CNC Manufacturing Engineer

Description:

Manufacturing Engineer Precision
Are you a Production or Manufacturing Engineer with a hands on CNC background from a Precision Manufacturing background looking for an exciting opportunity ?
Then get in touch! Kingston Barnes has an exciting opportunity for a Manufacturing Engineer for one of our clients in North Somerset.
The Role:
* Day-to-day production support across a variety of manufacturing processes, including turning, milling and grinding
* Actively contribute to the channel cross functional team solving daily issues
* Data driven process capability and process improvement activities
* Customer interface for engineering changes
* Technical interface with suppliers
* New product introduction activities, including manufacturing process and layout creation, prototyping and serial production support
* Lead costing and quoting exercises
* Defining manufacturing instructions, CNC machine program creation (CAM) and creating technical documents
* Support implementation of new CNC equipment
* Support reduction of scrap, loss and rework through process control and improvement
* Liaise with Design Office, Supply Chain, Planning, Customer Service, EHS and Quality Assurance functions
Qualifications and Experience
Essential
* 5+ years experience in a manufacturing environment
* HNC/Degree in a technical discipline
* Problem solving experience (5Why, A3, 8D)
* Process knowledge of either turning, milling and/or grinding
* New Product Introduction experience
Desirable
* Experience of NC programming for single and multi-functional equipment, CAM experience beneficial
* Experience with SAP or similar ERP systems
* Experience in an aerospace manufacturing environment
* Appreciation of aerospace bearing products and their applications
* Knowledge of lean or 6sigma tools
* IT literate, interest in IoT and digitalisation
* IEng/CEng accreditation or similar, or a desire to work towards
* Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK to apply for this position