Manufacturing Systems Engineer

Manufacturing Systems Engineer | Witney | £45,000pa - £55,000pa plus c£4k bonus & bens: An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Manufacturing Systems Engineer to join a well-established specialist manufacturer in the Witney area. With growth plans to scale their £100m turnover business to over £200m over the next 5 years, this role is a key component to ensure that their targets are met by driving continuous improvement into production and to help design and implement new factory machinery and processes. The Manufacturing Systems Engineer will form part of a small team whose remit is to deliver continuous improvement and machinery projects into production. The projects you will manage could cost anywhere from £100k - £1m in value and you will be managing multiple continuous improvement and machinery projects at any given time.

The successful Manufacturing Systems Engineer will need the following experience and skills:

• Ideally Engineering qualified, either via an Apprenticeship, HNC/HND, or Degree.
• Minimum 2 years in a production engineering role.
• Experience of working with a high-volume manufacturing area with complex products.
• Proven track record of working with internal teams to ensure that production and quality targets are met.
• Proven people management skills, with the ability to develop others through coaching and support.
• Ability to create engineering designs using CAD.
• Working with manufacturing automation.
• Computer-literate, being fully conversant with MS Excel, Word, Project, Power Point.

Desirable:

• Experience of designing and implementing a factory or production line.
• Experience of ERP systems including BOM’s.
• Practical experience in being part of a NPI process or team.
• Knowledge of Quality Management Systems ISO9001-2000.
• Experience of programming CNC machine tools or PLC systems or Industrial Robots.

Our client offers a competitive salary, standard day shift, bonus worth circa £4k, 25 days annual leave, Employer matched pension scheme, Death in Service scheme, Training & Development, Employee discounts platform (Perkbox), ‘WeCare’ well-being programme, Cycle-to-work scheme. If you’re a Production Engineer or Manufacturing Engineer with 3 years plus experience, and you’re looking to be part of an exciting growth phase with lots of project work, please send MARS a copy of your CV.

MARS Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer and positively welcomes applications from suitably qualified applicants regardless of race, colour, sex, marital status, national origin, religion, age, disability, or any other protected status. Suitable candidates for the role will be contacted within 3 working days, unfortunately if you haven’t heard back in this time your application has been unsuccessful at this time. MARS Recruitment is a specialist Engineering & IT recruiter working in partnership with companies across the UK and offers services of both an Employment Business (for Temporary/Contract roles) and an Employment Agency (for Permanent roles).