Manufacturing Engineer

Role: Manufacturing Engineer

Location: Coventry

Duration: 6 months

Rate: Negotiable

Inside IR35: Umbrella

Purpose:

A manufacturing engineer ensures that all manufacturing methods, process steps, tooling and fixtures, technical documentation, routings, and BOMs are accurate and optimized. Their role is to enable the production of conforming parts within competitive timeframes and costs, ensuring timely delivery to customers, while swiftly identifying and eliminating any process issues.

Key responsibilities:

• Create CNC programs to support industrialisation of new and legacy components
• Create routing and rework salvage schemes for production
• Engage in PFMEA and other Zero Defect tasks reduce non-conformance and increase FPY metrics.
• Develop and validate manufacturing methods
• Create and maintain technical documentation, tooling specifications, and routings
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (design, quality, supply chain).
• Identify and resolve process issues
• Implement continuous improvement initiatives.
• Train and support manufacturing staff.

Experience and qualification required:

• Proficient in Mastercam and SolidWorks for designing fixtures and production drawings.
• Strong programming knowledge for turning and milling on 5-axis CNC machines.
• Experienced in using SAP and all standard Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Skilled in design principles and able to develop manufacturing tooling and process documentation.
• Fully conversant with Lean Manufacturing methodologies, including Zero Defects, Green Belt activities, and Kaizen continuous improvement processes.
• Ability to apply problem-solving techniques and support continuous improvement initiatives to enhance quality and efficiency.
• Good communication skills to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

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