- Competitive Salary: £40,000 per annum DOE, based on your skills and experience.
- Career Growth: This company is committed to your development, with clear pathways for advancement as you lead crucial projects and drive innovation.
- Comprehensive Benefits: Including a discretionary bonus, pension scheme, life cover, wellbeing initiatives, Sharesave scheme, 33 days leave, bike-to-work scheme, and onsite parking.
- Work-Life Balance: Only a 36-hour working week, and a supportive workplace culture ensure a healthy balance between your professional and personal life. Flexibility on start finish times to fit in with family life or ease the commute.
- Locations: Based in the heart of Edinburgh.
- Leading New Product Introduction (NPI) projects, ensuring smooth integration of new products into the production process.
- Implementing Lean Manufacturing strategies, such as Kaizen, 5S, and FMEA, to streamline production and reduce costs.
- Driving health and safety improvements on the shop floor, ensuring the highest standards are met.
- Developing and updating crucial production documents, including SOPs, BOMs, and AutoCAD drawings to standardise processes.
- Troubleshooting and resolving issues through root cause analysis, and supporting the installation of new machinery to enhance productivity.
- A HND or higher in Mechanical Engineering or a related field.
- Extensive experience in production engineering, ideally within manufacturing.
- Hands-on experience with Lean Manufacturing methodologies such as Kaizen, 5S, and FMEA.
- Strong knowledge of ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems and health and safety regulations (IOSH desirable).
- Proficiency in AutoCAD or similar and solid IT skills, including Microsoft Office.
- Excellent problem-solving abilities and strong communication skills to work effectively across teams.