Production Engineer

Description:

Your in depth understanding of manufacturing / production engineering processes will help you to support my client as a Production Engineer. You will be responsible for coordinating production engineering processes from the final design phase to full production release.
 
You will have the opportunity to work for one of the leading suppliers and system integrators of support equipment for commercial and military electro-optical sensors and target acquisition technology. A corporate benefits package and transparent career development opportunities are on offer within this vibrant Engineering environment.  
 
About the job:
 
Our client currently requires an experienced Production Engineer with a background in, liaising with Engineering and Project Teams, Production and supply chain ensuring the successful transition for new and existing product designs thus ensuring that projects are achieved on time, to quality and budget. You will also provide Line Support role for existing product lines

The role will include;
Responsible for managing the standards, methods and procedures for the design, modification, and maintenance of manufacturing equipment (Jigs / Fixtures / Tooling) and processes.
Develop and deliver production plans, build documentation and route cards for a variety of engineering projects from final design and into series production.
Contribute to the development of the Operations Department strategy.
Co-ordinate cross-functional departmental activities to resolve manufacturing issues during day to day operation’s activity.
Develop best practices to improve production capacity, quality and reliability.
Support and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives. Support New Product Introduction, NPI and Design for Manufacture, DFM activities.
Responsible for production engineering tasks associated with ToT (Transfer of Technology) projects
To undertake customer and supplier visits by car, when necessary. As such a full current driving licence is required.
Develop operating instructions and equipment
Carry out other tasks and activities as required by management specifications for production activities.
About you:
As a Production Engineer your skills and qualifications will include:
Ideally degree educated in an engineering related discipline or with a recognised engineering apprenticeship within an electro-optical manufacturing environment
Excellent time management abilities
Ability to work alone or part of a team
Effective communicator
Must be comfortable with working in the defence and security sectors
Ability to read engineering drawings and understand Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerance (GD&T)
Production Engineer
Sandwich, Kent
£35000 - £40000
Permanent
9 day fortnight (every other Friday is a non-working day)
 
Keywords: Manufacturing Engineer, Production Engineer, Electro-optical , Electrical Engineering, Factory Acceptance Test, Stakeholders, Supply chain, Suppliers, Production, Assembly, Process improvement.
 
Electus Recruitment Solutions provides specialist engineering and technical recruitment solutions to a number of high technology industries. We thank you for your interest in this vacancy. If you don't hear from us within 7 working days please presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. You are of course free to resubmit your CV/details in the future and we shall assess your suitability at that time. 
 
Due to the nature of work undertaken at our client's site, incumbents of these positions are required to meet special nationality rules and therefore these vacancies are only open to sole British Citizens. Applicants who meet this criteria will also be required to undergo security clearance vetting, to SC level.
 
This is a permanent position