Job title: Project Engineer
Location: Willenhall / Wolverhampton
Salary: £40k to £45k
Role Summary:
Co-ordinating and controlling projects from concept to post-production launch of new and modified components ensuring delivery to timing deadlines, cost and quality.
Responsible for coordinating all project elements including engineering, design, quality planning, manufacturing, installation, commissioning and final buy-off phases as well as ensuring the project remains within budget in order to meet the requirements of the customer’s needs. Work on many phases or sub-tasks of projects or entire projects of moderate complexity, with results impacting on project completion. Work under general supervision, reviewed at project milestones and/or on completion by Senior Management.
Key Responsibilities:
- Coordinate all project elements including engineering design, quality planning, manufacturing, installation, commissioning and final buy-off phases
- Manage the project within budget
- Plan project requirements and resources, including the sourcing of subcontract elements, etc.
- React promptly and effectively to changing client and product needs
- Anticipate any potential project risks, identifying and establishing corrective actions
- Produce deliverables on-time to customer requirements
- Define the customer specification into either a departmental action or subcontractor order
- Accurately cost any changes in specifications
- Effectively analyse customer and internal changes, including feasibility study
- Produce clear, focused and understandable explanations for change requests
- Track customer changes and participate in customer meetings when required
- Participate in Design Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (DFMEAs), Quality history reviews
- Participate in Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) and Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) processes
- Track tasks against the project timing plan
- Apply specific technical skills as required to support the customer or colleagues
- Proactively seek out opportunities for new or repeat business
- Be willing and available to work at company and customer premises as required
- Keep up with current and developing engineering trends
- Contribute to continuous improvement activities
- Support and lead process improvement activities
- Write reports and present progress at project meetings and to clients
- Conduct benchmarking studies to determine best practices/ future trends
- Plan projects or subtasks so they may be tracked and presented
- Manage the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Attend various meetings and action/communicate instructions
- Undertake continuous training and development
- Perform root cause analysis and resolve problems
Skills and Attributes:
- Responsible for projects involving multiple people
- Able to read and understand engineering drawings
- Ability to understand and translate product drawings into process information
- Ability to track budget spend, including sub-contract hours
- Ability to make and manage good relationships
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Analytical skills and good judgement
- Quality conscious
- Ability to work to tight deadlines
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Ability to promote and drive continuous improvement
- Able to make decisions
- Understand Lean principles
- Exercises latitude and technical judgement in deciding work methods
- Good understanding of customer expectations and deliverables with an awareness of the impact of failure/cost of poor quality
Qualifications and Experience Levels:
- Relevant manufacturing/engineering degree preferred, HNC Minimum
- Knowledge of the processes and equipment associated with the manipulation and joining techniques used in the manufacture of tubular assemblies in materials such as Stainless Steel, Aluminium, Titanium and Inconel
- Practical experience of processes and manufacturing techniques associated with low volume tubular components i.e. tube manipulation: CNC and special purpose machinery, cutting, end forming, Welding - manual and automated, measurement, brazing, presswork, Assembly equipment, Pressure testing, part marking / labelling
- Aerospace or Automotive background
- Knowledge of the Quality systems and procedures (Automotive & Aerospace Industries).
- Experience of Jig and Fixture design would be advantageous.
- Experience of FAIR / APQP activities: Process flow charts, FMEA, TPM plans, Work instructions, operator training, skill matrixes, visual aids, etc.
- Good understanding of engineering principles
- Proven Project Engineering/Project Management experience
- Advanced Microsoft user to include Project and Excel software
- Experience in Bill of Material (BOM) structures
· Understanding of legislation and standards
· An understanding of Lean Manufacturing
· Understanding of design and production costs to include waste, downtime, scrap and re-work