Our client is a leader in the design and manufacturing of bespoke valves for a variety of industries and they are looking for a Production Engineering Manager to join their team!

Roles and Responsibilities:

Supporting in development of a roadmap on new technology introduction, machine & tool standardization and low-cost sourcing to maintain competitive advantage for company produced products in the market
Work with the Production Engineers to produce, maintain and continually improve the most cost-effective production routing/methods for all manufactured components.
Accurately record both projected and actual manufacturing costs for each component as proof of most cost-effective routing/method
Work closely with Production to ensure continuous improvement in production operations and product quality, resolving issues during manufacture
Working closely with Operations Director to execute the operations strategy aimed at reducing cost through technology introduction, low cost sourcing
Develop advanced machining capability at the company while reducing cost of the day today repeat tasks
To support the Operations Director in bringing improvements to all in-house manufacturing, increasing automation, reducing set-ups and increasing available production time wherever possible
Working closely with Quotations/Design Engineers to ensure new products take into account estimated cost and ease of manufacture
To be involved with the Design Engineers & R & D teams at the outset of all new product development. Ensuring new and adapted designs take into account ease of production and suitability of materials
To develop a master costing sheet for each component within the Visual estimating window. This shall include the estimated cost of manufacture including tooling, quality requirements and % of manning needed for the job
To review the manufacturing cost against the engineering master to verify the success of the job and its associated cost
Continually review & improve all existing manufacturing methods and associated CNC Programs
To manage and support the work of the Production Engineers ensuring that programs are produced inline with best method, machine capability, in cycle inspection requirements and known level of manning. This is verified by the master costing sheet
To develop with the Production Engineers fixed tooling sheets for each job.
To work alongside the machine shop supervision and flow leader to ensure machines are set and run as per the method agreed and inline with the tooling & program provided. To ensure that the ownership of the programs and method rests with the production engineers who sign off the method/programs after proving. All future changes have to be proved and accepted by the production engineering department after the cost/quality improvements have been shown on the master costing sheet
To take responsibility for the safe storage and efficient retrieval of all CNC programmes and methods
Help drive a culture change throughout the production department by ensuring shop floor staff has the confidence and support to work to the CNC programmes and instructions provided
Make recommendations for new tools and equipment which will bring improvements and benefits through increased output and cost savings
Work with the Engineering team to standardise design features
Work with the Production Engineers to create programmes for standard features which use a standard suite of tooling
Encourage and obtain shop floor feedback which will contribute further improvements to work instructions & procedures
To assist the process improvement team in continual improvements of methods and processes by evaluating latest technology to increase automation. To be an active participant in lean initiatives throughout the Company such as 5S and Kaizen

Ideal Candidate:

HNC Qualification in mechanical engineering is desirable
A considerable amount of hands-on machining and machine shop experience
A significant level of production engineering experience
Ability to understand and use Edgecam computer aided manufacturing system
Ability to read and understand CNC programmes
Have experience & knowledge of all types of manual & CNC machinery
Experience of supervising a team of employees
Good numerical and literacy skills
Proficient in the use of MS Office applications, email and internet skills

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