Graduate Manufacturing Engineer in Aberdeen

Balmoral Comtec Ltd, a division of Balmoral Group, provides surface and subsurface buoyancy, insulation and elastomer products and services to the global energy, defence, subsea communications and oceanographic industries.

We are recruiting for a Graduate Manufacturing Engineer within the Manufacturing Engineering Department. The successful candidate will be involved in capital and process development projects, providing technical knowledge and aiding with introduction and improvement of production and business processes. This role will provide production support through technical input to problem solving requirements as issues are identified within the factory and wider business.

Responsibilities

• Implement and manage continuous improvement principles by highlighting deficiencies and recommending changes in training, working practices, processes and plant.
• Assist with introduction/improvement of production and business processes.
• Work alongside contractors and ensure that health, safety, and environmental requirements are adhered to.
• High focus on future planning and implementation of product R&D development into production.

Working Relationships

• Engineering and Projects Director
• R&D Team
• Manufacturing Engineering Group
• Manufacturing Support Supervisors (Fabrication, Electrical, Mechanical)
• Production Managers
• Procurement Department
• External Contractors

Qualifications

• Engineering degree – e.g. Controls, System, Mechanical, Electrical, or Chemical, etc.
• Engineering apprenticeship in suitable area – e.g. electrical, mechanical, programming.
• Expert experience with manufacturing lines and processes.

Experience

• Able to work under pressure / multitask / handle aggressive deadlines / shifting priorities.
• Interest in lean engineering, continuous improvement, and waste reduction.
• Manufacturing experience desirable, especially in a composites or plastics environment.
• Interest in additive manufacturing desirable.
• Interest in production automation and Industry 4.0 desirable.
• Good finance awareness.

Skills, Training and Personal Attributes

• Analytical skills – identify areas of low efficiency and work to provide improvements.
• Lean manufacturing skills – identify and eliminate waste within the system.
• Communication skills – explain relevant points of equipment and process changes to manufacturing employees at all levels.
• Technical skills – work with different technology to provide a solution that produces the required result in the most efficient way possible; skills in computer programming and PLC development desirable.
• Commercial awareness – keep the “bigger picture” in mind at all times when considering each step of the manufacturing process.
• Problem solving – take a concept of a process and establish the equipment needed to make it happen.
• Organisational abilities and project management – prioritise tasks, set schedules and work between different projects to achieve overall business goals.
• Good working knowledge of health and safety legislation.
• Able to work collaboratively across the business.
• Self-motivated and eager to learn and develop.

Performance Measures

• Health and safety performance.
• Projects delivery and budget KPIs.
• Revenue/profitability growth.
• Capacity utilisation.
• Internal customer satisfaction.

Balmoral Comtec is unable to support an employment visa at this time.

Note that criteria listed as "Required" will be strictly applied in the recruitment process – candidates who do not meet these criteria will be rejected.