Manufacturing Methods - Production - Process Engineer

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Job Title: Manufacturing Methods - Production - Process Engineer
Location: Derby
Hours: Monday to Friday days 37hrs per week on site
Duration: 12 month plus contract
Rate: £neg circa £45-50k equiv.

Purpose of the job
Defines the manufacturing process and associated equipment for a new product, taking into account the industrial policy, existing standards and constraints of the project.
responsibilities
During specification and preliminary design phases:
Gather Industrial requirements Engineering has to comply with, during product specification and design. Explain them to Engineering.
Participate actively to the product design in co-engineering mode, using appropriate methodologies.
Design the macro-process, based on standard SMP.
Prepare introduction of new technologies if need be, with associated process validation plan.
Identify needs of specific manufacturing equipment.
Estimate Method Time and perform a preliminary line balancing.
Identify critical process steps where to perform detailed Process FMEA and full FAR / FAI.
During detailed design phase and before Serial Go:
Complete industrial documentation: industrial data sheets, IMFU (Industrial Maturity Follow-Up)
Perform P-FMEA.
Participate to validation of prototypes if any.
Develop specifications of industrial means for serial production.
Define workstation layouts, taking into account ergonomic and EHS rules and optimizing movements.
Perform a complete and detailed line balancing.
Validate product design and industrialization through FAR and FAI.
After serial Go:
Industrialize retrofit after engineering changes: documentation, workstation definition / update.
Support Production to achieve manufacturing QCD targets.
Other activities:
Bring expertise to the industrial Costing Manager during tender phase
Participates to R&D programs as industrial representative.
Perform industrial REX on manufacturing processes. SYS Indus roadmap rating.
Technical education.
Desired Knowledge / Experience
Manufacturing or Manufacturing Engineering background with 5 to 10 years' experience preferably in the railway industry.
Technical experience of Process Engineering, writing manufacturing work instructions, line balancing, Lean Manufacturing.
Experience in working with an ERP (such as SAP) for Bill of Materials, Routings, Configuration follow-up - Working knowledge in Quality, EHS standards and Ergonomics.
Knowledge of CAD and PLM tools (CATIA, DELMIA…) - Familiar with IS common tools. -Process FMEA, QRQC.
Behavioural Competencies
-Conscientious. Commits and delivers.
Team Player. Spirit of "Team Trust Action"
Decisive. Obtains and uses necessary information to make decisions. Refers decision to others when appropriate - Self-Motivation.
PLEASE NOTE ALL APPLICANTS MUST BE ABLE TO PASS A DRUGS AND ALCOHOL TEST BEFORE BEING OFFERED A POSITION

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