Engineering Manager (894197) Birmingham, England
| Salary: | GBP235 - GBP56000 per annum + benefits |
Main purpose of the job
To manage and direct all projects and program activities across the Group relative to Assembly and Automation Programmes ensuring each project achieves its targets and objectives.
To actively be invoived in Research and Development of automation welding and joining processes within Group /Divisions and advise on Best In Class Processes.
Principal duties and responsibilities list main duties or tasks to be performed, define key responsibilities of the job-holder, list any KPI's and or reports that the job holder wilt have to compile detailng the frequency required.
To Structure the Automation and Assembly Teams within NPI area to maximise performance and
Profitability
To assess skill sets within the NPI teams and Develop the department to meet company Customer Requirements across all sites
To set automation standards of equipment and the corresponding supply chain, to optimise cost
/deiivery and performance of NPI Automation assembly, welding and joining processes
Development of MIFA to support decision making process and equipment standards
Verification of capacity utiiisation for existing plant and equipment capacity and utiiisation reporting across all sites
Liaising with the Plant engineering teams on an sites to obtain feasibility for plant layout
Review actual attained performance pre and post SOP (activity sampling)
Review each every process and construct Yarnazumi (work balance) to get optimum performance
Providing technical input to the DFMEA / PFMEA preparation as required
Supply support for Run@Rate / process line trials with regards to cycle times and bottleneck processes (video analysis) for all new programs
Escalating risks / issues to program management in a timely manner
Attending project meetings as requested by the Program Managers
Support R@R trials with regards to process flow and measured performance
Support all Group Projects on all sites beyond SOP as required
Liaising with the PD leader and other team members to support new process Supporting the ECR process
Escalating risks / issues to program and production management in a timeiy manner
Attending project meetings as requested by the PD Leader
Support R@R triags with regards to process flow and measured performance
Act as interface between project team and manufacturmg team for 90 days post SOP
Refine process flow to optimise output and quality
Liaise with projects on all sites to resolve process issues
Drive VE / VA activates including ownership for related KPI ie (material reduction)
Drive and Participate in lessons learnt activity/feedback to plants
Participate as required in buy off activity across all sites
Automation / Process definition and tool layout and press allocation in conjunction with the plant engineering team.
Providing stamping tooling quotation support for cost, feasibility, forming analysis, die layout and timing for each specific plant
Liaising with the plant engineering teams to obtain feasibility, cost and timing input as required at the quotation stage
Providing ail necessary inputs to Purchasing team to enable automation quotations to be made
(Assembly, tooling concepts, layouts etc)
Standard Hours – 08.00 to 17.00 Monday to Thursday, plus 08.00 to 13.00 on Friday
Salary – Circa £55k with a small amount of flex
Transport – car or car allowance after probation
Health care package after probation
Pension scheme