Candour Talent are recruiting for a Manufacturing Process Manager on their behalf of their client in Blackwood.

This is an excellent opportunty with a competitive salary and renumeration package on offer for the right candidate.

This position will be responsible for implementation of production processes and procedures, and for leading on productivity improvements within the manufacturing site, including reducing waste, improving quality and safety, and reducing operating costs.

This role will also be involved with NPI projects, production scheduling and managing KPIs.

The Role:

• Identify manufacturing needs for new products in development.
• Design new systems and processes and provide facilities & methods to ensure the cost effective integration of new products or for the improvement of existing ones into manufacturing operations.
• Ensure all product and system requirements are considered from pre-production to PPAP.
• Assist with shop floor layout and cell designs using lean manufacturing principles.
• Support in designing fixtures and tooling for manufacturing.
• Generating production documentation such as control plans, SOP, TPMs.
• Desirable to interpret, understand and communicate engineering drawings, GD&T, key specifications, etc.
• Ensure product and process quality meets customer specifications.
• Support purchasing and engineering team in design & development of production equipment's to ensure the best quality for best price and system robustness.
• Oversee installation of machinery and equipment.
• Improve manufacturing efficiency by analysing and planning workflow, resource planning, productivity & layout optimisation.
• Organise plant start-up and shut-down schedules to ensure minimum loss of production time.
• Plan and organise maintenance.
• Respond to breakdowns.
• Report down time and possible trends.
• Support and lead continuous improvement, problem solving and process improvement activities.
• Investigate production and process issues providing technical support and training.
• Keep up with current and developing engineering trends.
• Contribute to continuous improvement activities.
• Support Quality control of work by appropriate reviews working with quality department.
• Write reports and present progress at project meetings. Manage the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Conduct benchmarking studies to determine best practices/designs and future trends.
• Perform root cause analysis and resolve problems.

The Ideal Candidate:

• Engineering related qualification (BEng, HND, HNC etc)
• 5+ years' experience of this role within manufacturing
• Excellent knowledge of Lean Manufacturing techniques
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills - able to get 'buy in' and encouriage a collaborative approach
• Assertive and resilient
• Self-motivated, flexible, proactive and committed.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent attention to detail
• Liaise and communicate with colleagues, other departments, customers, suppliers, and other service providers.
• Excellent IT skills

If you have the expericne and skills for this role, please apply and one of the team will be in touch.

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