Production Support Engineer

Overview

Reporting to the Process Engineering Manager, the Production Support Engineer is responsible for ensuring optimal OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness), through effective preventative maintenance and corrective actions to reduce equipment down time, in line with the expectations of Operations. Additionally, providing engineering support to Operations and ensuring continuous improvement. The successful candidate will join the Process Engineering team, reporting to the Process Engineering Manager. This team is comprised of 4 employees.

Experience:

• Electronics: Candidate will have detailed knowledge of repair fault finding and minor design.
• Manufacturing: The candidate has previously worked in a high-precision electronics manufacturing environment supporting and repairing equipment and systems.
• IT skills: Computer literate; with experience of using Microsoft windows software to complete work done reports and monitor equipment usage (i.e. word, excel etc.)
• Continuous improvement and Problem- Solving: Candidates will be familiar with making improvements to equipment / systems and services to improve utilisation and operational/production productivity and throughput. You will be familiar of the creation and implementation of lean working processes and able to demonstrate a structured approach to problem-solving, root-cause analysis. Ability to construct an FMEA would be highly desirable
• Documentation: The candidate has the ability to interpret drawings, specifications, work instructions and create new ones if required.
• Maintenance of Equipment: You will be able to demonstrate their ability to support and repair equipment and systems.
• Mechanical Exposure: Have worked in an environment with some mechanical requirement (assembling items etc).
• ERP Systems: Exposure to ERP systems.
• Manufacturing: Experience in electronic instrumentation.
• Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE): Able to track and monitor equipment utilisation and reliability to identify preventative maintenance measures to improve reliability and up-time. Understand measuring equipment operation and ensuring optimal overall equipment effectiveness.
• H&S: Knowledge of Health and Safety at work.

Education:

• HNC or above in electronics, we will consider candidates who are qualified by experience.
• Normal hours of work will be 08:00 - 16:15 Monday to Thursday, 08:00 - 15;00 on Friday with half an hour for lunch.

*****This role is not hybrid

Please note: Only candidates with the relevant skills and experience will be contacted regarding this position. If you do not hear back from us within 5 days you have unfortunately been unsuccessful in your application for this position, however we may contact you in the future to discuss other opportunities.

Please note:  That no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and abilities to perform the duties of the job