Senior Process Development Engineer

Renishaw; Wotton-under-Edge; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering company in Wotton-under-Edge seeks a Senior Process Development Engineer to enhance precision manufacturing processes. This role involves collaboration with design engineers and technical support of development cells. The ideal candidate will have experience in production engineering, Six Sigma training, and familiarity with process validation. The position offers a comprehensive benefits package including a 9% pension, hybrid work options, and generous leave policies.

Benefits

9% non-contributory pension

Discretionary annual bonus

Subsidised onsite restaurants

Free parking

24 hour fitness centres

Qualifications

• Knowledge and experience in production engineering and/or process development.
• Knowledge of Six Sigma concepts and lean manufacturing.
• Experience in troubleshooting and fault finding on manufacturing processes.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with design engineers to ensure assembly-ready components.
• Provide technical support to development and investigate breakdowns.
• Monitor performance metrics and create proposals for improvements.

Skills

Green Belt Six Sigma accredited training

Lean manufacturing methodologies

Troubleshooting manufacturing equipment

Maintenance requirements of factory machinery

Process validation

Risk assessor with PUWER assessment

C#, LabVIEW or LD PLC programming

Manual and/or CNC machining

CAD based tooling design

Job description

Job Description

Renishaw’s Encoder Products Division (EPD) designs and supplies cutting‑edge position feedback technology to the world’s precision measurement, automation, and manufacturing industries. It is highly likely that something you own contains a part or device that was manufactured with the help of one of Renishaw’s encoder products.

EPD is made up of engineers, scientists and technicians all working together to produce market‑leading products for sale around the world. We start with cutting‑edge optical, algorithm and circuit design, even developing our own ASICs and sensors where required. Our mechanical engineering teams then turn our core technology into a range of innovative products for our broad customer base.

Working closely with colleagues in our manufacturing division, we develop manufacturing and assembly processes and software to deliver quality products by the hundreds of thousands that in turn, perform reliably and repeatedly to sub‑micron accuracies for our customers.

We are currently looking for an engineer with experience of production to help develop complex, high‑precision assembly and test processes in our new product development area.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with divisional design engineers to ensure components, jigs and fixtures are designed with assembly in mind.
• Provide technical support to our development cells, including investigating equipment breakdowns and quality defects.
• Monitor process performance metrics such as capability, first‑time pass rates, yields, cycle time and downtime.
• Create proposals to prioritise and implement changes for product improvements, tooling development, fault‑finding trees, maintenance processes and capacity uplift.
• Work with tooling designers and production staff to ensure processes are designed for use in manufacturing.
• Analyse critical process metrics to quantify improvements.
• Ensure processes are documented according to good manufacturing practice.
• Transfer new assembly processes to production sites.

Key Requirements

The successful candidate will have knowledge and experience in production engineering and/or process development with one or more of the following areas of expertise:

• Green Belt Six Sigma accredited training.
• An understanding of the concepts, benefits and methodologies of lean manufacture.
• Experience of troubleshooting and fault finding on manufacturing equipment.
• Wide knowledge of the typical maintenance requirements of factory machinery and critical components.
• Experience of process validation.
• Is a trained risk assessor with experience of PUWER assessment for production processes.
• Have familiarity/experience with C#, LabVIEW or LD PLC programming.
• Have accredited training and experience of manual and/or CNC machining.
• Have experience of CAD based tooling design.

Benefits

When you join Renishaw, we’re committing to your future career. That’s because we believe in developing our people’s skills and promoting them internally. We also offer a benefits package that’s highly desirable; including a 9% non‑contributory pension, discretionary annual bonus, *subsidised onsite restaurants and *coffee shops, free parking, *car sharing scheme and *24 hour fitness centres. (not available at all sites).

We also want to promote a healthy work‑life balance as much as possible, so we have introduced a hybrid working policy which allows for a combination of home and office based working depending on the nature of your role. We also offer a variable working programme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, Life Assurance policy of 12 times annual salary, Cycle to Work scheme, enhanced maternity pay subject to qualifying criteria, Health Cash Plan, the option to join BUPA Renishaw Health Trust and an Employee Assistance Programme for employees and family.

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At Renishaw we believe that our success is powered by welcoming a workforce of diverse and talented people. Through encouraging an inclusive culture, where all our employees are free to be themselves, we can achieve our core values: Innovation, Inspiration, Integrity, and Involvement. If you are excited about the role but feel as though you don’t meet all the requirements, we would encourage you still to apply. You might just be the right person for this role or another opportunity at Renishaw. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments to make interviews and jobs more accessible. Should you have any difficulty during the recruitment process, or require any reasonable adjustments please contact the recruitment team on01453 524600 or [e-mail].

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Employment Type

Permanent

Time Type

Full time

Requisition Number

R8581 Senior Process Development Engineer (Open)