Production Lead Engineer

​MTrec’s new career opportunity

Our client are specialists in their industry sector, they are looking to recruit a Production Lead Engineer on a permanent basis.

The Job You’ll do

• Meet timing and cost targets for all New Product Launches (NPL).

• Monitor, report and ensure all costs are within budget.

• Liaise with both customer and suppliers on cost and technical items.

• Support all project estimates and planning.

• Ensure all processes meet capability targets and client scrap levels as defined by the project charter.

• Ensure technical reports are produced for all pre-production builds as defined by the Product Lead Engineer.

• Provide relevant training to all manufacturing personnel in line with new projects implemented.

• Ensure risk assessments are carried out for all equipment.

• Coordinate parts supply and builds (internal / customer) and produce build reports.

• Coordinate equipment / tooling delivery.

• Formulate build plans and update bi-weekly.

• Plan and organize internal meetings.

• Design and implementation of capable manufacturing processes, following production system principles considering factors such as ergonomics, operator safety and material flow.

• Lead or perform tasks to ensure the NPL milestone requirements.

• Deliver appropriate manufacturing processes to manufacturing and transfer knowledge to the manufacturing team.

• Contribute towards optimizations of product design to ensure “Design for Manufacturing and Assembly” (DFMA).

• Identify and resolve together with manufacturing, production and quality problems.

• Ensure customer compliance through achievement of relevant qualification & validation.

• Support all Production Engineering department staff.

• Support manufacturing issues where required.

• Manage the maintenance team to support plant KPI’s.

About You

• Experience in engineering and maintenance functions within the Automotive Industry.

• Assembly manufacturing experience is desirable.

• A team player.

• Robust process design ensuring Process Failure Mode Effect Analysis (PFMEA) creation and Poka-Yoke implementation.

• Design, develop and implement appropriate test, assembly and automation solutions to enable successful NPL launches to meet quality, capacity and cost objectives.

• Experienced in modern assembly and automation techniques.

• Experienced in Lean Manufacturing techniques.

• Experience with a Project Management Methodology.

• Overseas travel required.

• Educated to minimum of HNC but preferably degree Level standard or equivalent.

• Must have an indentured apprenticeship in an Engineering discipline.

• Candidates with considerable experience and capability will be considered on merit.

The Rewards and the Benefits

• Excellent salary.

• Day shift role.

• Superb benefits package.