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  • Manufacturing Engineer jobs role / Production Engineer jobs role Southwell, Newark, Lincoln, Tuxford Nottingham, Mansfield, Hucknall, Heanor region

  • 12:30 finish on a Friday. £18m t/o agile manufacturing company

  • Mechanical precision components into Medical and pharma manufacturing / engineering (plus aerospace, semiconductor and highly regulated industries)

  • Fantastic growth and stability ; 12:30 finish on Friday

    Are you a Manufacturing Engineer, Production Engineer or Process engineer who can help structure manufacturing controls, takt time improvements in a medium to high volume manufacturing environment ? This Manufacturing Engineer jobs role is focused on shop floor problem solving and improving processes ; PFMEA and 5 why.

    This Manufacturing Engineer jobs role would suit someone from aerospace, automotive, or mechanical engineering sectors (regulated industries) who wants to have fantastic security, growth and challenge in their career.

    Are you seeking Manufacturing Engineer jobs, Production Engineer or Process engineer or lean manufacturing jobs in the Southwell, Newark, Lincoln, Tuxford , Nottingham, Mansfield, Hucknall, Heanor region?

    Essential Experience

  • Manufacturing experience – driving shop floor improvements

  • You MUST have experience of mechanical engineering / manufacturing – ideally high volume precision component manufacturing

  • This will be gained within highly regulated sectors (aerospace, oil and gas, nuclear, medical, pharmaceutical , automotive– ideally high volume mechanical component manufacture)

  • You will then have experience of control plans, improving manufacturing controls and improving takt times + then problem solving ; PFMEA and 5 why.

  • 150 to 200 headcount business so an SME mentality in terms of being a ‘doer’

    This Manufacturing Engineer, Production Engineer or Process engineer jobs role is based near Southwell commutable from Southwell, Newark, Lincoln, Tuxford Nottingham, Mansfield, Hucknall, Heanor

    REF : PR/(phone number removed)

    Please note that if you are not contacted within the next ten days then your application, on this occasion, has not been successful. We thank you for taking the time to apply

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