Manufacturing Technical Support Engineer

Meritus; Wales; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace support company is seeking a Manufacturing Technical Support Engineer for a 12-month contract in Brooughton, Flintshire. Responsibilities include managing technical issues, supporting capacity management, and ensuring adherence to EHS and quality standards. The ideal candidate should have technical issue management experience and knowledge of SAP. This role offers £36 per hour and involves a single-stage interview process.

Qualifications

• Experience managing technical issues and supporting continuous improvements.
• Ability to anticipate capacity fluctuations and support production efficiency.
• Knowledge of EHS standards and LEAN practices.

Responsibilities

• Manage technical issues during daily operations to maintain production flow.
• Support work order management and flag blocked orders for resolution.
• Ensure EHS standards and quality processes are implemented on the shop floor.

Skills

Technical issue management

Capacity management

LEAN practices

Work order management

EHS compliance

Tools

SAP

Job description

MERITUS are recruiting for a Manufacturing Technical Support Engineer to join our client in an initial 12 month contract to support exciting aerospace projects.

MANUFACTURING TECHNICAL SUPPORT ENGINEER - INSIDE IR35 - 36 PER HOUR - BROUGHTON, FLINTSHIRE - 12 MONTHS - SINGLE STAGE INTERVIEW PROCESS - SAP EXPERIENCE PREFERRED

General Daily / On shift lineside support:

• Daily / on shift line side support to manage technical issues & continuous improvement: missing parts, Non Conformities, concessions if applicable / DQN, Outstanding Work, maintenance, jigs & tools.
• Perform Work Order Management for out of cycle work.
• Escalate recurrent issues & request support to the Work Prep, PPE, Maintenance, MAP & Outstanding Work support functions roles, if not manageable at level 1
• Support capacity management : anticipate capacity fluctuation to cover changes in the PLC (product life cycle situation) and grow competence.
• Support on identifying issues in production as well as problems not solvable by the FLM and operators and elevate/request support to the Work Prep (PE), Line Balancing (PPE), Maintenance, MAP & OSW or support function roles.
• Support of the analysis of the industrial systems and processes to assess their efficiency and effectiveness.
• Support on continuous work improvement as well as on the elimination of waste (LEAN).
• Industrial Assets-Daily / on shift line side, support on industrial assets:
• Support on the request for repair and the creation of specific requests for small tools.
• Support on writing the specification for the creation of new jigs and tools as well as the modification or improvement of existing jigs and tools and their calibration.

Work order management-Daily / on shift line side, support on work order management:

• Support on flagging blocked work orders so that it can be discussed at the appropriate meetings
• Further support is given to the Production to prioritize the Execution of the Serial and Rework Work Order if linked to NC, Concession or Blocking Point.

Environment, Health and safety-Daily / on shift line side, support on "EHS":

• Support on making EH&S rules transparent on the shopfloor.
• Support on ensuring EH&S standards are applied on the station.
• Support on cascading the EH&S requirements to the shopfloor.
• Support on identifying and solving Near Misses.

Quality-Daily / on shift line side, support on "Quality":

• Support in ensuring that production processes and standards are applied on the station.
• Support in ensuring that quality standards are applied on the station.

Logistics -Daily / on shift line side, support on "Logistics":

• Support the prioritization of pulling materials related to Rework Work Order to the respective executing station.