Senior Manufacturing Engineer
Key Responsibilities
Process Development and Optimization:
- Design, develop, refine, and optimize manufacturing processes for PCBA’s, sub assemblies and box builds, ensuring efficiency, reliability, and scalability, in New Product Introduction (NPI) as well as legacy production lines.
- Collaborate with customers to ensure manufacturability of products, providing input on design for manufacturability (DFM) principles, especially in NPI.
- Implement Lean manufacturing principles to streamline workflows, minimize waste, and improve overall efficiency.
- Conduct thorough analysis of existing processes, identifying areas for improvement and implementing solutions to enhance productivity and quality.
Technical Leadership and Problem Solving:
- Provide technical leadership and guidance to the manufacturing engineering team, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning.
- Troubleshoot technical issues in production processes, facilitating root cause analysis with the quality team and implementing corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
- Act as a subject matter expert on electronic manufacturing processes, materials, and equipment, offering insights and recommendations to resolve complex challenges.
- Stay abreast of industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in electronic manufacturing, incorporating relevant advancements into our processes and workflows.
Team Management and Development:
- Delegate tasks effectively, aligning responsibilities with team members' skills and capabilities to optimize productivity and efficiency.
- Foster a collaborative and inclusive team environment, promoting open communication, teamwork, and knowledge sharing among team members.
Quality Assurance and Compliance:
- Maintain rigorous quality control measures and standards throughout the manufacturing process, ensuring compliance with industry regulations and customer requirements.
- Conduct regular audits and inspections to monitor adherence to quality standards, identifying opportunities for improvement and implementing corrective actions as needed.
- Collaborate with quality assurance teams to investigate and address non-conformities, implementing corrective and preventive actions to mitigate risks and improve product quality.
- Drive a culture of quality and continuous improvement, instilling a sense of ownership and accountability for quality throughout the organization.
Cross-functional Collaboration:
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including health and safety, operations, supply chain, and quality, to ensure alignment of manufacturing activities with overall business objectives.
- Participate in cross-functional meetings and project teams, providing valuable input and expertise to support decision-making and problem-solving efforts.
- Engage with suppliers and external partners to evaluate new technologies, materials, and processes, identifying opportunities for collaboration and innovation.
- Champion collaborative initiatives aimed at improving cross-functional communication, coordination, and synergy to drive organizational success.
Continuous Improvement and Innovation:
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives across manufacturing processes, leveraging data-driven analysis and performance metrics to identify opportunities for optimization and improvement.
- Lead cost reduction efforts, process enhancements, and efficiency improvements to maximize operational effectiveness and profitability.
- Implement best practices, tools, and methodologies for continuous improvement, such as Six Sigma, Kaizen, Value Stream Mapping, Standard deviations, Process Capability and normalised distributions, to drive operational excellence and enhance competitiveness, analysis of process data and results to highlight areas of concern and improvement.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, preferably in Manufacturing Engineering, Electrical, Electronics or Mechanical; advanced degree or chartered status is a plus.
- Proven experience in electronic manufacturing, with a senior or supervisory elemement.
- Strong technical expertise in electronic assembly processes, including surface mount technology (SMT), through-hole assembly, soldering techniques, PCB assembly, box build and process capability.
- Proficiency in Lean manufacturing principles, Six Sigma methodologies, and quality management systems (ISO 9001, IPC standards or other more regulated standard).
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, with a track record of implementing innovative solutions to complex technical challenges.
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate across functions and levels of the organization.
- Detail-oriented with a focus on quality and continuous improvement.
- Project management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks, manage deadlines, and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
- Knowledge of regulatory requirements and standards applicable to electronic manufacturing (e.g., WEEE, RoHS, REACH, UL, CE).
- Familiarity with CAD/CAM software, SAP systems, and manufacturing execution systems (MES) , measurement Analysis systems preferred.
Please send your CV to Hartlepool.HR@noSpamcicor.com
Cicor Hartlepool Ltd
Stephen House
Tofts Farm Industrial Estate East, Brenda Road
Hartlepool, TS25 2BQ
United Kingdom
