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Purpose:
The Process Engineer will aid the supporting function in all Production areas of process and quality, including goods in and despatch. Leveraging your expertise in robotics, programming, and control systems, you will play a key role in continuous improvement initiatives that enhance efficiency, reliability, and future capability across our manufacturing operations. This role will report directly to the Process Engineering Manager. Whilst working closely with the Production Section Leaders and QA Engineering team.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Health and Safety
1. Ensure that health, safety and environmental legislative standards are adhered to across all areas of the production environment.
2. Responsible for ensuring that all safety requirements are clearly stated in the relevant Production SOPs.
Process Improvement & Automation
3. Leverage a strong working knowledge of PLC and HMI programming, robotics, vision systems, sensors, drives, motors, pneumatics, and other electro‑mechanical systems to actively support and advance automation initiatives.
4. Constant review and improvement to ensure effective and efficient process re-engineering, training, piece-part flow etc. Recommend, innovate and implement revised methods and processes to ensure labour costs are in line with the Business objectives.
5. Design, develop, and implement custom automation solutions that meet customer requirements, align with project budgets, and enable efficient, scalable manufacturing operations.
6. Program, diagnose, and support machine control systems for new and existing equipment to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operation.
7. Analyse manufacturing processes to identify opportunities for automation and process improvement.
SOPs
8. Take ownership and lead for the creation and management of all product and process SOP’s. Ensuring control and adherence within the manufacturing environment (Cross functional sign off). Promote a culture which ensures discipline of standards and expectations are followed and met at all times. Roll out training programmes for all new processes introduced.
9. Ensure all manufacturing activities to be covered by an SOP and objective assessment located on SharePoint.
New Product Introduction
10. Take a lead role to ensure the team actively progress all NPI’s relative to their responsible product areas. Ensure project plan updates are effectively communicated. Preparation of production area(s) to ensure timely/effective product introductions. Validating requirements for jigs and fixtures as required and ensuring a detailed capital expenditure justification is produced.
11. Ensuring that full buy off has been conducted with documented evidence of this. (FAT / SAT documents)
Inter-departmental Interface
12. Act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) and collaborate with cross-functional teams including production, maintenance, and IT to integrate automation technologies such as robotics, PLCs, and machine vision systems
Process change management
13. Ensure all changes made to process’s are captured via the management of change system.
14. Full stakeholders sign off and review is used when conducting any process change.
NRFT Investigation
15. Support quality department in the interrogation of NRFT KPI’s and implement actions to remedy for each of the key production areas. Actions should show a clear reduction in the NRFT figure month on month.
To succeed, you will need
We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every single requirement. We value diverse experiences and perspectives and are excited to see what you bring to the role.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
16. 3 - 5 years’ experience in an industrial manufacturing role
17. Hands-on experience in designing, developing, and implementing automated solutions in a manufacturing setting, including robotics, PLCs, HMIs, and machine vision systems.
18. Working knowledge of FMEA, 8D, Ishikawa diagrams, 5-why, and SPC.
19. Experience of transforming manual processes to automated and from batch to single piece flow.
Professional Requirements
20. Degree Educated in a relevant field or relevant experience with equivalent qualifications (HND / HNC)
21. Hands-on Six Sigma experience, Green Belt qualification is highly desirable.
Competencies
22. Ability to work on own initiative with a pro-active strategic approach to challenges
23. Attention to detail
24. Confident commercial awareness and clear business acumen
25. Excellent oral and written communication skills
26. Effective team player
27. Highly motivated and able to build close relationships internally and externally to achieve an end goal
In return, we offer
28. Free on site Parking
29. Company Pension
30. Flexible working
31. Death in Service
32. Employee Assistance Programme including trained Mental Health First Aiders and on demand GP service
33. Employee Mortgages Services
34. Eye test vouchers and annual flu jab
35. Onsite gym for £4 per month
36. Cycle to Work Scheme
37. Will writing Service
38. Long service awards
39. Walker Thrive Benefit Platform that includes store discounts
40. Enhanced support for maternity and paternity leave
41. Christmas Savings Club
42. Opportunity for professional growth and development
Washington, Tyne and Wear, UK
On-Site
This role requires you to work on-site at our office in Washington, Tyne and Wear UK, United Kingdom (GB). You will be part of a dynamic team and enjoy the benefits of face-to-face collaboration.
Contact information
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