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DK Recruitment are looking for an experienced Manufacturing/NPI Engineer who will be responsible for the Introduction of new parts into the current Manufacturing process, which will include documentation of new products, tooling, equipment and procedures. Working as a member of a multifunctional team within a dynamic production environment in support of the business goals and objectives.
Main Duties:
- Develop, Support, and work within Health & Safety regulations, Company Quality and Environmental systems of work, and all other Company policies and procedures.
- Working positively to develop and foster good working relationships with colleagues and contracted personnel to maintain a culture of mutual respect and dignity.
- Maintain and improve current products with regards to manufacturing process, including make to print BOMs.
- Review and develop the manufacturing process for new parts and make to print orders in line with current processes and production requirements.
- Attendance of MRB, investigation and solving of current production process issues.
- Ensure production processes and SOPs efficiently utilize materials, methods and personnel.
- Support the testing and replacement of obsolescent consumables.
- Design and manage the introduction of new tooling related to current production processes.
- Participate in PFMEA and capability/repeatability improvement activities.
- Maintaining of H&S risk assessments for current processes and support of new risk assessments where required.
- On Time delivery, cost and Quality expectations of projects within their responsibility
- Delivery of solutions meeting the operating quality systems and business KPI’s
- Team and employee development
Qualifications & Experience:
- Degree in Mechanical/Manufacturing Engineering or equivalent
- Or Working Experience matching expectations of role
- 3 years + experience of working within manufacturing engineering teams within a production environment
- Results orientated
- Proven problem solving skills
- Flexible approach to working to meet project deadlines
- Proven capability to learn and implement new skills and processes
- Attention to detail and understanding of the business environment
- Ability / robustness to self-prioritise work packages within a dynamic agile NPI Environment
- Process investigation and problem solving
- Experience participating in PFMEA/control plan development
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
- Experience in the use of 3D Drawing packages
- Awareness of glass machining and polishing, thin film coating, machining of metals, painting, powder coating, plating and conversion coating, latest manufacturing philosophies, preferred not required
- Strong organisational skills
- Experience of lean manufacturing and six sigma (DMAIC)
