Scott's Monthly Pick Of The Bunch - Design

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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

We are offering an exceptional opportunity for a PRODUCTION MANAGER.

This is an exciting Organisation to be part of, you would be joining a prestigious, state of the art manufacturing organisation. Specialising in high quality products, we are very much at the forefront of brand -new technology.

We have been providing pioneering technologies and products to our customers worldwide for a number of years now, our teams are accomplished teams of experts, highly specialised in the development, industrialisation and production.

This is a Days role with an early finish on Friday

Commutable from Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Telford, Kidderminster, Halesowen, Dudley, West Bromwich, Walsall,

Cannock, Aldridge, Sutton Coldfield, Erdington and Wednesbury

KEY BENEFITS FOR THE SUCCESFUL PRODUCTION MANAGER

• Salary: £45,000 - £55,000
• Free parking on site
• Unlimited Career progression
• Extra generous holiday entitlement
• Lunchtime Friday finish
• Excellent Pension contributions
• Very stable, busy manufacturing organisation
• Friendly, long - standing staff
• Days position

PRODUCTION MANAGER RESPONSIBILITIES

• Overseeing Production Processes: Develop production plans and schedules to meet output demand and quality standards. Ensure efficiency and safety throughout the process.
• Budget Management: Monitor the production budget, forecast expenses, and identify cost-saving opportunities.
• Resource Management: Maintain adequate material and equipment supplies, minimize downtime, and achieve targets.
• Health and Safety: Uphold health and safety standards, train employees, and maintain equipment.
• Quality Control: Monitor product quality and implement procedures to improve efficiency.
• Team Management and Communication: Support, train, and manage production teams. Collaborate with other departments to align with company goals.
• Problem-Solving and Efficiency: Identify and resolve issues to maximize quality, safety, and efficiency.

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PRODUCTION MANAGER

• Significant senior management experience
• You will have gained your management experience from within manufacturing – Essential
• Ideally a high - volume production environment
• Exposure to working in continuous improvement culture
• A real “can do” attitude, energetic, adaptable and empathetic
• Happy to work days

This is a wonderful opportunity to join a World Class manufacturing organisation

We are offering an exceptional opportunity for a QUALITY MANAGER.

We are a busy high volume manufacturing organisation, with a real family feel.  You would be joining an established, friendly Quality team.

You may be already a Quality Manager who is looking to move to a new challenge where you can make a genuine impact, or, you may be a Senior Quality Engineer who is looking for that next step up to Quality Manager

Commutable from: Birmingham, Solihull, Dudley, Halesowen, Walsall, Brownhills, Telford, Wolverhampton, Sutton Coldfield, Aston, West Bromwich, Wednesbury and Moseley

Key Benefits on Offer:

• Salary: £45,000
• Free parking on site
• Busy manufacturing organisation
• Excellent long-term prospects
• Lunchtime Friday finish

Quality Manager responsibilities:

• Responsibility for the maintenance and improvement of IATF 16949, ISO9001 and ISO14001
• Produce FMEA’s for review for the APQP team
• Control Plans
• Gauge design involvement and procurement, along with the creation of calibration and operating instructions
• MSA studies to ensure gauges are fit to used again
• PPAP submissions
• Capability studies using SPC
• Ability to use a variety of measuring equipment as well as the operation of CMM / Faro arm scanning
• 8D’s
• Supplier concerns and performance
• Internal audits

Quality Manager Requirements:

• RELEVANT Quality Management or Senior Quality Engineering experience
• Strong knowledge of Quality tools, such as APQQ, SPC, Control Plans and FMEA
• To have gained experience within a continuous improvement culture
• Preferably you will have gained your experience within a high-volume manufacturing organisation
• Exposure to IATF 16949
• Internal auditing experienced
• Experience of supplier and customer liaison

If you would like to be part of a growing success story, where there are unrivalled career prospects for you with truly exciting products, send your CV NOW!

A major large manufacturing company in the Coventry area, are looking for a Senior Quality Engineer. This is a key role within an established business, with over 200 sites worldwide.  

We are driving advancements in new technologies solutions for a diversified global market.

Commutable from Birmingham, Nuneaton, Coventry, Tamworth, Burbage, Rugby, Kenilworth, Leamington Spa, Sutton Coldfield, Lutterworth, Henley in Arden and Solihull

What’s in it for you, as Senior Quality Engineer?

• Salary: £50,000
• Free parking on site
• Employee discount (reward gateway)
• Cycle to work scheme.
• 25 Days Holiday (Bank Holidays on top)
• Early Friday finish
• Company contributory pension
• Highly prestigious brand, products and customers
• Modern working environment
• Market leader with more continued growth predicted
• Unlimited Career progression

Requirements for Senior Quality Engineer

• Significant Quality Engineering experience at a Senior level
• You will have gained your experience from within high-volume manufacturing
• Leadership experience
• Strong knowledge of Quality tools, such as SPC, Control Plans, PPAP submissions, APQP and Containment issues
• Supplier and customer liaison
• Excellent auditing abilities
• This would suit a strong Collaborator, who is keen to utilise your considerable Quality knowledge, in a positive, friendly and supportive environment

Responsibilities for Senior Quality Engineer

• Provide support to the Quality Manager
• Manage and improve the current Quality systems 
• Control Plans and SPC
• Customer audits
• Root cause analysis and implementation of corrective actions
• PPAP submissions
• Champion continuous improvements in Quality
• PFMEA
• Containment issues
• Utilising problem- solving techniques, such as Ishikawa and 5 Why
• 8D reports
• Point of contact for customers
• Gauging and calibration
• Support NPI

We are offering an exceptional opportunity for a QUALITY INSPECTOR.

