Role: Process Improvement Engineer / Production Engineer
Salary: £40,000 to £45,000 per annum, plus bonus and benefits
Hours: Monday to Friday, 8am till 5pm / 7am till 4pm
Location: Commutable from Scunthorpe, Doncaster, Thorne, Hatfield, Epworth and surrounding suburbs.
Company
A leading engineering and manufacturing company is looking for an ambitious and motivated Continuous and Process Improvement Engineer who can lead all process/machinery improvement activities within the factory. It's an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys getting their teeth into a role where they have the chance to map out and implement improvement initiatives, to help the factory minimize downtime, reduce waste, improve machinery and process output, and save money.
Responsibilities
This role carries responsibility and is hands-on, getting out on the factory floor completing investigations, supporting CAPEX projects, and providing a presence in your targeted efforts of bringing continuous and process improvements on site. It is rather autonomous and reports into the Process and Production Manager.
Your core responsibilities are to manage continuous and process improvement activities to help meet key targets and objectives across the factory, specifically in Product Quality, Machine and Process Efficiency, and Waste. You will investigate problem areas, everything from the process, SOP, and machinery in the factory, completely mapping it out and providing potential solutions. Overseeing improvement projects from start to finish.
1. Support and drive the implementation of continuous and process improvement initiatives across the Engineering/Production Department.
2. Identify, plan, and implement improvements to the process equipment, driven by sound data analysis.
3. Work as a key member of the site senior management team, being the site expert on all process-related subjects including raw materials, production, and quality/process control systems and procedures.
4. Help introduce new materials into production and determine how best to do it.
5. Drive process improvements and product cost improvement projects through to successful delivery, ensuring production performance is not negatively affected.
6. Gain a full understanding of plant equipment and product types to help optimize changeovers and plant efficiency.
7. Optimize the plant's process performance and systems to help deliver consistent, repeatable results.
8. Ensure that the best product quality is achieved at all times so that customer satisfaction and service is never compromised.
9. Focus on continual improvement and best practice to support the production department and drive positive change.
10. Responsible for site-wide compliance to COSHH regulations, including management of relevant data sheets.
11. Work closely with production and maintenance departments to support a collaborative improvement culture and good communication, including providing regular training of the site teams in process and quality.
12. Adhere to all environmental, health, and safety UK legislation and higher company standards where appropriate.
Requirements
1. Degree Qualified in Engineering or similar, most considered; chemical, mechanical, electrical, mechatronic, or a relevant discipline.
2. Experienced in a similar role, with an emphasis on process and continuous improvement.
3. Can provide examples of process and continuous improvements achieved in a factory environment.
4. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills and able to run and facilitate problem-solving and bottlenecking/enterprise kaizen team events.
5. Methodical, organized, and process-driven.
6. Good communication and presentation skills.
If this role sounds of interest, please apply now and send your most up-to-date CV to Wesley at TechNichols Resourcing to be considered. Or call TechNichols Resourcing and speak with Wesley for further information.
We will endeavor to get back to all applicants, but if you have not heard back within 5 working days, unfortunately, your application has been unsuccessful.
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