Job Title
Manufacturing Engineer
Location
Redditch
About Us
Gardner Denver is a leading provider of mission-critical flow control and compression equipment and associated aftermarket parts, consumables, and services, which it sells across multiple attractive end-markets within the industrial, energy and medical industries. Its broad and complete range of compressor, vacuum and blower products and services, along with its application expertise and over 160 years of engineering heritage, allows Gardner Denver to provide differentiated product and service offerings for its customers' specific uses.
Job Summary
The Redditch assembly site requires an experienced, high calibre, Industrial/Manufacturing Engineer to join the operations support department. This role is to support existing production areas and also to provide Manufacturing Engineering support for, and to lead, when necessary, new projects.
Responsibilities
Definition of production processes for the introduction of new products / change projects, ensuring that tooling, manufacturing methods, instructions and other documentation are provided in line with project time scales, budget, and meet ISO9001/IATF 16949 requirements (as applicable), including:
1. Creation/maintenance of work instructions, process flows, picklists and routings
2. Change Management – Processing of ECNs and management of implementation
3. Plant representation for product change requests
4. Specification creation, and sourcing, of production tooling and equipment
5. Creation/ maintenance of assembly area CAD layout
6. Assembly area relayout/re-organisation (including process timing and line/work balancing)
7. Implementation/maintenance of production control system
8. Control Plan – Manufacturing engineering support (including definition/implementation of control methods)
9. PFMEA – Creation, ownership, and maintenance
10. Sourcing of test equipment to meet engineering specifications
11. Evaluation and analysis of product designs to formulate the most appropriate assembly processes
12. Identification of productivity improvement opportunities and planning/implementation of productivity improvement activities
13. Support provision for production related issue resolution
Qualifications/Skills
14. Manufacturing Engineering related degree, or extensive Manufacturing Engineering experience, essential
15. Industrial Engineering qualification desirable (not essential)
16. Microsoft Office experience essential (Excel, Word, Powerpoint)
17. AutoCAD LT experience desirable (not essential)
18. SAP knowledge desirable (not essential)
19. Full UK Driving Licence desirable (not essential)
Travel & Work Arrangements/Requirements
Fully site based (some travel with the UK and Europe may be required)
Key Competencies
20. Varied experience of manual assembly processes
21. Ability to self-manage projects and to work to deadlines
22. Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
23. Must be a team player with “can do” attitude.
24. Ability to work and communicate effectively across different technical disciplines.
25. Self-determination and confidence to challenge the norm and deliver on objectives
What we Offer
26. 25 Days Holiday + 8 Bank Holidays (Option to purchase 5 days after probation period)
27. 7% Employer Pension Contribution
28. Westfield Health Medial Cash Plan Cover
29. Death in Service Benefit of 4 x salary
30. Cycle scheme (After probation period)
31. Electric Car Scheme (After 1 year employment)
32. 10% of salary in shares after 1 year of employment
33. Costco Gold Company member, allowing employees to join.
34. Employee Assistance Program
35. Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Policies