Job Ref: 213650591

Date: 2021-04-29 16:21:49

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Industrialisation Engineer

Duties

– Supports Industrial Manager in operational management of strategic industrial projects.

– Ensure the launch and modification of new methods of production.

– Formalise the process and business standards for new production methods and ensure effective communication between the contributors and stakeholders.

– Supporting the factory in key processes, providing technical support, skills transfer and/or the deployment of standards.

• Responsible for a team of key process Engineers.

• Responsible for identifying and formalising the capex requirements for the introduction of new processes across the site.

• Responsible for creating and maintaining key relationships across the business as required.

• The job is based at the Pitstone site, but will have links into the Power Division Industrial team.

• Responsible for the sharing and gathering of best practices for key processes to ensure alignment across the division.

• Develop and validate key processes for new products (or transfers).

• Optimising processes according to the cost, safety, quality and reliability criteria.

• Provide technical support to operations when production issues arise.

• Participate in the analysis of test and assembly operations and lead the technical improvement actions.

• Manage the launch or modification of new ways of production for the site in line with QCDM objectives, by applying existing standards and ensuring the communication between the team members.

• Formalise process and business standards: specifications, recommendation specifications, lessons learned, process parameter specifications with limit validation and product/process constraints

• Respecting and enforcing defined standards. • Ensuring technological watch (internal and external) on your fields of expertise.

• Ensure the training of technical staff and validate multi-skilling requirements for the various means within your perimeter.

• Deliver HSE objectives and comply with health, safety and environmental rules.

• Regular interaction with support functions including Engineering, Programs, Quality, Operations, Supply Chain, & suppliers.

• Attends and actively participates in weekly leadership meetings to review progress and challenges across industrialisation.

• Effective leadership of the team of process engineers.

• Key attendee to Industrialisation management reviews to ensure alignment of process and product industrialisation.

• Co-ordinate and chair project reviews with operations, engineering, test equipment and supply chain as required targeted at process improvement activity. Decision making authority:

• Authorised to approve proposals for capital investment.

• Approval signature for technical documentation shared internally and externally

Candidate skills & requirements

• Experience managing a team of Engineers delivering process improvements across a variety of applications.

• Ability to work within a matrix organisation, ensuring alignment and building effective relationships with all stakeholders.

• Experience of working within a complex and dynamic component manufacturing or engineering environment with NPI and concurrent engineering experience preferred

• Excellent working knowledge of new manufacturing and test methodology.

• Experience working with suppliers to deliver new technology and equipment.

• HNC / HND in mechanical, Production Engineering or equivalent experience.

• Experience of acting as a focal point for technologies and processes.

• Proven production engineering experience including cost down, design for manufacture / assembly / test techniques. • Proven ability to champion and lead investigations, process capability assessments and deliver resulting work packages.

• Solid communicator and able to influence effectively at all levels through mediums including written reports and delivery of presentations to ensure delivery of results.

• Ability to problem solve and accurately analyse, offer concise conclusions and report findings from technical data.

• Demonstrated experience of identifying opportunity and leading process improvement activity.

• Demonstrates a customer focused mindset (internal and external). • Understanding of Statistical Process Control, Process FMEA's, and Lean Manufacturing preferred.

• Must be able to lead and work effectively as part of a multi-disciplined team and deliver to tight deadlines.

• Has a working knowledge of legislative requirements including REACH and HSE.

• Computer Literate (MS Office)

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