Process/Mechanical Engineer

Location

Huntingdon, UK

Purpose of Role

To work within process engineering to ensure that mechanical parts/jigs/fixtures are designed, validated, documented and delivered on time and to budget to support and improve manufacturing processes. To own a set of manual assembly processes.

Reporting Relationships

Process Engineering Team Leader

Key Accountabilities

Accountability	Measure of Success
Process Owner for assembly processes	Yields and product quality on target and capacity of processes in line with operational requirements.
Complete design pack for all changes (incl. 3d models, drawings, assembly instructions, reviews, FMEA etc)	Mechanical designs to be approved and validated whilst ensuring the product continues to meet the customer requirements without any unacceptable side-effects.
Production Documentation	SOP’s up to date and effective.
Change Control	Ensuring concessions and engineering changes are planned and communicated effectively to all areas involved.

Key Internal Relationships

Production Operators
Production Managers
Operations Manager
Process Engineers
R&D Engineering
Product Quality

Key Challenges

Working with a wide variety of stakeholders
Working closely with production operators being visible on the shopfloor whilst encompassing mechanical design requirements and being autonomous in this.

Person Specification

Ability to understand customer and process requirements and work out the most effective production tooling design to achieve this
Ability to think outside your own discipline
Strong analytical skills. Flexible and responsive to business needs
Motivated by why and how things work
Demonstrated use of initiative
Structured thinking with use of data to prove assumptions.

Qualification, Skills and Experience

A degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
1-2 years experience on products of similar complexity e.g. precision electro-mechanical, high reliability and industrial environments
Proven understanding of fundamental manufacturing principles
Proven understanding of mechanical engineering issues associated with high precision/tight tolerance designs
Appreciation of high volume manufacturing
3D CAD modelling essential - Proficiency in Solidworks required
Tolerance stack-up analysis
Solid understanding of capability studies for designs, jigs and fixtures
Experience of using PDM systems for engineering change control.