Continuous Improvement Engineer

Working with manufacturing, engineering, procurement, and quality departments to provide support on new and existing products, to act as interface between engineering, operations, and procurement to strengthen the links between operational activities at the Blackwood site.

• Reports directly to the Production Engineering Manager & supports Quality, Engineering and Operations teams.
• Acts as a communication channel with the above teams to identify and resolve issues relating to switchgear manufacturing generally.
• Assist with manufacturing and quality investigations.
• Develop and maintain clear communication channel with engineering, procurement, manufacturing, and quality, ensuring all issues identified are reported.
• Raise issues through NCR system to prevent further issues arising on future contracts.
• Review NCR’s raised and implement corrective actions.
• Monitor manufacturing process to ensure work undertaken is to specification.
• Develop & Update SOPs to ensure the correct process are adhered to.
• Identify opportunities to improve current processes, reducing potential risk during switchgear manufacturing.
• Assist manufacturing with Continuous Improvement implementation.
• Effective implementation of approved projects, to include successful commissioning, qualification, and handover.
• Technical evaluation of engineering change requests
• Undertaking any necessary trials and generation of information to support any change applications.
• Provide first line of contact to purchasing, production & QA in the event of component or assembly queries on existing products and new products.
•  Take time analysis, map each production station to identify bottlenecks and improve them.
• Value Stream Mapping, removing nonvalue added processes & waste
• Lean initiatives, Implement 5S, visual management “Best in Class Mindset”.

Qualifications

• HNC/HND or Degree in Engineering or related discipline

   Skills

• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate within and across department functions.
• Flexible and adaptable.
• Capable of managing multiple activities.
• Understanding Engineering drawings and statistical data
• Strong team player, able to galvanise teams to improve standards and rectify issues

• Experience in leading diverse teams with a broad range of skills and technical knowledge
•  Self-motivated with positive attitude to meet deadlines and work schedules
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence both at individual and group levels across the operation
• Have a disciplined and enthusiastic approach, which captures the commitment of others
• Influencing and negotiating skills
• Excellent net-worker with the ability to collaborate and agree outcomes
• Experience in leading technical investigations and writing technical reports
• Experience in project management and project leadership, well developed planning skills and ability to meet deadlines
• Experience in managing and co-ordinating skilled specialist operators