Production Engineer in Witney

We at Jackie Kerr Recruitment are excited to be supporting one of our long-standing clients, a growing manufacturing company, in recruiting a Production Engineer on a permanent basis!

This Production Engineer role comes with fantastic benefits, including a bonus, employer matched pension scheme and a wellbeing programme!

Production Engineer Main Scope of Role:

• Creating & maintaining Technical Specifications for products and components including PDM, BOMs & production routings
• Introduction of new products to manufacturing including tooling design
• Ensuring Work instructions & SOP\’s meet the technical \’critical x\’s\’ of the specifications
• Problem solving on products & part design
• Process improvements & manufacturing efficiency to improve production costs & quality
• Product Quality by ensuring processes are controlled and capable

Production Engineer Key Areas:

Delivery

• Creation & maintenance of product and component technical specification documentation
• Review all new product designs to ensure appropriate DFM has been considered
• Maintain & Create \”Master\” BOM\’s and Routings for all products in the BU including NPI
• Maintain the product master data including revision control
• Design & procure tooling and fixtures to ensure efficient & high-quality production
• Facilitate process improvement program in production

Quality

• Ensure all manufacturing processes can produce components to the desired quality
• Initiate Component Design reviews and DFM improvements when required
• Act and react quickly and responsibly to production issues

Cost

• Ensure the ERP system is kept up to date with accurate routing timings and BOMs
• Design Production tooling and fixtures to enable reduced process times and zero defects
• Cornerstone of NPI process to ensure production costs are kept within the expected budget
• Process improvements to deliver reduced production costs

Safety

• Ensure all production processes and equipment is designed to meet H&S requirements
• Be accountable for your actions and those around you, ensuring you behave with respect to the guidelines set by the business
• At all times wear suitable PPE for any activities, e.g. prototyping

Production Engineer Ideal Candidate / Experience Required:

• Qualification within Engineering
• CAD / CAM
• New Product Introduction
• Tooling & Jig design
• Production timings & process optimisation
• Continuous improvement techniques
• Process Mapping
• Product Data Management
• Product Design for Manufacture
• ERP system functions including Bills of Materials and Production Routings
• Product Costing