Description
REF NO: 18009
JOB TITLE: Manufacturing Engineer - Body Construction, Assembly and Closures
LOCATION: Gaydon
SALARY: 28.50 per hour - Ltd.
DURATION: Contract - 3 months
Objective:-To work as team leader as part of a small team of engineers responsible for the continuous improvement of the tub and body construction facility at the company, you will be responsible for delivering robust process and quality improvements, and managing Manufacturing Engineers workloads. The successful candidate will have experience of, facility & tooling requirements, process documentation. layout planning and problem resolution. You will ensure that the highest quality build standards are achieved whilst ensuring the health & safety of staff and technicians is never compromised.
Responsibilities:-Leadership. To manage Manufacturing Engineers workload and personal development, providing support and guidance when required. Must be capable of representing Manufacturing Engineering at Gateways and planning meetings with the ability to cascade information effectively to the immediate team.
Process: To produce detailed body shop related Process Operation sheets including visual aids, torque & tooling detail, quality requirements and safety info.
Facilities/Layout: Working with Logistics & Facilities Engineers to determine efficient station layouts including modifications to existing facilities, racking & part presentation requirements, liaising with external suppliers of equipment and compiling necessary documents for implementation and approval.
Vehicle Launch: Supporting build events to ensure that technicians are familiar with new process and facilities, using the correct tooling and achieving required quality standards.
Manpower: Working with IE's to develop effective manpower requirements reflecting volume mix and model specification including methods improvements to achieve hours per car target.
Tooling: To select the appropriate (volume representative) Jigs and Fixtures, including specialised hand tools and power tool requirements to meet vehicle quality and hours per car targets whilst ensuring operator safety targets are achieved.
Health and Safety: To liaise with the Health & Safety department to ensure all processes & materials are suitable for the manufacturing environment. Project Environmental Checklists will also be required when raising Project requests.
Production Support: To investigate and help resolve Manufacturing Engineering related issues experienced in Production, providing timely containments to ensure that product quality is not compromised and ensuring that technicians are familiar with process changes.
Quality Improvements: To liaise with current vehicle engineering to ensure new or modified product content is integrated seamlessly into the production environment. To also provide dedicated 'hands-on' dimensional continuous improvements through fixture management processes.
Design for Assembly: To communicate best practices to Product Engineering to improve station ergonomics, hours per car and built in quality including poke yoke or error proofing
Qualifications/Experience:-
A recognised engineering apprenticeship with substantial experience in the Motor Vehicle environment.
ONC minimum qualification with HNC/Degree preferred. The successful candidate will have previous Body Manufacturing experience, with a good understanding of dimensional issue resolution with an ability to interrogate and interpret dimensional data. A willingness to adopt new ideas with an open mind to low volume constraints is essential.
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Due to the volume of applications received Millbank regrets that we cannot respond to all applicants. Thank you for your interest.The Millbank group is an independently owned business whose growth has been carefully planned and structured to ensure that the highest levels of service are maintained throughout all areas of the business. The company is both a temporary and permanent staffing solution provider for the key disciplines within Engineering, Technical, Scientific, Safety, Project Control, Manufacturing and Commercial sectors. Millbank is a member of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and hold ISO 9001:2000 certification. Millbank Holdings Ltd is committed to equal opportunities, no applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, race, religion, belief, disability, age, marital status or sexual orientation.