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PRODUCTION ENGINEER

Job Description

Company

This is a leading manufacturer and supplier, specialising in the machining and assembly of a number of product ranges for clients across the world. Their facility offers state-of-the-art technology combined with a highly competent engineering team, the site offers its customers a complete package for all their machined component requirements.

Role Overview

  • The Production Engineer / Manufacturing Engineer will report to the Engineering Manager - the role is to support, grow and continuously improve the manufacture of world class products. 
  • You will be a critical part of a team in developing new methods of manufacture for machining of internal components to drawings specifications. 
  • The Production Engineer will be required to work closely with the Engineering, Quality and Manufacturing teams to influence the design for manufacture on existing products and NPI. 
  • Key elements for the role will be NPI, customer liaison for NPI to include APQP, PPAP activities. 
  • Knowledge of designing jigs & fixtures, tooling, create work instructions, improve product flow is essential.

Production Engineer Salary and Hours

  • £36,000 – 40,000
  • Working hours 7.30am – 4.30pm Monday – Thursday & 7.30am – 12.30pm Friday.

Commutable From: Coventry, Solihull, Rugby, Nuneaton, Hinckley

Essential Candidate Requirements

  • A proven track record within a Production Engineer or / Manufacturing Engineer role.
  • Strong knowledge of machining techniques, working with manual & CNC machine tools - specifically CNC Turning (knowledge of Mazak controls is desirable but isn’t essential).
  • A good knowledge of castings & cutting tools.
  • Able to work under own initiative, and as part of a team.

Other Useful Experience

(some of the below would also be nice, not all are required)

  • Experience of time measurement and analysis of lost time.
  • Communicating and presenting data effectively.
  • Familiar with Quality Systems / PPAP & Environmental Issues.
  • Experience implementing Lean improvements.
  • Experience in mid / low volume assemblies.
  • Ability to pick up a project from cradle to grave hitting pre-determined timelines

Please Note: Candidates must have the right to live and work in the UK.

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Probe Technical Recruitment, providing Manufacturing & Production Recruitment Support since 1994

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We are a well established and highly regarded low volume manufacturing business with a track record of providing high value products into a very stable industry sector. With a low staff turnover, we offer a stable and supportive work environment for our employees and We Don’t Work Shifts !


Benefits: 

As a valued member of our Maintenance team, you will enjoy the following salary and benefits:

  • Starting Salary in the region of £40,000 
  • Paid Overtime at Premium Rates
  • Company Funded Pension (Above Average contribution)
  • Company Funded Sick Pay
  • Excellent Holiday Entitlement
  • Day Working with an Early Friday Finish 
  • Onsite Parking 
  • Working within a Stable Manufacturing Environment, Supporting a Wide Variety of Plant and Equipment


Duties of a Maintenance Technician

The role will see you working within a team undertaking both planned and reactive maintenance to plant and equipment and would ideally suit an engineer with experience of supporting plant and equipment within either a manufacturing, process or production environment. 


Requirements of a Maintenance Technician

  • Proven experience in undertaking planned and reactive maintenance to plant and equipment within either a manufacturing, process or production environment.
  • Hold a Multi skilled ability, ideally with some exposure to supporting Plc Controls, CNC or Robot Technology.
  • Hold City & Guilds or NVQ accreditation Electrically.
  • Ideally be Apprentice trained.


The Maintenance Technician role is commutable from Coventry, Crick, Dunchurch, Lutterworth & Rugby

 

Probe Technical Recruitment are recruiting a superb opportunity for a Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer to join a growing medium sized engineering team, maintaining a range of manufacturing plant equipment. The Maintenance Engineers role requires you to work a Monday – Friday alternating AM/PM 6am – 2pm / 2pm – 10pm on machinery that manufactures their beautifully crafted products. The company offers:

Benefits for the Multi-skilled Maintenance Engineer:

  • A starting salary of £46,300 (inclusive of shift allowance)
  • 25 + 8 Days Holiday 
  • Standard company pension 
  • Plenty of overtime 
  • Discount on company products 

Along with a recognised maintenance qualification in either Mechanical or Electrical Maintenance, the ideal Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer will have experience of CNC / PLC/ PC controlled machine tool or process control/production equipment. Ability to interpret technical drawings including PLC, electrical, pneumatic, and mechanical drawings.

Requirements/ Duties for the role of Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer:

  • When reactive job is allocated ensure that the task is personally owned and followed through to completion or when shift handover required the maintenance supervisor is given all the correct information.
  • Personally own any planned preventative tasks issued and liaise with operations to ensure task is completed to a high standard, with minimal operational disruption.

We would be looking to talk to Multi-skilled Maintenance Engineers, Maintenance Technicians or Maintenance Electrician’s/ Maintenance Engineers, and the role is commutable from Nuneaton, Coventry, Leicester, Hinckley and Rugby.