Production Engineer

Cheltenham based manufacturing company requires an experienced Production Support Engineer to join the team. The roles will support the production process through machine selection, sourcing, installation and maintenance and through the manufacture and fitting of production tooling, and machine improvement components.

Responsibilities will include:

*Manage plant and equipment:
oRepair machine breakdowns
oOptimising availability through use of world-class techniques such as preventative maintenance

*Manufacture tooling and machine parts to drawings and sketches
*Identify safety or quality issues and make recommendations for changes to resolve them

*Take responsibility for assembling tooling at the beginning of the production process, inspection of tooling after use and cleaning/maintenance as required

*Work alongside the engineering team on the design of tooling and make recommendations re design changes

*Make a full contribution towards continuous improvements in product and process, in order to support customer service, quality and cost reductions.

*Involvement in other engineering/production activities as required.

Qualifications & Experience Requirements:

*Successfully completed an apprenticeship in engineering
*C & G/ ONC or equivalent in mechanical/ electrical engineering.
*Solid experience in an industrial environment.

Key Competency Requirements:

*Possess a high level of engineering (mechanical and preferably electrical) discipline and exhibit the desire to achieve high standards of competence without direct supervision.
*Be able to respond to a multi task environment and deal with requests sympathetically.
*Possess the skills to communicate effectively with people at all levels
*All-round machining skills.
*Team player.

Salary: 25,000 - -27,500 plus benefits

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