Role: Advanced Manufacturing Engineer
Location: Banbury
Hours per week: 40
Rate per hour: £36-40 p/h depending on experience (Inside IR35/Umbrella Company)
Contract Length: Up to April 2027 (Possibility of extending)
An opportunity has arisen for an Advanced Manufacturing Engineer to join the Manufacturing Engineering department in a rapidly expanding and exciting work environment.
What you will do
* Defining and leading the setup of medium and high-volume production environments and the development of manufacturing processes to ensure production is conducted safely, on time and on budget whilst ensuring best practice is adhered to.
* Defining equipment specifications required to achieve the production requirements.
* Defining and leading the scaling up of low volume products & processes to support mass production volumes.
* Supplier investigation and appointment to establish a robust and capable supply base for automation equipment.
* Defining and leading the successful implementation and delivery of specific Advanced Production Quality Plans for new product introduction.
* Provide manufacturing engineering support to the Production, Procurement and Programmes Teams.
* Map processes and where necessary utilise techniques such as PFMEA's and control plans.
* Produce and maintain SOPs, build records, process routings and production documentation.
* Devise and own specific elements of the quality improvement road map supporting the Quality Management System and our compliance to ISO9001:2015, and any project specific quality requirements.
* Training and mentoring of junior Engineers
About you
* Experience gained in a mid / high volume manufacturing / production assembly environment.
* Knowledge of mid / high volume automation tools and techniques.
* Experience in new product introduction and APQP tools.
* Experience in manufacturing facility design.
* Ideally knowledge of Siemens Teamcenter, MPP, NX and NoMuda Visual Factory software would be preferred.
* Working knowledge of CDM regulations is desirable.
* Experience in the use of business improvement tools and techniques (5s, Lean, Kaizen etc.) and the use and construction of PFMEA’s and Control Plans.
* A good understanding of TS16949, AS9100, ISO14001 and ISO9001 to comply with company processes is essential.
* The ability to work on own initiative, and able to influence others by demonstrating a positive “can do” attitude
