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Production Improvement Engineer
NOV
Plymouth, GBR
Full-time
Onsite
Discovered 3 weeks ago
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Must-Have
- Relevant experience in a manufacturing environment, with practical exposure to continuous improvement, process improvement, production engineering, or a comparable discipline.
- Demonstrated experience identifying process inefficiencies, investigating production problems, and supporting or implementing practical improvements.
- Experience developing or maintaining procedures, work instructions, Standard Operating Instructions, or comparable process documentation.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical capability, with the ability to investigate issues, identify root causes, and follow actions through to completion.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to work effectively with production teams, management, and other stakeholders.
- Good IT literacy and the ability to work with systems used to maintain production and process documentation.
- Preferred
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, manufacturing, operations, or a related technical discipline.
- Experience with Lean, Six Sigma, or other structured continuous-improvement tools and techniques; Green Belt or Black Belt certification would be advantageous.
- Experience supporting production planning, equipment calibration/control, quality-management processes, or new product introduction.
Responsibilities
- Identify opportunities to improve manufacturing efficiency, productivity, process yield, workflow, and waste reduction.
- Investigate recurring production issues and factory-floor feedback, identify root causes, and coordinate corrective and preventive actions through to completion.
- Support new product introductions by establishing production processes, assessing production readiness, and developing the required process documentation and training.
- Create, maintain, and update Standard Operating Instructions, procedures, and other controlled production documentation, including relevant SharePoint content.
- Work with production, engineering, management, and support teams to identify process constraints, manufacturing risks, material or drawing issues, and improvement priorities.
- Analyse production information and performance trends to identify risks, recurring issues, and opportunities for improvement.
- Identify tooling, machinery, and equipment requirements and support the evaluation and justification of appropriate solutions.
- Coordinate the identification, calibration, maintenance, and documentation of relevant measuring, monitoring, and production equipment.
- Support production planning and improvement activities that contribute to efficient workflow and on-time delivery.
- Develop and deliver training on relevant processes, procedures, SOIs, and technical topics.
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