Manufacturing Engineer in Craigavon

The ME ensures that manufacturing is carried out in the most time-efficient and cost-effective way while still maintaining overall product quality. Their duties include:

• Choosing the best technologies and processes to manufacture products.
• Planning and designing the factory that will produce the product.
• Managing the running, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the manufacturing process.

Description of Job Role:

• Evaluating quality control processes and making recommendations for improvements.
• Analysing and reporting on production processes, methods, schedules, downtime, cycle times, availability of machines, and waste management.
• Ensuring that the organisation's manufacturing processes comply with relevant policies and government laws and regulations.
• Reviewing and calculating the costs of the different tools and equipment in the production process and predicting the overheads in future production requirements.
• Analysing and planning workflow, space requirements, and equipment placement to maximise manufacturing efficiency.
• Overseeing to ensure operations staff follow the manufacturers' procedures and instructions while operating the equipment.
• Establishing an effective work sequence.
• Providing manufacturing decision-making information, e.g., calculating production/material costs or supporting make or buy decisions.
• Designing CNC programs using CADCAM.
• Leading operations improvement activities and identifying and implementing best practice manufacturing methods improving quality and productivity and reducing waste/cost.
• Providing production engineering support and expertise to operations staff.
• Evaluating and recommending new methods, design changes, tooling, and fixtures to reduce manufacturing and assembly time.
• Product cost reduction with process capability.
• Training and supporting operations staff, providing expertise and creating training manuals and work instructions as required.
• Development of Process FMEAs and Control Plans.
• Maintaining elements used within the Manufacturing Bill of Materials (BoM), including updating the ERP system.

Key Technical/Professional Competencies:

• Understanding of manufacturing processes.
• Understanding of Lean Manufacturing, PFMEA, and Control plans.
• Understanding of Manufacturing Engineering core processes (e.g., process planning, inspection planning, tooling, creation of operator instructions).
• Ability to characterise various tools, toolings, and fixtures.

Education & Professional Qualification:

• Diploma / Graduate in Mechanical Engineering.
• Minimum hands-on experience in Manufacturing Engineering: 5-10 years.

Working Hours:

• 07.00 to 16.00 (Monday to Thursday)
• 07.00 - 12.00 noon (Friday)

Skills:

• Manufacturing
• Engineering
• Quality

Benefits:

• Medical Aid / Health Care
• Company branded uniform
• Paid medical appointments
• Additional holiday entitlement
• Death In Service Insurance
• Enhanced maternity/paternity leave
• Westfield Health