NPI Engineer

Evolve Personnel

Stourbridge

On-site

GBP 50,000 - 70,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Evolve Personnel in the United Kingdom seeks a skilled NPI Engineer to lead new product introductions with a focus on quality and efficiency. The role involves coordinating sample processes, improving NPI workflows, and ensuring smooth transitions of new products.

You will work with tooling engineers, suppliers and internal teams to optimise manufacturing layouts, maintain BOMs and data logging, and promote lean manufacturing and continuous improvement across projects.

Qualifications

Experience applying quality tools (PPAP/APQP preferred).
Ability to manage quality aspects of NPI and prototype manufacture.
Ability to implement best-practice solutions.
Ability to optimise manufacturing methods and tooling/rigging layouts.
Maintain NPI processes to ensure data logging of manufacturing information.
Liaise with subcontract tooling engineers/pattern shops.
Familiarity with quality operations PPAP/APQP or equivalent.

Responsibilities

Report activities to customers and stakeholders providing weekly status updates
Create an enhanced NPI process that coordinates sample process from start to finish
Work on projects to support the optimisation of energy and ensuring that objectives for sustainable manufacturing are met
Coordinate sample process from start to finish
Work closely with tooling engineers, external suppliers, technical resource and contractors
Support concepts and strategies for the automisation and digitisation of work booking and work flow
Maintain the development of a BOM (bill of materials) and scope for ERP manufacturing systems that can integrate data management
Review Product documentation (Workflow documentation, Production Data)
Identify and support procurement of new tools required for new projects/production
Ensure a smooth transition of any new products
Review best practices and implement learnings
Promote lean manufacturing/continuous improvement tools where needed
Coordinate and maintain QC systems

Skills

Experience applying quality tools

NPI/Prototype quality management

Best-practice solutions

Manufacturing methods & tooling layout

NPI data logging

Liaising with subcontract tooling

PPAP/APQP familiarity

Job description

Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented NPI (New Product Introduction) Engineer to join our innovative engineering team.

The NPI Engineer will create long term relationships with customers ensuring that expectations are met and improve efficiency/effectiveness with strong skills in service delivery.

Responsibilities

Report activities to customers and stakeholders providing weekly status updates
Create an enhanced NPI process that coordinates sample process from start to finish
Work on projects to support the optimisation of energy and ensuring that objectives for sustainable manufacturing are met
Coordinate sample process from start to finish
Work closely with tooling engineers, external suppliers, technical resource and contractors
Support concepts and strategies for the automisation and digitisation of work booking and work flow
Maintain the development of a BOM (bill of materials) and scope for ERP manufacturing systems that can integrate data management
Review Product documentation (Workflow documentation, Production Data)
Identify and support procurement of new tools required for new projects/production
Ensure a smooth transition of any new products
Review best practices and implement learnings
Promote lean manufacturing/continuous improvement tools where needed
Coordinate and maintain QC systems

Qualifications