CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT MANUFACTURING ENGINEER

Job Specification
As a Continuous Improvement Manufacturing Engineer you will be the key ‘support service’ to the production line employees – be seen as one of the first lines of call in order to support and resolve concerns. You will lead the way forward in identifying & implementing both standards and improvement ideas – be the catalyst for continuous improvement and waste elimination. Driving & supporting facility capacity and capability issues (adherence to Key Process Variables, analysis of OEE data, confirmation of installed facility capacity, etc.) will be core responsibilities. In addition to this, you will own and ensure compliance to the cell technical pack and quality plan.

Other key accountabilities include
• Provide guidance and support to teams involved in quality and process improvement activities (eliminating bottleneck processes, etc.)
• Promote the Lean as a way of working within their business, acting as a leader to embed the Lean principles.
• Identify and share best practice across the business, providing advice and assistance where appropriate.
• Identify and co-ordinate any additional support required to confirm adherence to standardised operating procedures (coaching, process documentation sign-off, audit checks, etc.)
• Be a key communicator of current status of support activities (start of shift preparation & hand-over logs, problems – investigations -countermeasures - implementation actions, etc.)
• Carry out audit confirmation checks on key processes (standardised operations, TEM boards, OEE data gathering, quick changeover methods, error proofing devices, etc.)

Skills:-
Pro-active and thinking ahead for the future, you will be educated to degree level in a relevant discipline.You will have extensive working knowledge in deployment and operation of Lean principles. In addition to this, you will have excellent problem solving skills, recognised by Black Belt certification. Communication, influencing and conflict management skills will be utilised to manage a multi-tasked workload in a busy team, and you must possess the confidence and communication skills to present ideas to a range of key stakeholders

Advantageous Skills
• Project management skills
• Influencing and conflict management skills
• Enthusiastic & self motivated
• Challenging the status quo
• Creating / modification of the technical documentation

Aerospace or automotive background preferred

To apply contact Sue Orr on 01935 403205 or email CV to sue.orr@wynnwith.com