Senior NPI Manufacturing Engineer

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Job description

The Senior NPI Manufacturing Engineer will lead a team of NPI Engineers responsible for bringing exciting new products to market, right from the design stage through to mass production covering a wide range of manufacturing processes.

Client Details

A market leading consumer goods design and manufacturing business in London with ambitious plans for growth over the coming years.

Description

The Senior NPI Manufacturing Engineer will have the following responsibilities:

Work closely with the Design department to ensure final product specifications are suitable for mass production. Ensure robust feedback loops between departments, and communicate lessons learnt once products are in production.
Work closely with the in-house Tooling & Equipment department to produce in-house jigs and fixtures, produce requirement specifications, perform validation trials, produce installation plans and train operators.
When needed to purchase new equipment: liaise with machinery suppliers, produce CAPEX budget requests and business cases, negotiate new machinery purchases. Install equipment, perform risk assessments, write standard operating procedures, and train operators.
Work closely with the supply chain department, help analyse suppliers' processes and undertake make/buy calculations to compare in-house manufacture with external.
Implement and handover a Continuous Improvement program once production has started to maximise capacity, quality, and efficiency. Ensure that processes are capable and stable using SPC methodology.
Provide coaching and mentoring to the team, reporting out program status and preparing gate review documents for leadership team.
Consider new and innovative ideas to drive enhanced operational activities across the business.
Produce production impact analyses for the suggested designs, analysing the effects on the whole factory and distilling this to a few key KPI's, such as the cost to manufacture.
Take the prototype designs and develop suitable manufacturing procedures, including automated processes where deemed necessary.
Perform verification trials and evaluate the ease and repeatability of the manufacture of new products.
Ensure the highest quality throughout, minimise teething issues and faults through PFMEA and formal root-cause analysis investigations.
Write SOPs and process flows to define how the new products are to be manufactured.
Work closely with the Quality Assurance team to ensure that defects are minimised but are also recorded and acted upon.Profile

NPI Manufacturing Engineer with extensive knowledge of launching new product(s) within a manufacturing environment.
Proven leadership skills.
Technical knowledge of LEAN principles and other manufacturing theories.
Problem solving knowledge using Root Cause Analysis, DMAIC or other techniques.
Project management skills and the able to balance a variety of tasks, while striving for long-term improvements.
Good communication skills and able to produce clear, precise work instructions.Job Offer

£45,000 - £50,000 + company benefits