Manufacturing Engineer

2 weeks ago

Southport, United Kingdom Unipart Rail Full time

**Location**: Southport
**Contract**: Full time, Permanent
**Salary**: £30,000 - £40,000 (depending on experience)
**Hours**: 39 hours per week

We are looking for a Manufacturing Engineer with a focus on Electrical/Electronic manufacturing, who will play a critical role in our production process. You will be responsible for optimizing manufacturing methods, improving productivity, and maintaining quality standards. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including design, production, and quality control, to ensure seamless manufacturing operations.

**Main Responsibilities**:

- Evaluate and improve existing manufacturing processes to enhance efficiency and reduce costs.
- Develop and implement new production methods and equipment to meet changing requirements.
- Collaborate with the design team to provide input on manufacturability and identify potential improvements.
- Conduct time studies, root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions to reduce production bottlenecks.
- Design and implement work instructions, standard operating procedures, and training materials for assembly and testing processes.
- Conduct regular process audits to identify opportunities for continuous improvement and ensure compliance with industry standards.
- Support the transition of new products from design to production, ensuring smooth production ramp-up.

**Essential criteria**:

- Qualified to HNC / HND level in Mechanical / Electrical / Electronics Engineering (or equivalent)
- Previous experience working within a manufacturing environment, ideally working with electronic assembly/manufacturing or LED products and technologies.
- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
- Strong communication, project management and interpersonal skills.

**Desirable criteria**:

- Basic knowledge of optical testing
- A qualification in 6 sigma (Statistical analysis, statistical process control)
- Safety critical industry / railway experience

**Benefits**
- Competitive salary
- Pension and death in service provisions for employees in pension scheme
- 25 Days Hols (plus Bank Holidays)
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Health and Wellbeing Initiatives
- Employee offers and discounts from various retailers
- Cycle to work scheme, recognition events and rewards
- Free car parking / Breakfast club

**Unipart Dorman - Who are we?**

Unipart Dorman is a leading UK manufacturer of LED solutions for rail and traffic signalling and hazard warning lights and its name is recognised globally for quality and innovation. The organisation is part of Unipart Rail who provide the most comprehensive portfolio of products, services and solutions available for the rail industry, using its deep expertise in continuous improvement processes to support its customers in the development of the railway system.

As a valued employee of Unipart Rail, you can look forward to a varied and rewarding career with a company that holds the Investors in People accreditation and also world class status in employee engagement.

Unipart Rail has sites across the UK, and operations across the world. As the leading supply chain partner to the UK rail industry, we have opportunities across a huge range of professions - from the shop floor through to the boardroom.

And with our strong focus on training, development and promoting from within, we have career progression paths that could take you to the head of your department, working in Australia, or even into an area of the business you didn't know you were interested in

We will challenge you to be creative and contribute with new ways of working, and we will reward you with a rich working environment with an emphasis on continuous improvement and an opportunity to make your mark on our business.

Join us today and start to work the Unipart Way.

You may have experience in the following: Manufacturing Process Engineer, Production Engineer, Industrial Engineer, Process Improvement Engineer, Quality Engineer, etc.

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