Industrial Engineer(s) - Automotive Manufacturing - Birmingham

Experienced Manufacturing/Industrial Engineers are required for a leading automotive manufacturing company based in Birmingham

Purpose & Key accountabilities

• Working Practices - Minimise risk, increase efficiency.
• Working Practices - To provide information on the impact of planned strategies.
• To provide information during concept process development, and productivity improvements to ensure the optimum solution is found to deliver planned targets.

Key accountabilities of the function

• Development of productivity improvements plans to achieve annual targets.
• Development of simulation models & experiments to validate process concepts & changes.
• Delivery of bi-annual workplace review assessments via MTM study and process observation.
• Monthly reporting of MTM study achievement
• Exploit production system synergies VPS/ Innovation & Digitalisation to support efficiency improvements.
• Focus on delivery of efficiency improvements via MTM study.
• Support line test performance activities ready for new product launches.
• Annual update of relevant master data in SAP.
• Impact on innovations and changes - Delivery of innovation via MTM study and process observations, in collaboration with wider Production System team

Qualifications:

• Qualified to HNC &/or Degree level in engineering (NVQ Level 4 or equivalent).
• Qualified eMPlant simulation user.
• Qualified user of standard data systems UAS and MTM etc…
• Industrial engineering practices (method & work study).

Work experience

• In-depth knowledge and application of industrial engineering techniques.
• Ability to design, construct and maintain eMPlant simulation models.
• Experience in high volume manufacturing preferably within the automotive industry.
• Project management skills (leading, steering, influencer preparing data in a readable way for all levels, adhering/ delivery to milestone timing).
• High level of expertise in data collection and analysis as well as presentation skills.
• Highly effective communication techniques.
• Need to understand manufacturing process, product performance and Plant/Platform organisation.
• Good communicator, ability to deliver clear, concise and convincing information to at all levels within the business, ability to influence.
• Workshop facilitation/ steering.
• Knowledge of health, safety and environmental standards.
• IT skills - familiar with Microsoft, SAP, IPS-T, PSS, MMS etc.
• Knowledge of target management process and associated reporting system/s.
• Understanding of line balancing techniques.
• Production system philosophy and principles.
• Production system tools and techniques.

Interested, please apply and call Graeme at Vibe Recruit on (phone number removed)

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