PPI Engineer

Mountville Mills, Inc; Rochdale; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

Mountville Mills, Inc. is seeking a Product & Process Improvement Engineer to join the manufacturing team in Rochdale. You will lead capital and improvement projects aimed at reducing waste, energy use, and costs while boosting quality and reliability across processes.

The role requires a degree in engineering, strong problem-solving skills, and the ability to communicate across all levels. You will work with maintenance and production teams to implement innovative improvements and ensure safety

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering (Mechanical or Chemical preferred).
• Experience in manufacturing with Lean/CI and data-driven improvements.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to lead multiple projects with minimal supervision.
• Familiarity with AutoCAD and Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Lead capital and improvement projects in manufacturing processes.
• Review processes/equipment for efficiency and performance.
• Troubleshoot production issues with operations team.
• Interpret data from technical and operations staff.
• Develop trials, simulations, and report results.
• Improve product margins via quality and material evaluation.
• Manage contractors for designated projects with safety focus.
• Collaborate with maintenance and production across site.

Skills

Lean

Continuous Improvement

Problem solving

Communication

Project leadership

Data interpretation

Education

Engineering degree (Mechanical/Chemical)

Tools

AutoCAD

Microsoft Office

Job description

The M+A name represents two powerful brands – Mountville and Andersen – with nearly a century of combined experience developing and manufacturing mats designed to make environments safer, cleaner, and more comfortable.

For decades, M+A has been a symbol of quality and customer service and a driving force in the mat industry, developing the next generation of products designed to provide superior safety, cleanliness, and comfort to workers and customers across the world.

There are three principles that guide every action we take, every decision we make, and every mat we produce:

• Do the right thing.
• Do what is best for the customer.
• Drive improvements and innovation.

It is these core values that drive us to provide our customers with high-performance, high-quality matting and unparalleled customer satisfaction and we invite applications to join us in this endeavour.

The Role

Reporting into the Product & Process Improvement Manager, the Product & Process Improvement Engineer will join a manufacturing team responsible for leading capital and improvement projects in manufacturing processes with the objectives of reducing waste, energy usage, manufacturing costs, while improving quality, efficiency, reliability and process safety.

Main duties will include:

• Utilising best practices (Lean, Continuous Improvement principles) to review processes, equipment, and manufacturing capability for efficiency, relevance and performance improvements.
• Working with the operations team to troubleshoot problems and improve production processes.
• Interpret different types of data from both technical and operational associates.
• Optimise processes from the viewpoint of productivity, sustainability and efficiency.
• Create and manage innovative process development trials, process simulations and report the results.
• Improve product profit margin through quality improvements and raw material evaluations.
• Select, manage and control contractors for designated projects, with zero tolerance for Environmental or Health and Safety incidents.
• Work closely with other Process Engineers, maintenance and production associates across the site.

Skills / experience preferences:

• Candidates will be educated to degree level in an Engineering discipline, preferably in a Mechanical- or Chemical-related subject.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment where you have successfully used problem solving techniques and have a keen understanding and proven ability to employ improvement methodologies.
• Able to communicate at all levels of a business, confident and articulate, with accomplished presentation skills.
• Possessing the ability to lead a number of important projects, of any size and importance, with a practical and interactive approach able to generate enthusiasm whilst supporting others.
• Knowledge on the use of a drawing package such as AutoCAD in addition to the usual suite of Microsoft software is desirable.
• Ultimately, you will need to work well with minimal supervision and be capable of prioritising workloads and meeting deadlines.