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Job ID: JOB-13260

Senior Manufacturing Engineer

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This Senior Manufacturing Engineer job opportunity located in Spiddal, Co. Galway is one of those stand positions that don’t come along every day.

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Position Summary

The Senior Manufacturing Engineer leads a team of Engineers and Technicians with a key focus on sustaining and continuously improving Manufacturing processes to meet Safety, Quality, Service and Cost plans.

Responsibilities:

• Lead a dedicated group of Engineers and Technicians within the Manufacturing Group.
• Ensure engineers are fully integrated within the overall production support team.
• Plan and implement training and development plans with subordinates.
• Coach and mentor team members.
• Set Engineering Goals and Objectives that deliver results in line with the Business plan.
• Identify and put in place permanent and effective technical / system solutions to problems.
• Consistently meet customer requirements and commitment to excellence in performance and meeting deadlines.
• Champion compliance to systems and processes.
• Leads and promotes a methodical and systematic Problem-Solving approach.
• Identify and develop improvements to increase key process metrics of Service, Delivery, Quality and Cost using Lean and Six Sigma methodologies.
• Investigate latest process technologies and evaluate potential competitive advantage and the cost benefit of introduction.
• Oversee and manage New Part Introduction in conjunction with the Prototyping / NPI Group.
• Manage external relationships with key technology providers.
• Manage a variable workload to meet operational requirements.
• Ensure that all Health, Safety and Environmental requirements are fulfilled.
• Identify and implement short and long term cost reduction and process improvement initiatives through the adoption of Six Sigma & Lean Manufacturing.
• Oversee and drive Validation Activities.

Skills, Experience and Qualification

• The successful candidate will have a Mechanical, Electrical or
• Manufacturing Engineering Degree (Level 8) or equivalent qualification.
• You will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and will have the ability to work cross functionally.
• You will have post qualification experience with people management and continuous improvement within a manufacturing environment.
• You will have strong data analysis skills and experience applying structured problem-solving and continuous improvement methodologies.
• People Management, Project Management, Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma qualifications will be a distinct advantage.

For further information on this role please contact Tommy McKeown on 086 0100903  / jobs@hero.ie

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Tommy McKeown

JOB-13260

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