NPI Engineer

Evolve Personnel; West Midlands Combined Authority; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturing business is seeking an NPI/Development Engineer to enhance their new product introduction processes. You will coordinate activities, liaise with stakeholders, and implement lean manufacturing practices to ensure the successful transition of new products. Join this dynamic team located in Dudley to drive efficiency and support sustainable manufacturing objectives.

Qualifications

• Experienced in the application of quality tools.
• Able to project manage quality aspects to NPI and prototype manufacture.
• Familiar 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.
• Review best practices and implement learnings.

Skills

Project Management

Quality Tools Application

Lean Manufacturing

Process Optimisation

Job description

We are recruiting for an NPI/Development Engineer to join an established Manufacturing business based in the Dudley area. The NPI Engineer will create long term relationships with customers ensuring that expectations are met also improving efficiency/effectiveness with strong skills in service delivery.

As an NPI/Development Engineer you will be required too :

Report activities to customers and stakeholders providing weekly status updates

Creating an enhanced NPI process that coordinates sample process from start to finish

Working 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

Requirements:

Experienced in the application of quality tools

Able to project manage quality aspects to NPI and Prototype manufacture

Able to implement best practice solutions

Able to optimise methods of manufacturing and layout of tooling/rigging

Upgrade and maintain NPI to ensure that all manufacturing data is logged

Able to liaise with subcontract tooling engineers/pattern shops

Familiar with quality operations PPAP/APQP or equivalent

If you would be interested in the position of NPI/Development Engineer please apply now and we will be in touch shortly.