Workshop Engineer

Unipart Technologies Group; Rotherham; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Bonus

Life Assurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Wellbeing support

Cycle to Work

Job summary

Unipart Technologies Group is seeking a Workshop Engineer to support workshop activities, assemble products from parts, laser-cut components and wire installations to specification, using CNC machines and hand tools. You will identify efficiency improvements and help implement them, ensuring quality and compliance with design intent.

You will work with Design Engineers, prototype, manufacture, test, install and commission products, and provide updates on project status to senior management.

Qualifications

• Experience of electrical component integration.
• Experience of manufacturing processes, both mechanical and digital.
• Quality focused.
• Mechanical competence.
• Experience using continuous improvement tools and techniques.

Responsibilities

• Manufacture / assemble new products, working with Design Engineers, ensuring they meet specification, functional, design and business performance requirements.
• Involvement in the manufacturing of innovative products from concept to operation including prototyping, manufacture, testing, installation and commissioning.
• Measure and inspect products ensuring they are up to specification.
• Support other engineers within the team.
• Ensure intellectual property and commercial issues associated with product development and introduction are effectively managed with suppliers and customers.
• Develop your own knowledge and ability using Continuous Improvement activities to support business growth.
• Provide workshop support, equipment maintenance, stock check.
• Keep senior management and engineers up-to-date on project status and progress.

Skills

Electrical component integration

Manufacturing processes

Continuous improvement tools

Tools

CNC Machinery

Job description

£35,000 per annum plus 33 days holiday (including bank holidays), pension, bonus, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits including cycle to work scheme

About the Role

As Workshop Engineer, you will be responsible for the support of all workshop activities including, preparation of parts laser cut from sheet metal, and wiring installations. Following instructions from Design Engineers and interacting with designs you will assemble a variety of products, ensuring they meet specification. Operation of different CNC machinery and proficient in the use of hand tools, ensuring that workshop activities run smoothly, suggesting any improvements for efficiencies, and implementing them will be part of your role.

As part of your key responsibilities you’ll:

Manufacture / assemble new products, working with Design Engineers, ensuring they meet specification, functional, design and business performance requirements

Have involvement in the manufacturing of innovative products from concept to operation including, prototyping, manufacture, testing, installation and commissioning

Measure and inspect products ensuring they are up to specification

Support other engineers within the team

Ensure intellectual property and commercial issues associated with product development and introduction are effectively managed with suppliers and customers

Develop your own knowledge and ability using Continuous Improvement activities to support business growth

Provide workshop support, equipment maintenance, stock check

Keep senior management and engineers up-to-date on project status and progress

About You

Experience of electrical component integration

Experience of manufacturing processes, both mechanical and digital

Quality focused

Mechanical competence

Experience using continuous improvement tools and techniques

About Unipart

We are a supply chain performance improvement partner. We Design, Make, Move, and Improve components in our customers’ supply chains, keeping their operations and assets moving and working better, for longer. Through our commitment to continuously driving operational efficiencies, we improve performance - saving time, cost, and carbon. Our ambition is to be the driving force behind efficient, resilient, and sustainable supply chains.

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

We believe that a great workplace is one where you can bring your whole self to work. Our recruitment process is designed to be accessible, inclusive, and based entirely on merit. We define merit through a combination of technical skills and the core behaviours that help our people thrive at Unipart. We welcome applications from everyone, regardless of background or circumstances. We are committed to a policy of equal opportunity that exceeds our statutory obligations under the Equality Act 2010 and subsequent legislation. Whether it’s your age, disability, neurodiversity, gender identity, family status, or any other characteristic that makes you ‘you’ - it is your talent and potential that we value most. Adjustments for you: We want you to perform at your best. If you require any reasonable adjustments or have specific accessibility needs at any stage of the application or interview process, please let us know. We are here to support you.

£35,000 per annum plus 33 days holiday (including bank holidays), pension, bonus, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits including cycle to work scheme

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