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PRODUCTION ENGINEER

Employment Type Permanent
Location Buckinghamshire , Buckinghamshsire
Industry Sector Defence
Start Date ASAP
Salary/Rate Competitive
Reference 58011
Date Advertised 18-06-2008 - 00:01

This vacancy is out of date and no longer accepting applications.

Description

Production Engineer - Buckinghamshire location - Competitive salary - Required to oversee the smooth introduction of new and existing designs of complex electro mechanical equipment from development to manufacture. MOD security clearance criteria applies to this position.

To provide a service to the Project and Design teams to ensure that designs are produced to achieve the most cost effective manufacture and procurement methods. To continually review processes to reduce costs. To assist the shop floor in designing & providing tooling necessary for manufacture.

Responsibilities/Duties
Raise the most efficient manufacturing build processes and create routings for products as required. To ensure that all times on routings and build processes are accurate and derived from the estimating documentation.
To propose and implement shop floor layouts to further improve efficient running of the operations department, to maintain and update such layouts. Raise Change Requests as necessary, solving manufacturing problems occurring on shop floor. Review designs during development to ensure suitability & ease for manufacture. As a result of the reviews to define and design manufacturing tools, jigs and fixtures using CAD, arranging their manufacture to ensure timely availability. Co-ordinating engineering changes to schedule and design criteria . Attend design reviews giving positive input to influence design for ease of manufacture. Check and approve first issue drawings prior to release ensuring design for manufacture and reducibility to cost.

Be proactive in continually reviewing manufacturing processes to ensure most efficient cost effective working methods. Defining Manufacturing Material Handling Processes. To manage assessment justification and installation of capitol equipment. Ensure availability to the shop floor of specifications and process instructions. To create baseline costs from BOM's and assist in the preparation of production Bids and Estimates.
We act as a Recruitment Agency.

Production Engineer - Buckinghamshire location - Competitive salary - Required to oversee the smooth introduction of new and existing designs of complex electro mechanical equipment from development to manufacture. MOD security clearance criteria applies to this position.

To provide a service to the Project and Design teams to ensure that designs are produced to achieve the most cost effective manufacture and procurement methods. To continually review processes to reduce costs. To assist the shop floor in designing & providing tooling necessary for manufacture.

Responsibilities/Duties
Raise the most efficient manufacturing build processes and create routings for products as required. To ensure that all times on routings and build processes are accurate and derived from the estimating documentation.
To propose and implement shop floor layouts to further improve efficient running of the operations department, to maintain and update such layouts. Raise Change Requests as necessary, solving manufacturing problems occurring on shop floor. Review designs during development to ensure suitability & ease for manufacture. As a result of the reviews to define and design manufacturing tools, jigs and fixtures using CAD, arranging their manufacture to ensure timely availability. Co-ordinating engineering changes to schedule and design criteria . Attend design reviews giving positive input to influence design for ease of manufacture. Check and approve first issue drawings prior to release ensuring design for manufacture and reducibility to cost.

Be proactive in continually reviewing manufacturing processes to ensure most efficient cost effective working methods. Defining Manufacturing Material Handling Processes. To manage assessment justification and installation of capitol equipment. Ensure availability to the shop floor of specifications and process instructions. To create baseline costs from BOM's and assist in the preparation of production Bids and Estimates.
Participate in the continuous improvement process and initiatives. Liaise with suppliers on ease of manufacture, manufacturing problems, product problems and changes.
We act as a Recruitment Agency.