- Team Leadership: Mentor and build a multiskilled manufacturing engineering team to enhance production methods.
- Process Optimisation: Streamline working practices to improve quality, speed, and service delivery.
- Digitisation & Training: Expand and implement digitisation initiatives, ensuring shop-floor staff are trained to operate effectively within a digitised environment.
- Cross-Functional Communication: Liaise between technical teams and clinicians to ensure alignment and seamless operation.
- Job Management: Plan and manage tasks based on company and customer priorities.
- Process Improvements: Work closely with management to enhance systems and processes across the business.
- Strong leadership skills to manage teams and delegate tasks effectively.
- Excellent analytical abilities with a data-driven approach to problem-solving.
- A proactive mindset for identifying opportunities for improvement.
- Clear, effective communication at all organisational levels.
- Experience interpreting and designing technical drawings, with expertise in designing for manufacturing and error-proofing (Poke-Yoke).
- Skilled at presenting data-driven insights and decisions in meetings.
- Proven background in engineering processes with adaptability to embrace emerging technologies.
- A relevant Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering or a related field.
- Previous experience in robotics, with a strong understanding of Kuka robots as an advantage.
- Familiarity with 5S, Lean Manufacturing, Just-In-Time, Kaizen, and Quality systems.
- Full UK Driving Licence and the legal right to work in the UK.
- A collaborative and innovative work environment embracing technological advancements.
- Opportunities for personal and professional development through diverse challenges.
- A chance to play a pivotal role in a growing company leading in the modernisation of the footwear industry.