Lead Manufacturing Engineer - Manufacturing

Eaton South Molton

What you’ll do:

•    This position is responsible for supporting plant leadership in achieving business and financial goals by developing and maintaining robust manufacturing processes and leading continuous improvement / cost out initiatives across the organisation.  Additional responsibility includes executing the organisation’s strategic plan consistent with UK & European legislation, and local regulations, established industry standards, and customer requirements.

•    With the team develop and maintain robust, cost efficient manufacturing processes and product structures consistent with lean manufacturing practices.
•    Ensure root cause and failure analysis is performed as required.
•    Lead cost-out events and promote culture of continuous improvement.
•    Apply lean manufacturing techniques as means to eliminate waste and deliver products to customer’s expectations.
•    Implement methods and practices to reduce variation.
•    Develop team’s ability to understand source(s) of variation by applying Six Sigma Design and Development strategies.
•    Participates in concurrent engineering efforts and critical design reviews to minimise product development costs and maximise useful life of products.
•    Conducts Design For Manufacturing and Value Engineering initiatives as applicable.
•    Develops work breakdown structures as a tool to develop cost estimates.
•    Participate in new product development projects using ProLaunch as a tool to articulate deliverables and a vehicle to commit to schedules
•    Coordinate manufacturing liaison/s for products from inception through shipment to customer.
•    Develop and integrate new processes and methodologies as to provide competitive advantages for the business.
•    Recommends Capital Appropriation Requests (including payback and net present value analysis) for acquisition of equipment to support emerging and existing technologies.
•    Responsible for the training of associates as required, inline with APEX, OCA expectations etc.
•    Communicates vision of organisation via verbal communication and actions.
•    Coordinate with multiple functions to prepare consolidated plant, customer, and product status information and action plans.
•    Develop, implement, and audit complex process procedures/work instructions (in-house and within the Supplier Base), when required, to alleviate production/quality problems and to achieve overall business objectives.
•    Ensure robust plans are developed and monitored to ensure functional KPI’s are met

Qualifications:

•    Relevant Engineering Degree, or equivalent qualification

Skills:

•    Solid understanding of engineering design and product reliability concepts as to facilitate analysis of fluid dynamics, thermal dynamics, electronic circuits, etc

•    Detailed knowledge of lean manufacturing techniques – i.e. value stream mapping, one piece flow, etc. 
•    Understanding of Six Sigma concepts and tools and where they relate to minimizing process / product variability – i.e. regression analysis, design of experiments, hypothesis testing, etc. Ensuring they are deployed appropriately
•    Thorough understanding of problem solving methodologies used in determining root cause and formulating corrective action(s) - i.e. thought maps, 8D, root cause analysis, Process Failure Mode Effect Analysis, Gage R & R, control charts, Pareto charts, etc.
•    Understanding of ProLaunch.
•    Proficiency in various software applications – i.e. Computer Aided Design, Computer Aided Manufacturing, MS Office suite, MiniTab, etc.
•    Knowledge of industry and customer specific quality processes (i.e., ISO9001, AS9100 etc).  
•    Knowledge of product and end user application/specifications, including product testing requirements. (design/process interface).
•    Knowledge of manufacturing principles and technical specifications to support facilities competencies – i.e. metal cutting, tool design, injection moulding, welding, soldering, etc.
•    Ability to lead cross-functional process improvement teams
•    Understand application of SPC and gauge R&R.
•    Managing a team, including coaching, mentoring & performance management
•    Customer / Supplier interfacing (presentations, negotiations etc)

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation and benefits package
• Challenging projects in dynamic collaborative team
• We make your aspirations matter – Eaton encourages internal promotion, whenever possible
• We make your growth matter - We invest in our employees for the long term – not just with salary and benefits, but with ongoing learning and development opportunities made available through Eaton University.
• We make your contributions matter - reliability, safety, efficiency, and sustainability are at the core of our dedication to improving people’s lives and the environment through power management technologies.
• We make your wellbeing matter – We put your health and safety first. Wellness at Eaton is more than a program, it’s about changing the environment by offering the right tools to help empower employees to make that happen.