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About the Role
Butler Rose is delighted to be recruiting on behalf of our client, a Plymouth based manufacturer for an experienced Manufacturing/Production Engineer. This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in overseeing and optimising manufacturing processes within the business. The role focuses on ensuring cost efficiency, maintaining quality, and supporting day-to-day production while contributing to the successful introduction of new products and processes.
Key Responsibilities
- Optimise existing production processes, prioritising safety, cost, quality, and delivery.
- Develop and manage labour bills of materials (BOM) and production routings.
- Lead and execute capital expenditure (CapEx) projects, from identification through to justification, implementation, and validation.
- Conduct work measurements to ensure accurate BOMs and capacity management.
- Apply lean methodologies such as 5S, standard work, total productive maintenance, visual management, and value stream mapping.
- Ensure production processes and standard operating procedures (SOPs) make efficient use of materials, methods, and personnel.
- Engage in creative problem-solving to resolve operational issues, including health and safety, efficiency, bottlenecks, and quality concerns.
- Design and implement tooling and fixtures to support manufacturing processes.
- Support environmental health and safety (EH&S) initiatives.
- Maintain and enhance current products with a focus on manufacturing processes.
- Investigate and resolve current production issues.
- Support testing and replacement of obsolete consumables.
- Design and manage the introduction of new tooling for ongoing production processes.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Productivity
- Production value
- BOM accuracy
- Delivery of solutions in line with operating quality systems and business KPIs
Qualifications and Experience
- Degree in Engineering or Manufacturing, or equivalent experience.
- Minimum of 2 years' experience in an engineering or manufacturing environment.
- Strong analytical approach to problem-solving.
- Ability to produce clear and concise reports and deliver effective presentations.
- Proficiency in lean problem-solving and continuous improvement methodologies.
Package
- Good salary - please email or call to discuss confidentially
- Enhanced leave entitlement
- Enhanced pension
- Bonus
Butler Rose is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.Butler Rose Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
