​Manufacturing Engineer

£26,000 - £32,000

Port Talbot

A new opportunity has been created for a Manufacturing Engineer with a background and knowledge of mechanical engineering and machining processes, to join this leading South Wales employer. 

The company is a well-established and innovative engineering business with a high value niche product that’s an essential component to a broad customer base operating across numerous sectors.  

This is what you’ll be doing as Manufacturing Engineer

• You’ll work with all departments in the business to understand the company and processes, and deliver in areas including:

• Generation of accurate Routes and Bill of Materials

• Utilise SAP to create routes and BOM’s

• Provide assistance in methods and planning for all departments

• Raise production orders for Component and Rod business

• Estimate manufacturing costs for the Sales team and customer enquiries

• Provide Departmental Managers with assistance in planning work schedules, calculating capacity and stock management

• Work with Engineering team on continuous improvement activities, developing systems for optimisation of manufacturing methods across the company

• Analyse variation in planned versus actual times

• Assist in methods and planning for manufacturing processes, improvement of routing and BOM’s as required

• Work to ISO quality management standards

The experience you’ll bring to the team as Manufacturing Engineer

• Mechanical Engineering, to a minimum NVQ Level 4 or equivalent.

• Experience of machining processes

• Experience of MRP/ERP systems

• Ability to read CAD drawings

• Excellent working methods - organised, methodical approach

• Good communication skills

• Experience in planning and scheduling of work and materials

• Good team working skills

• Good understanding of continuous improvement and optimisation processes

And this is what you’ll get in return

• A competitive salary depending on experience

• 25 days + bank holidays

• Professional Development

• Proven career development opportunities

• Pension

• Childcare Vouchers

• Cycle to Work Scheme

• Free parking

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Are you up to the challenge?

If you feel you have the skills, experience and passion to be a successful Manufacturing Engineer in this role apply now. 

*Please note, whilst we do our best to contact all candidates, due to the high number of applications we receive we cannot guarantee this for every role. If you have not heard anything from us within 7 days of applying - then unfortunately you have been unsuccessful. Please keep an eye on our website for more opportunities.