Process Improvement Engineer

The Opportunity:
An exciting opportunity within a leading Exeter based Engineering firm for an experienced-Process Engineer-or-Process Improvement Engineer.- You will work as part of a team of 4, assessing existing Engineering Processes, analysing associated data and working worth teams in a practical setting to make recommendations for process improvements, continuous improvement strategies and all working within a 5S regime.-

The Role:

• Drive efficient and consistent production by monitoring, maintaining and improving production processes.
• Support process manager with reporting of key metrics including Quality assurance, Quality Control and Product Development.
• Actively participate in the departments help-chain, to support with process related issues, investigate and diagnose manufacturing and quality deviations, equipment failures to root cause.
• Support collection and review of department specific process control data.
• Assist the process owner with the introduction and integration of new equipment.
• Participate in the departmental 5S regime,-contributing to TPM implementation and OEE measurement and improvement for critical equipment.
• Actively engage in Continuous Improvement Kaizen events focused on process optimisation.

• 5 years of process/manufacturing engineering experience in a production environment
• Understanding of manufacturing systems, quality tools and their practical application
• BSc / BEng in Engineering related discipline preferred, minimum BTEC Level III qualification in Engineering. Experience with Mix of 6 toolkit (Process Management, 6 Sigma, Flow / Value Stream Analysis / Lean Principles, Kaizen, Machine Reliability / Human Performance, Manufacturing ASAT)
• High level of computer literacy (Word / Excel / Project / Minitab)