Production Engineer in Hastings, East Sussex

Production Engineer

Hastings, East Sussex, UK

£40,000 + benefits

A Production / Manufacturing Engineer position is available for candidates who relish the opportunity to affect change, drive continuous improvement projects and solve complex problems while working within a cross functional, supportive team.

The ideal candidate would be a production or manufacturing engineer with a good base understanding of processes and production techniques (electronics, electromechanical, materials, tool design, automation etc), with industry experience across either Science, Imaging, Instrumentation, Aerospace, Defence, low volume production or product development environment and good practical hands-on skills to fix issues on the production lines.

Skills / Knowledge Required: Production / Manufacturing Engineer

• HND / Degree qualified in a relevant subject (e.g. manufacturing engineering, production engineering, electronics or mechanical engineering)
• Experience gained as a production or manufacturing engineer working within a product development manufacturing environment, ideally electronics, electromechanical, automation etc
• Proven ability to utilise Lean and Six Sigma processes with experience of problem-solving methods (e.g. TRIZ, 8D, root cause analysis, FMEA etc), and in enabling continuous improvement
• Ability to take a problem, follow and lead logical plans to solve the issues and implement corrective actions and solutions
• Experience gained in automated or semi-automated manufacturing of electronic components, metal fabricated components, machined parts, designing and making tools, jigs & fixtures within the manufacturing process.
• Willingness to take on a variety of tasks to support the operations team to fix or improve processes, products and shipments
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal), coupled with strong numerical ability (data analysis) along with a confident manner and the ability to drive change

The company offers great training and benefits including holiday, pension & private health care and is commuting distance from Hastings, St Leonards on Sea, Bexhill, Battle, Ore, Fairlight, Ninfield, Pevensey, Crowhurst, Eastbourne, Rye etc

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