Production Engineer: Hands-On Process Optimizer

TeamJobs; Southampton; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

TeamJobs is seeking a hands-on Production Engineer in Southampton to help drive improvements across machinery, processing lines and packaging systems. You’ll join a British manufacturer investing in new ideas, its capability and people, with ambitious growth plans and an energetic culture.

You’ll lead equipment settings, troubleshoot faults, perform preventative maintenance and support trials to improve output, quality and efficiency. A proactive, curious mindset is essential.

Qualifications

• Strong mechanical aptitude and practical experience with setting, operating and fault-finding automated or semi-automated machinery.
• Experience with filling, capping, labeling, coding, packaging or conveyor equipment would be relevant.
• Exposure to pneumatics, electrical systems, PLC-controlled machinery, preventative maintenance, 5S, SMED, RCA or OEE would be beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Setting and changing over production and packaging machinery.
• Troubleshooting mechanical, pneumatic and basic electrical/control faults.
• Responding to breakdowns and reducing downtime.
• Carrying out preventative maintenance, inspections and minor repairs.
• Adjusting equipment to improve output, quality and efficiency.
• Identifying recurring faults and getting to the root cause.
• Supporting machine trials, new equipment and process improvements.
• Improving changeover times, reliability, waste and overall equipment performance.
• Providing technical support and coaching to Machine Setters and Production Operators.
• Helping maintain high standards of safety, quality and housekeeping.

Skills

Mechanical aptitude

Problem solving

Curious mindset

Proactive

Tools

Pneumatic systems

Electrical systems

PLC-controlled machinery

5S

SMED

RCA

OEE

Job description

TeamJobs is seeking a hands-on Production Engineer in Southampton to help drive improvements across machinery, processing lines and packaging systems. You’ll join a British manufacturer investing in new ideas, its capability and people, with ambitious growth plans and an energetic culture.

You’ll lead equipment settings, troubleshoot faults, perform preventative maintenance and support trials to improve output, quality and efficiency. A proactive, curious mindset is essential.