Senior/Principal production engineer (automotive)

Senior/Principal production engineer (automotive)

Salary
£ 40,000-£ 50,000 plus excellent benefits and working hours

Leicestershire,
Coventry, Derby, Nottingham

Leading technology company

An important innovative technology company is looking for a principal and a Senior
Production engineer to join their team. These positions involve taking
responsibility for planning, managing, and delivering technical aspects of
production programs, and liaising with both internally and externally, R&D
Design, quality and production specialists. As a Principal/Senior
Production engineer, you will focus on the development of existing low volume
production units to improve productivity and meet cost, quality and
delivery targets for the significant volume ramp projections. In addition
supplier development constitutes a significant part of the roles,
along with the generation and maintenance of accurate cost models.

Main responsibilities;

-Providing a technical lead of production on new or changed product designs, that offer:
a link between the in-house design, R & T and production, in combination with supplier
component manufacture and Assembly.

-Support for vendor selection and supply chain development processed through
the evaluation and subsequent technical management of suppliers.

-Assisting production managers in improving existing activities; recording
new methods and processes.

-Research into the operational production problems and dealing with them in
a systematic, methodical manner.

-Preparation of production documentation.

-Adopt and implement ways to product costs.

-Working with design, other departments and through the supply chain for
"bottom-up" product cost, opportunities for cost reduction and keeps detailed volume cost model forecasts.

-Contacts with suppliers and customers, providing technical expertise as
Required.

-Research into latest production technologies to keep informed of the latest best
practice.

-Assist in the production of plant and workplace layouts to ensure that
the most effective sequence of operations is performed in production.

-Monitoring and analysis of the current product cost, generate and maintain
robust volume ramp models cost.

You must be an experienced Senior/Principal Manufacturing Engineer, preferably with a background in the car or aerospace industry. You must be experienced in producingmanufacturing strategies for new products. In addition, you need a proven record as a technical lead of production on new or changed product designs, a link between production and design, R T &. If this position involves contacts with production locations in the South Pacific, you must be willing to travel occasionally.

Apply for this position, please contact Rebecca Thin on 0151 666 8955 or through your CV send to rebeccad@scantec.co.uk

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