Manufacturing Engineer

Manufacturing Engineer Clevedon Responsibilities Responsible for the manufacturing system within the allocated manufacturing cells in a manual assembly production facility, with products involving a mix of electrical, mechanical and pneumatic assembly. Create, maintain and continually improve safe and lean assembly and test processes for existing and new products. Document, implement, own and continuously improve the manufacturing cell's Lean manufacturing processes Accountable for the definition, set up and optimisation of the processes within the allocated manufacturing cells Implement continuous improvement activities and projects Design or optimise, prove, implement and maintain cell layouts Implement and maintain risk assessments for allocated manufacturing cells, including the authoring of safe systems of work Specification and purchasing of the appropriate tooling and equipment for the allocated manufacturing cells Ensure configuration control of operational documentation in compliance to current regulations in terms of ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001 Ownership and accountability to resolve or support any non-conformity, internal or external, impacting the manufacturing process Elimination of routing and material variances with the allocated manufacturing cells React to production feedback and manufacturing lessons learnt to influence design revision or correction through the engineering change process Essential Experience & Skills Equivalent experience in a comparable role (essential) Process documentation authoring, writing of procedures and work instructions (essential) Experience in optimising production processes as well as providing production support (essential) Experience of problem solving and or utilising root cause analysis tools in a manufacturing environment (essential) Able to work cross functionally, communicate and build working relationships at all levels (essential) Ability to develop technical solutions, to requirements, within agreed timescales (essential) IT literacy – proficient user of MS Office and similar applications used in an office environment (essential) Understands engineering drawings, schematics and diagrams (essential) Desirable Experience & Skills Mechanical, Electrical or Manufacturing Engineering degree or engineering qualification (desirable) Experience in implementing the principles of Lean manufacturing (desirable) Tooling design and development (desirable) Technical knowledge including mechanical, electrical and pneumatics (desirable) Basic CAD skills for layout design and design model interrogation (desirable) MRP/ERP system use – SAP (desirable) DFM/PFMEA awareness (desirable) Experience in implementing change, change management (desirable) Risk assessments and understanding of compliance requirements to health and safety, environmental and quality regulations (desirable) Project management experience, including risk, schedule and cost (desirable)