3 Jobs Found in Devon

Leading South West Manufacturer, employing in excess of 300 members of staff across their two sites are seeking an experienced Production Engineer to support Engineering functions in house and externally.

THE ROLE

Reporting directly to the Production Director, the Production Engineer is responsible for supporting in-house production.

Working with the production engineering and lean manufacturing teams, you will ensure successful identification and implementation of best manufacturing practise, you will help review the suitability for manufacture of new products and maintain quality.

Main Duties to Include:

General and Task Management

• Identify and present ideas for improving production in order to improve profitability, quality, output or H&S.
• Conduct feasibility studies on continuous improvement ideas generated from within Production implement those projects once signed off
• Work closely with the Lean team to develop and implement best practices, routines and solutions to improve production rates, quality and output
• Support the Production Director, Supervisors and Lean team in evaluating the strategic development of on-site manufacturing
• Assist in the production of operating instructions
• Produce written reports where required
• Undertake continuous training and development
• Ensure adherence in accordance with any health, safety and environmental policies and procedures to ensure the safety and well-being of staff and visitors
• Participate in new product reviews to ensure that only the most production efficient designs are released into production
• Participate in Change Request reviews to ensure that the best and most cost efficient solutions are adopted without having a negative impact on safety or quality standards

Relationship Management

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with all internal stakeholders to ensure optimal performance
• Work as part of the production engineering team to share ideas and improve operation, recommending, supporting and implementing continuous improvement activities and process and procedure improvements to optimise results and improve quality of delivery, in line with quality standards requirements
• Stay current and up to date on any technology changes that may affect manufacturing and advise of any impact
• Liaise and communicate with other departments, suppliers and other service providers as and when required

THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE

Skills and Attributes:

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to manage a variety of cross-functional team members
• Excellent written and verbal skills
• Excellent organisational and follow-up skills
• Competent in problem solving, planning and decision making
• Commercially and financially aware

Qualifications and Experience Levels:

• HNC / HND or equivalent in an Engineering discipline, as a minimum
• Experience implementing Manufacturing improvements and Continuous Improvement projects within a batch manufacturing businesses
• Experience of working with fabrications with an understanding of related manufacturing processes and limitations
• Project management experience and a track record of identifying and successfully implementing change
• Previous involvement in New Product introduction would be beneficial
• Experience of Value Analysis and Value Engineering techniques, root cause analysis, FMEA, Value Stream Mapping and 8D would be beneficial

Please note, if your application is suitable, one of our consultants will call you within 5 working days. If you have not heard from us within this time, your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful, however we will keep your details on our talent management system to consider you for future opportunities.

Market leading 1st Tier supplier are seeking an experienced organisation for a Quality Engineer.

The Role

• The Quality Engineer will to ensure the company meets the requirements of the ISO 9001 standard and the Quality Management System (QMS) contribute to the continuous improvement of the business.
• The role demands the daily disciplines associated with quality control and the longer term systematic waste and reject reduction across the business.
• A key requirement is the desire to fully understand processes to enable the identification of process risk.
• The Quality Engineer to control risk through robust standard operating procedures and appropriate in-process controls.

The Successful Candidate

• The role is challenging and would suit someone who is methodical in their approach, and can manage a large volume of work to tight deadlines. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential, along with problem solving and confident decision making ability.
• The successful applicant must be assertive, proactive and able to challenge traditional methods of work in a constructive manner.
• They will be educated to 'A' level standard (or equivalent) which should include Maths and Science.
• A Yellow belt in lean Six Sigma is essential.
• Applicants must be proficient with all Microsoft software, including Excel, Word and Access.
• Experience with Minitab would be advantageous.
• High levels of accuracy are essential as the role also includes record keeping.

Please note, if your application is suitable, one of our consultants will call you within 5 working days. If you have not heard from us within this time, your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful, however we will keep your details on our talent management system to consider you for future opportunities.

Seeking an experienced Group IT Support Technician to assist in the provision and support of day-to-day use of all the Group's IT systems across its multi-site operations - over 200 users across 9 sites plus home and field-based employees.

The successful Group IT Support Technician will be responsible for the administration of the corporate network, servers (physical and virtual), SANs, client installation, configuration and technical support. The IT Support Technician will have previous experience of managing secure networks in a MS-Windows environment in a multi-disciplined organisation.

Group IT Support Technician Skills & Responsibilities:

• Build and deploy desktop, mobile and peripheral hardware equipment.
• Configure and maintain network routing and switching hardware.
• Maintenance of MS-Windows Active Directory including profiles, security groups and Group Policies.
• Ensure system backups, anti-virus and malware procedures are continued to be reviewed, tested and upgraded.
• Train end users to make appropriate and safe use of the IT infrastructure.
• Demonstrable knowledge of Windows Server and desktop operating systems configuration & troubleshooting.
• TCP/IP networking, DNS, DHCP, Active Directory, GPO, and Powershell scripting skills are essential for this position.
• Knowledge of virtual network technologies, specifically VMware.
• Security and backup solutions, particularly, Veeam, Symantec, Watchguard
• Experience of MS-Office 2010, 2013 or 2016.
• Excellent troubleshooting, diagnostic, problem-solving and communication skills

IT Support Technicians Benefits include: 24 days holiday, Pension Scheme, Free Eye Test, Life Assurance etc

Please note, if your application is suitable, one of our consultants will call you within 5 working days. If you have not heard from us within this time, your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful, however we will keep your CV on file to consider you for future opportunities.

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