Manufacturing Engineer
- Employer
- Undisclosed Company
- Location
- Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
- Salary
- Negotiable
- Closing date
- 27 Feb 2019
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- Sector
- Engineering
- Job Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full-time
Manufacturing Engineer
A vacancy exists for a Manufacturing Engineer to provide support to Production, Purchasing and Commercial departments. The focus of the role will be hands on support within a manufacturing cell in our operations business unit. The successful candidate can also expect to spend 20-30% of their time supporting projects for new products. The product is manufactured in low to medium volumes for Aerospace and Defence customers.
Main duties will include:
- Provide & support Continuous Improvement (CI) manufacturing solutions to reduce build time, improve yield & quality both internally and within the supply chain.
- Specify & design new production tooling and assembly aids within 3D CAD environment and perform tooling trials. Manage maintenance & repair of existing tooling.
- Specify, install & purchase test equipment, machinery & hand tooling for the cell.
- Create & maintain Manufacturing Instructions (Layouts) and Route Cards to ensure good product quality and repeatability in production.
- Set up the manufacturing area & ERP system (BOMs, Routings and Work Centers) to optimise manufacture flow.
Additional duties will include:
- Support PFMEA, DFMAIT and perform first build activity for new projects.
- Provide a technical input to product & test equipment fault finding and diagnostics.
- Provide support on Lean activates such as value stream mapping, standard work, 5S and Kanban.
Candidate attributes for this role will include:
- Electro-Mechanical engineering experience with an engineering based qualification in an appropriate technical discipline.
- 5 years or more working in a manufacturing support role, with a minimum 2 years' experience of tooling specification or design within a 3D CAD environment.
- Awareness of AS9100 Aerospace Quality systems.
- Excellent communication skills at all levels and good commercial awareness.
Experience of any of the following would be a distinct advantage:
- High-pressure systems or components.
- Military or civil aviation harnessing.
- Complex electronic box build assemblies.
- 3D CAD - Siemens NX, Creo, CATIA or similar
- IFS - MRP system
- Electronic Document Management System - Teamcenter
- MK Systems - AutoMeg
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