Our Large Manufacturing client in Ashton Under Lyne is looking for a Manufacturing Engineer Manager to build on the company’s strategy for improved customer service, quality, product cost, productivity and flexibility.

Salary - £55,000 - £60,000

Hours of work – Monday to Friday between the hours of 7am – 6pm ( 40 hour week ) some flexibility on shift patterns may be required dependant on business levels.

Duties:

• Managing team members within the Production Engineering Team
• Working closely with the Principal Engineer to ensure support is provided for routine production and NPI projects through the application of appropriate engineering skills.  
• Manage and improve the business facilities
• Planning and overseeing projects to ensure they are completed in a timely fashion and within budget. 
• Assisting the business in its continued drive to provide a safe and enjoyable working environment for all our employees, customers and visitors.
• Champion Health and safety and bring a proactive approach that ensures working practices and processes deliver on company sustainability objectives.
• Manage the teams, holidays, training, development, appraisal, attendance, disciplinary issues, and daily supervision to maximise efficient productivity
• Motivate and coach the team to operational success.
• Ensure the business is supported in solving problems that affect production delays to help ensure delivery on time to the customer.
• Conduct audits and workplace inspections on a regular, agreed schedule.  Ensure compliance with building security and safety regulations. 
• Establish a robust, reliable, competitive network of suppliers and contractors.
• Project management of all business wide improvement and facilities projects in line with the capital and budget costs. 
• Determine and define project scope, objectives, determine and manage resources and budget in an effective and efficient manner. 
• Tender all projects to establish best market prices.
• Develop and manage a detailed project schedule and work plan providing consistent updates to stakeholders. 
• Utilise industry best practices, techniques, and standards throughout entire project execution. 
• Evaluate project outcomes to identify areas for improvement.
• Develop, implement, and manage key performance indicators (KPIs) for each area of responsibility and ensure KPIs are met.

Essential Education /Technical Skills

• Strong in Project management, Ability to set targets, achieve deadlines in line with defined budgets.
• Degree Level /equivalent experience in an engineering discipline.
• Experience in production or manufacturing engineering in a quality critical environment (5+ years).
• Ability to read and understand electrical, mechanical and automation systems.
• Strong IT skills – IT skills, Advanced Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, and Microsoft project.
• Proficient in use of CAD packages; Solidworks, SolidEdge, AutoCAD.
• Strong Negotiation, analytical and commercial skills.

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