Production Engineer

6 days ago

ThorntonCleveleys, Lancashire, United Kingdom Victrex Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Run Plant Operations Engineer to join our powder manufacturing team at our headquarters in Lancashire.

This is a pivotal role that requires a strong technical background and excellent problem-solving skills to ensure the smooth operation of our plant facilities and meet our annual objectives and business strategy.

Key Responsibilities
  • Support the Manufacturing Leader in delivering the production plan, identifying risks, and implementing mitigation strategies to ensure targets are met.
  • Act as a technical expert for the operational area, providing guidance on process assets, standard operating procedures, and operating systems.
  • Drive Safety, Health, and Environmental (SHE) performance, coaching and influencing shift teams to achieve the value stream SHE strategy and objectives.
  • Identify deviations and resolve them through root cause analysis (RCA), including Accident/Incident Management (AIMS) Events and corrective action reports (CARs).
  • Support the Manufacturing Leader in driving efficiencies in business-as-usual operations and identifying continuous improvement opportunities in the Victrex Management System (VMS), including:
    • Quality management processes and improvement plans
    • Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) and operating expenses (OPEX) management processes and improvement plan
    • Operational system development and upskilling
    • Lean workplace organization
    • Failure mode effect analysis (FMEA) process owner
    • Develop standard operating process and root cause analysis methodologies
  • Own OEE data and create mechanisms for operator engagement to ensure accurate data collection, detailed analysis, and resolution.
  • Undertake technical evaluation within the production environment for all management of change submissions.
  • Coach shift teams on all aspects of safety, quality, delivery, costs, and performance.
  • Support the Manufacturing Leader with customer complaints investigations.
Requirements

We are looking for someone with excellent communication and teamwork skills, strong problem-solving skills, and the ability to work under pressure. Proven experience in a similar role within the manufacturing or industrial sectors would be advantageous.

Our ideal candidate will have proven knowledge of process optimization and continuous improvement methodologies, as well as familiarity with health, safety, and environmental regulations. A bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field is essential for this role.

About Victrex

Victrex is an innovative world leader in high-performance PEEK (Poly Ether Ether Ketone) and PAEK (Poly Aryl Ether Ketone) polymer solutions, focusing on the strategic markets of automotive, aerospace, energy, and industrial, electronics, and medical.

Every day, millions of people use products and applications containing our materials – from smartphones, aeroplanes, and cars to energy operations and medical devices.

We are developing world-leading solutions with PEEK and PAEK-based polymers and selected semi-finished and finished parts, which enable environmental and societal benefits for our customers and markets and drive value for our shareholders.

Vision and Culture

At Victrex, we have a clear purpose: to bring transformational and sustainable solutions that address world material challenges every day.

This underpins our core values: passion, innovation, and performance, which are at the heart of our business.

Our culture is shaped by how we work together, driving for results with a focus on customers, continuous improvement, and doing the right thing.

We value and recognize how every employee plays an important role in enabling us to deliver our growth strategy.

Sustainability is core to our strategy. We are committed to reducing our environmental footprint while supporting society through our sustainable products and making a positive impact on our local communities.

We have recently become winners of the prestigious Ecovadis Silver Award, which is a universal acknowledgement of our sustainability rating as being in the top 5% of over 75,000 companies.

We are also proud to be recognized as a Disability Confident employer.

Our aim is to provide the support of accessibility and community within Victrex for everyone.

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