Job Title: Production Engineer
Location: Salisbury
Salary: £38,000 – £42,000 per annum
Job type: Full Time
Chemring Countermeasures is a world leading and innovative company, designing and developing countermeasure solutions to armed forces throughout the world. We are part of the Chemring Group of companies and have a solid global infrastructure, which also helps us to thrive.
Must hold sole British citizenship and you must have continually resided in the UK for a minimum of 5 years.
The role:
- To influence design for manufacture
- To lead Continuous Improvement initiatives
- Plan new product introduction
- Devise/provide/procure efficient safe manufacturing processes and equipment including quality assurance methods and full documentation to satisfy a highly regulated environment
The Candidate:
- Level 4 HNC or equivalent (essential)
- 5 Years British Residency
- Permitted to work in the UK
- Full Driving Licence
Knowledge/Experience Required:
- Carry out risk assessments to identify and implement safe working procedures.
- To identify and document process instructions.
- Follow NPP process.
- To maintain the Work Instructions.
- To provide buildings, services, tooling, and equipment in support of the production programme.
- In conjunction with area supervision, to set up and carry out initial running of new processes.
- Compile technical reports.
- Identify and Cost capital projects.
- To identify production improvement opportunities.
- To train production personnel in the use of equipment, tooling and processes.
- Prepare and coordinate Process Management of Change; amending tooling, equipment and Work Instructions accordingly.
- Maintain the tool drawings & register.
- Compile Capex applications.
- Project management of new and improved processes.
- Take the lead in PFMEAs.
- Participate in DFMEAs.
- QMS documentation maintenance and improvement.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
Benefits:
- We actively encourage an open and collaborative culture across our site through the recognised suggestion scheme and reward and recognition scheme
- 5.5 weeks’ annual leave plus bank holidays
- A generous pension scheme
- Share save scheme
- Holiday buying and selling scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which includes dietary advice, wellbeing initiatives, family matters and counselling support
- We hold annual social events
- Cultural days
- Free on-site parking
- Podiatrist
- Weekly fruit baskets
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