Senior Process Engineer

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Our client, based in the Flintshire area, are looking for a Senior Process Engineer.

This is a permanent role on days paying up to 65k per annum. They may also consider a more mid-level Process Engineer, which would pay around the 50-55k mark.

This role would sit between 2 Mid-level Process Engineers and the Engineering Manager. You would need to be very conversant with PLCs, be able to make tweaks to programs to optimise production, whilst ideally also having a strong background in robotics/automation, as there is good scope for more automation on site.

OVERVIEW OF ROLE:

Responsibilities:

  • Carry out analysis of downtime, leading to development of improvement activities, to reduce downtime and increase throughput.

  • Analyse historical production data and provide trend analysis of production processes and failures.

  • Development of Key Action Plans to make permanent corrective process actions to provide solutions.

  • Work closely with production teams to understand barriers to performance and develop improvement actions to increase production levels.

  • Understand and devise continuous improvement and problem-solving methods to optimise machine availability and productivity.

  • Apply appropriate use of statistical techniques and analysis.

  • Optimising existing production equipment & improving overall quality.

  • Development & commissioning of control system solutions & technical support.

    Qualifications/ Experience:

  • Five+ years' experience in process control, programming and control systems.

  • PLC & HMI Programming knowledge.

  • Knowledge of Process Control Systems, Robotics, Automation and Instrumentation.

  • Proven track record of continuous improvement in a manufacturing environment.

  • Minimum HNC in Engineering (Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Automation Engineering, Control Engineering, or Mechatronics).

  • Distributed Control Systems (DCS), Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition, (SCADA) and Structured Query Language (SQL).

  • Data Analysis Familiarity with Statistical analysis and process optimisation tools (Six Sigma, Design of Experiment (DOE), Statistical Process Control (SPC)

    If you feel you are well suited to the Process Engineer position, please apply with your full updated CV. If suitable for the role in terms of your location & experience, I will contact you within 24 hours to discuss your application further.

    Kinetic plc is a Recruitment Consultancy with over 40 years of experience of delivering staffing solutions to the engineering, manufacturing and technical industries.

    Kinetic plc treats all applications with a high degree of care, we review all submissions and will attempt to contact applicants who match the job profile. Those that do not meet the specification may not be contacted but their CV retained to be considered against future opportunities

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