Senior Product Engineer Composites

6 hours ago


Ballymena, United Kingdom Wrightbus Full time
Job Title: Senior Product Engineer - Composite Specialist

Wrightbus is now recruiting for a Senior Product Engineer - Composite Specialist to join our Manufacturing Operations team.

About the Role:

The Senior Product Engineer will be pivotal in helping the business increase its capability and understanding of composite technologies, delivering engineering solutions and embedding robust production processes to meet the current and future challenges of the business.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Develop strong and productive relationships with key stakeholders across the business, ensuring collaboration and engagement with all departments.
  • Support Engineering through Research and Development into new production methods and new materials.
  • Co-ordinate new GRP design concepts through to full production.
  • Ensure the composite facility has adequate tooling to support NPI, inclusive of GRP moulds, transport frames, trim templates, router, and assembly tooling.
  • Produce build drawings, workshop procedures and record modifications/improvements during development builds where appropriate.
  • Maintain high standards of personal accountability.
  • Ensure all manufacturing processes are safe and capable of achieving the required quality standards.
  • Responsible GRP design for manufacture, including evaluation of mould designs to reduce waste and improve efficiency.
  • Specification of processes, methods, equipment, and tooling to improve manufacturing safety, quality, velocity, and cost within the Composites production facility.
  • Creation of concise standard work instructions for composite components and assemblies to support a Right First Time philosophy.
  • Identification and specification of tooling requirements (for moulding and assembly processes) and the ability to accept/approve tooling for production use.
  • Ensure product process maps are in the most optimum and up to date condition.
  • Assist with labour and material allocation, via estimates or time study activities.
  • Interpretation of engineering drawings ensuring Composites Material Bills of Material (MBOM's) are updated with appropriate routings for materials.
  • Generate and analyse production data and performance metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of production processes and make data driven decisions.
Requirements:
  • Good knowledge of composite manufacturing processes and ability to apply the best industry practices.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
  • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
  • Ability to adapt to changing priorities and deadlines.
What We Offer:
  • A competitive salary and benefits package.
  • The opportunity to work with a leading manufacturer of composite products.
  • A dynamic and supportive work environment.
  • The chance to develop your skills and career in a rapidly evolving industry.


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