This is an exciting Organisation to be part of, you would be joining a highly prestigious, state of the Art manufacturing organisation. Supplying into a broad range of industry sectors, such as nuclear, we adopt a wide range of different manufacturing processes, such as CNC machining and foundry.

We have been providing pioneering technologies and products to our customers worldwide for a number of years now, out teams are accomplished teams of experts, highly specialised in the development, industrialisation and production.

Commutable from Blackburn, Rochdale, Burnley, Bolton, Preston, Bradford, Keighley, Skipton, Addingham, Clitheroe and Halifax

Key Benefits:

• Salary: £15.77 per hour
• 3 shifts – Days , Twilight and Nights – Attracting shift premium between £4.44 and £5.13 per hour)
• Free parking on site
• On-site gym – including a climbing wall
• Highly prestigious brand, products and customers
• Pristine and modern working environment
• Market leader with more continued growth predicted
• Unlimited Career progression

Quality Inspector Resposibilities:

• First off and Patrol inspection
• Contribute to continuous improvements
• Final view inspection
• Record and maintain inspection and test records
• First article inspection reports
• Support with internal audits
• Happy to work shifts

Quality Inspector SKills Requirements:

• Relevant Quality Experience within Quality Inspection
• To have the ability to read engineering drawings
• Relevant experience with uses of inspection equipment such as micrometers and verniers
• Use of CMM would be beneficial but not essential
• NDT Testing, again, advantageous but not essential as training can be offered
• Strong work ethic, motivated and keen
• Enthusiastic to broaden your knowledge and experience
• A flexible and adaptable approach
• Happy to work shifts

If you would like to be part of a growing success story, where there are unrivalled career prospects for you with genuinely exciting products, send your CV NOW!

We welcome applications from experienced Quality Inspectors who have the Right to Work in the UK and can demonstrate relevant experience.

If you would like to be part of a growing success story, where there are unrivalled career prospects for you with genuinely exciting products, send your CV NOW!

Introduction to company:

Based in a beautiful location, surrounded by nature. This company is recruiting for its next big role in programming. World renown company, with offices across the globe and a forever expanding future always on the horizon. The leading company in its industry, holding the Queen’s Award for export achievement, awarded twice throughout the companies’ lifetime. Then awarded it recently again for international trade twice again. With a recently established new head office, this site offers employees sports rooms (gym, badminton, tennis) Chill out areas with pool tables and darts and even electric charging points for cars. Once in a lifetime opportunity to work for one of the worlds growing leaders in its industry. 

Salary and benefits:

• £40,000 - £50,000 (negotiable depending on experience)
• Eye care (test and contribution to glasses)
• Occupational Health
• Onsite free gym membership
• Cycle to work scheme
• Childcare vouchers
• Life insurance
• Electric car charging points on site
• 32 days holiday
• Free parking
• Annual bonus payment
• Enhanced sickness benefit
• Pension

Specific Role & Responsibilities for Project Engineer:

• Using a variety of CAM packages (to make it easy to learn this companies bespoke made CAM packages) to create/implement and maintain programs for use on various manufacturing processes.
• Using Creao (ProEngineer) to interrogate models to produce programs for complex machined profiles on milling, turning and turn/mill machines for CNC Programming.
• Ensure routings are easy to understand, accurate and operational. (Training to estimate cost of products to help build this knowledge will be provided) 
• Assist compiling machine time for quoting new work.

Qualifications and Education Requirements:

• HNC OR APPRENTICESHIP PREFERRED IN INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE (HOWEVER TIME SERVED AS A CNC PROGRAMMER CAN SUBSTITUTE THIS)

Required Skills:

• Understand machine and process protocols for the likes of Fanuc/Okuma/Mazak/Mitishibishi or similar and have been a CNC Programmer operating these.
• Ability to validate created and existing software programs and potential modify them for continuous improvement purposes.
• Demonstrate understanding of processes from primary forming to realisation of end of product.

Preferred Skills for a CNC Programmer:

• Previously held a similar role.
• Proven track record in ability to use computers and design software. 
• Excellent understanding of engineering drawings, geometrical tolerancing and dimensioning.
• Understanding of engineer tooling required to produce components. 
• Tools, cutters, inserts and workholding methodology.
• Material understanding, Stainless steel, Inconel, super duplex and titanium. 

Commutable from: Preston / Burnley / Blackburn / Altham / Padiham / Hapton / Huncoat / Clayton-le-Moors / Great Harwood and Simonstone