren employee will include excellent communication skills both written and verbal, to all levels of the business. Excellent attention to detail and strong data analysis skills including the use of all Microsoft Office applications, specifically with Microsoft Excel
  
  

What We'll Do for You

We Offer a Wide – Ranging Benefits Package, Which Includes

• Structured career development framework
• 25 days’ holiday, plus bank holiday. Annual buy & sell up to five days.
• Enhanced company pension scheme
• Discretionary annual bonus award
• Private medical insurance and health cash plan
• Life assurance benefit
• Ability to apply for a sabbatical of up to one year after only two years’ service.
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping.
• Generous parental leave policies
• A range of wellbeing initiatives, such as employee assistance programme and free financial & mortgage advice
  
  

Qualifying criteria applies.

Who Are We?

No restraints. No limitations. We don’t simply push boundaries. We completely rethink them. McLaren Automotive exists to create breath-taking performance road cars.

It takes a community to do what we do. A diverse group of people with many areas of expertise, united by their passion to deliver visionary products and set new benchmarks.

McLaren Automotive commits to equal opportunity for all. Diversity, Equality and Inclusion is at the heart of our impact, it drives our innovation and enables us to truly create something special. Join us on our journey.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Motor Vehicle Manufacturing

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