Job Details
Production Engineer
Egham, Surrey
Permanent
An exciting opportunity has risen for a Production Engineer who has previous experience working within a fast and challenging environment. The Production Engineer will manage a small assembly workshop which involves the preparation of designs and information to enable products of suitable quality to be assembled at an optimum cost.
Applications from suitable experienced ex-military personnel are strongly encouraged
Main Duties and Responsibilties
Develop and maintain bills of materials, drawings, assembly instructions and test procedures associated with CPC (UK) manufactured/finished products
Prepare electrical and mechanical drawings using CAD Software (AutoCad or possibly Solidworks) with work instructions for assembly in workshop
Basic electrical design works for simple alarm panels and auxiliary equipment
Supervise and manage day to day operation of workshop
Allocation of work and monitoring of perfromance and quality
Production planning in conjunction with workshop
Identify and implement improved working practices in workshop
Liaise with suppliers to address warranty, performance and quality control issues
Manage warranty and product/component defect returns
Identify and evaluate new component suppliers
Monitor and investigate product failures and warranty issues to determine root cause failure and future preventative measures
Prepare and maintain technical manuals and documentation
Identify and evaluate product shortfalls and formulate recommendations for improvement
Testing and performance evaluation of new and existing products
Prototype manufacture, testing and evaluation
Qualifications /Experience
An Engineering qualification or Experience is essential
Organised and able to plan and prioritise
Able to problem solve
Working knowledge of Health & Safety at Work procedures
Computer literate (Microsoft Office packages, e-mail)
Willingness to learn new skills
Able to coach, mentor and lead others
Reliable
Able to stay calum under pressure
Able to tolerate a significant amount of routine work
This job is no longer available for new applications.
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