Junior Manufacturing Engineer

Meridian Business Support; England; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000

Job description

• Bonus/Benefits: Pension, Additional Holiday for Chri
• Job Type: Permanent
• Work Hours: Full Time

Job Description

Junior Manufacturing Engineer

The Opportunity:

If you're an ambitious, inquisitive Engineer with an HNC/BTEC qualification or Degree, a desire to combine your existing hands on engineering skills with your ability to investigate issues and improve processes, then this is a great role for you. It would suit somebody seeking a career such as a Manufacturing Engineer, Production Engineer or Process Engineer. You will receive superb training, including a Six Sigma qualification. You will work with Process and Product Engineers to streamline processes whilst working on the machines in the injection moulding department.

Job Responsibilities:

• The Junior Manufacturing Engineer within this injection moulding department will support with process related issues, troubleshoot manufacturing problems and provide technical support to resolve issues to root cause to allow production of quality parts to resume in a timely manner.
• Support process improvement activities with the process owner and new product introductions. Conduct daily scrap reviews, process management walkthroughs and audits to ensure processes are performed in compliance with the methods, materials and equipment.
• Take part in yield improvement activities to reduce process related scrap and executional scrap using DMAIC tools.
• This role combines operating and assessing injection moulding machinery on the shopfloor and completing a number of administrative and reporting tasks. You must be happy to do an equal amount of both.

Requirements:

• Degree/HNC or equivalent in Engineering discipline, minimum BTEC Level III in Engineering
• Mechanical aptitude for tooling and manufacturing processes, ideally with some CAD experience
• Experience in problem solving technical issues using defined methodologies such as DMAIC six sigma
• Ability to read and understand technical drawings and manuals
• High level of computer literacy (Word / Excel charting and analysing data).

Pay and Hours:
Mon-Fri 8-4
THIS ROLE IS HOURLY PAID, AND OVERTIME CAN BE AVAILABLE FROM TIME TO TIME
Funded opportunities to study production and engineering qualifications including Six Sigma
25 days annual holiday + bank holidays
Secure on-site parking
Contributory pension
Health care cash back plan
Life insurance

Meridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an Employment Agency for this vacancy.