Manufacturing engineer

Manufacturing Engineer Onsite in Leamington Spa Candidates require a proven background working in a machine shop with extensive knowledge of tooling, CNC machine tools including multi-tasking, 5 - axis, universal ndash; grinding, gear grinding and shaping. Key accountabilities: Working within the Continuous Improvement team you will ensure that all production orders are lsquo;machine ready rsquo; to ensure schedule adherence. Proactively work alongside Manufacturing, Operations, Quality functions and suppliers to maintain and enhance processes. Actively contribute to annual cost save, emissions reduction and shop floor recovery targets. Own, complete, report out and handover to operations any CI projects assigned to you. Maintain an active shop-floor presence promoting and encouraging lean principles. Reporting back and reacting to manufacturing issues from production and ad hoc meetings. Work alongside operations and manufacturing to ensure smooth NPI transition to production. Working alongside all other functions in DFM and PFMEA for new projects. Actively assist all CI team members in closing projects on time. Identify potential improvement activities. Support Operations with day to day issue resolution. Mentor and engage with operators to encourage an improvement culture. Maintain a Teamwork approach and actively share knowledge with peers. Liaise with Quality Engineers to ensure improvements to our Total Cost of Quality, On Time in Full, delivery and other KPIs. Act on key manufacturing performance metrics. Required Experience Experience of machining a wide range of precision components with complex routings and multiple operations. Lean manufacturing skills, 8D, 5 Why and 6 sigma knowledge. Desirable Experience Experience of working in a precision, small batch, low volume production environment (Automotive / Aerospace / Defence or similar industry). Gear form manufacturing knowledge/experience. Heat Treatment knowledge/experience. CAD/CAM programming experience. 3D modelling experience. Multi spindle machining experience/knowledge