Senior Production Engineer

2 months ago


Old Basing, United Kingdom Ernest & Co Recruitment Full time

A vacancy for a Senior Production Engineer has arisen for a steadily growing Engineering company in Basingstoke. This permanent, full time position offers a long term career growth, personal development opportunities and the chance to work with a professional and enthusiastic team who are experts in their field. Having recently implemented a new specialist manufacturing ERP system, along with regular purchases of new machinery this company demonstrate their continual strive for excellence. They wish to recruit a highly experienced Senior Production Engineer who shares their passion to evolve.

The position of Senior Production Engineer offers a Monday-Friday working week (with a lunchtime finish on a Friday), 25 days annual leave plus 8 days bank holiday, with a salary of up to £55,000 per year. Location: Basingstoke, Hampshire.

Reporting to the Operations Director, your role sits between the production control and purchasing/inventory teams. Leading a small team, you are co-ordinating with the engineering and manufacturing departments in a make-to-order capital equipment arena.

Your expertise will be utilised to identify and implement improvements to manufacturing, and work scheduling to optimise efficiency and increase productivity.

Senior Production Engineer responsibilities include

* You will be responsible for production planning and modelling and scheduling of orders

* Leading and participating in the day-to-day generation of technical engineering instructions for a multi-disciplinary production facility (fabrication & weld, machine shop and fitting)

* Lead and participate in the creation and maintenance of production BoM’s, routings, and manufacturing orders for existing and new products

* Lead in the creation and development of routings to optimise manufacturing approaches

* Provide costings in support of prospective sales

* Purchasing, and assisting in the creation and issuing purchase orders for raw materials, components, and sub-contract manufacture or service provisions

* Maintain oversight and provide updates on procurement status

* Expedite material shortages with manufacturing and suppliers to ensure timely deliveries

* Responsible for management of inventory, and the annual stock take

Required skills and experience

* Experienced in production engineering, planning, and buying, ideally from a capital equipment make to order background

* Experienced and comfortable in managing people to create a high performing team

* Be self-starting/motivated and possess excellent written and verbal communication skills

* Have a proven ability to identify and implement improvements

* Adept at managing situations to achieve cost, time, and quality targets

* Experienced in working in an ERP/MRP environment is essential

* Educated to NVQ/SVQ Level 4 / HNC or equivalent in in Mechanical / Production Engineering

We are seeking a highly motivated individual who wishes to grow and develop. Apply immediately, we look forward to hearing from you



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