Job Description
About the Company:
Elevation recruitment are working closely with a specialist manufacturing business based in Derbyshire who supply into highly regulated sectors across the globe. This specialist NPI Engineering vacancy centres around injection moulding, projects, design and technical, providing an excellent platform for an ambitious NPI professional looking to further their career in a senior role.
About the Role:
The NPI Engineers key duties and responsibilities include:
* Providing engineering input to the NPI activities
* Managing and assigning key NPI projects
* Providing technical support to the sales department
* Supporting the team in a variety of key internal projects, DFM, process improvement and customer facing engineering support
* Tooling and Automation development & validation
* Engineering Change control
* You will be the primary internal and external engineering point of contact for assigned NPI projects
* Creating and updating NPI timing plans and gateway trackers
* Managing new tooling/automation trials and associated development to PPAP or equivalent
* Providing technical support for production
* Managing engineering-related continuous improvement activities
Qualifications:
The ideal qualifications and background for the NPI Engineer role will include:
* A formal technical qualification, preferably to a degree level or equivalent (or relevant hands on experience)
* Manufacturing experience ideally in an automotive or medical environment
* Understanding of the Injection Moulding processes (highly desirable)
* A strong understanding of NPI and the surrounding processes