Production Engineer

Full Time – Permanent

Hungerford

Salary is dependent on experience

We are currently recruiting for a Production Engineer to join our client based in Hungerford.

Regular duties in the role include:

• Working in a manufacturing environment, liaising with production staff, engineering staff and QC staff
• Developing workflow strategies to increase productivity, efficiency and profit margins
• Defining essential safety protocols
• Implementing best practice approaches into the production line
• Diagnosing issues and inefficiencies in manufacturing processes
• Remaining up to date on the most recent developments in engineering and production
• Identifying, documenting, and reporting unsafe routines, targeted output

Process Improvement

Improving production efficiency is a vital skill for Production Engineers to possess. Process improvement uses the engineer's abilities in engineering and manufacturing to identify unproductive areas of the production process. They can then develop solutions to address inefficiencies and help companies save time, money and resources.

Quality control

An important step of any manufacturing line is quality control. This is a method to test and review a product against a set of standards, ensuring it meets all criteria and is ready for sale. Production Engineers play a pivotal role in quality control as it is often their processes that have seen the product go from raw materials to a complete product. Quality control skills help the engineer analyse key information about the production line to determine if issues may result in an inadequate product being created.

Manufacturing

A Production Engineer requires strong manufacturing skills to understand the technical aspect of the role. This includes knowing how machines and tools work, how to use them safely, what machines are most suited to particular stages of a manufacturing process and how to build custom machines for specialist jobs. Manufacturing skills also help engineers to understand the different uses of raw materials and how they interact with each other.

The Skills Required:

• A team player to understand requirements from all positions, must have excellent communication and people skills.
• High level analytical, mechanical and technical skills.
• Results orientated.
• Creativity is integral for solving problems and improving processes. A creative mindset to look at situations differently and build solutions that may not be immediately obvious or conventional.
• Communicating clearly and concisely with others is important to relay technical information, instructions and updates to team members, production staff and management.
• Communicating complex information clearly and coherently is essential for providing everyone with what is required and ensuring that the engineer's plans are understood.

Benefits

• Free on-site parking
• 20 days' holiday + Bank Holidays
• Pension scheme
• Opportunity to develop and progress within a growing business

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