Manufacturing Engineer

Contract Manufacturing Engineer

12 month contract, immediate start available

Monday - Friday (early finish Friday)

The company - highly regarded design, development and manufacturer. Due to a heavy investment in new product development they are seeking an experienced Manufacturing Engineer to support a number of New Product Projects and on-going improvements within a mechanical manufacturing environment.

This is an exciting opportunity to work as part of a motivated team undertaking Manufacturing Engineering activities to ensure that New Product Introduction project timescales are fully supported and driving ongoing improvements on existing products.

• Supporting the introduction of new products (NPI) ensuring new product specification considers design for manufacture (DFM) at all stages and identifying opportunities for standardisation
• Continuous Improvement - Supporting the Lead Engineer with targeted lean improvement projects
• Writing work instructions and identifying tooling requirements for product manufacture.
• CAPEX projects – new tooling / capital equipment for machining and assembly operations
• Problem solving - investigating and putting in place robust resolution to production issues utilising lean tools
• Using industry knowledge and expertise to identify and new technology that can be implemented to improve quality and output.

• HNC / D qualified in an engineering discipline OR have proven experience in a mechanical / fabrication production engineering environment
• New Product Introduction (NPI) for new product development projects.
• Fabrication / sheet metal / assembly process knowledge
• Lean / Continuous improvement / six sigma experience
• Regulated industry experience, automotive, rail, aerospace or similar
• MRP experience
• CAD experience ideal for tool design (3D CAD preferred but NOT essential).

Please contact Alison Kemp for further details or apply via the link.