Manufacturing Methods - Production - Process Engineer

Job Title: Manufacturing Methods - Production - Process Engineer

Location: Derby

Hours: Monday to Friday days 37hrs per week on site

Duration: 12 month plus contract

Rate: up to £50k equiv.

Benefits: 33 days paid holiday (inc 8 B/ Hols), pension options, 2 week notice period, free parking, great on site facilities

Purpose of the job

Defines the manufacturing process and associated equipment for a new product, taking into account the industrial policy, existing standards and constraints of the project.

responsibilities

During specification and preliminary design phases:

Gather Industrial requirements Engineering has to comply with, during product specification and design. Explain them to Engineering.

Participate actively to the product design in co-engineering mode, using appropriate methodologies.

Design the macro-process, based on standard SMP.

Prepare introduction of new technologies if need be, with associated process validation plan.

Identify needs of specific manufacturing equipment.

Estimate Method Time and perform a preliminary line balancing.

Identify critical process steps where to perform detailed Process FMEA and full FAR / FAI.

During detailed design phase and before Serial Go:

Complete industrial documentation: industrial data sheets, IMFU (Industrial Maturity Follow-Up)

Perform P-FMEA.

Participate to validation of prototypes if any.

Develop specifications of industrial means for serial production.

Define workstation layouts, taking into account ergonomic and EHS rules and optimizing movements.

Perform a complete and detailed line balancing.

Validate product design and industrialization through FAR and FAI.

After serial Go:

Industrialize retrofit after engineering changes: documentation, workstation definition / update.

Support Production to achieve manufacturing QCD targets.

Other activities:

Bring expertise to the industrial Costing Manager during tender phase

Participates to R&D programs as industrial representative.

Perform industrial REX on manufacturing processes. SYS Indus roadmap rating.

Technical education.

Desired Knowledge / Experience

Manufacturing or Manufacturing Engineering background with 5 to 10 years' experience preferably in the railway industry.

Technical experience of Process Engineering, writing manufacturing work instructions, line balancing, Lean Manufacturing.

Experience in working with an ERP (such as SAP) for Bill of Materials, R...