Manufacturing Engineer

A fantastic opportunity for an experienced Manufacturing Engineer to join a global manufacturing organisation and afford the flexibility to support both ongoing production issues and be responsible for leading continuous improvement manufacturing projects. Manufacturing Engineer Location West Midlands (commutable from Wolverhampton, Walsall, Telford, Shrewsbury, Stafford, Cannock areas) Salary : £(phone number removed) + benefits Our client is a specialist manufacturer, supplying complex metallic products and assemblies for the automotive industry and this year promises to several key product launches, continued investment in the production facility and subsequent increase in volumes with further growth planned. Job Description : o Oversee continuous improvement & lean manufacturing initiatives to improve plant efficiency and performance. o Specification of production facilities and capital equipment and make recommendations for the selection of vendors equipment o Implement improvements in manufacturing processes to optimise process performance and capability o Lead machine PFMEA process for existing and new capital investment programmes o Review and improve SOP / process instructions, process flow, standard operations and capability o Support New Product Development (NPI) initiatives and DFM / DFA o Optimise process flow and minimise waste through use of MTM, line balancing, VSM and lean manufactur...