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What Youll Do
This position is responsible for supporting plant leadership in achieving business and financial goals by developing and maintaining robust manufacturing processes and leading continuous improvement / cost out initiatives across the organisation.Additional responsibility includes executing the organisations strategic plan consistent with UK & European legislation, and local regulations, established industry standards, and customer requirements
With the team develop and maintain robust, cost efficient manufacturing processes and product structures consistent with lean manufacturing practices.
Ensure root cause and failure analysis is performed as required.
Lead cost-out events and promote culture of continuous improvement.
Apply lean manufacturing techniques as means to eliminate waste and deliver products to customers expectations.
Implement methods and practices to reduce variation.
Develop teams ability to understand source(s) of variation by applying Six Sigma Design and Development strategies.
Participates in concurrent engineering efforts and critical design reviews to minimise product development costs and maximise useful life of products.
Conducts Design For Manufacturing and Value Engineering initiatives as applicable.
Develops work breakdown structures as a tool to develop cost estimates.
Participate in new product development projects using ProLaunch as a tool to articulate deliverables and a vehicle to commit to schedules
Coordinate manufacturing liaison/s for products from inception through shipment to customer.
Develop and integrate new processes and methodologies as to provide competitive advantages for the business.
Recommends Capital Appropriation Requests (including payback and net present value analysis) for acquisition of equipment to support emerging and existing technologies.
Responsible for the training of associates as required, inline with APEX, OCA expectations etc.
Communicates vision of organisation via verbal communication and actions.
Coordinate with multiple functions to prepare consolidated plant, customer, and product status information and action plans.
Develop, implement, and audit complex process procedures/work instructions (in-house and within the Supplier Base), when required, to alleviate production/quality problems and to achieve overall business objectives.
Ensure robust plans are developed and monitored to ensure functional KPIs are met
Qualifications
Relevant Engineering Degree, equivalent qualification or experience
Skills
Solid understanding of engineering design and product reliability concepts as to facilitate analysis of fluid dynamics, thermal dynamics, electronic circuits, etc
Detailed knowledge of lean manufacturing techniques i.e. value stream mapping, one piece flow, etc.
Understanding of Six Sigma concepts and tools and where they relate to minimizing process / product variability i.e. regression analysis, design of experiments, hypothesis testing, etc. Ensuring they are deployed appropriately
Thorough understanding of problem solving methodologies used in determining root cause and formulating corrective action(s) - i.e. thought maps, 8D, root cause analysis, Process Failure Mode Effect Analysis, Gage R & R, control charts, Pareto charts, etc.
Understanding of ProLaunch.
Proficiency in various software applications i.e. Computer Aided Design, Computer Aided Manufacturing, MS Office suite, MiniTab, etc.
Knowledge of industry and customer specific quality processes (i.e., ISO9001, AS9100 etc).
Knowledge of product and end user application/specifications, including product testing requirements. (design/process interface).
Knowledge of manufacturing principles and technical specifications to support facilities competencies i.e. metal cutting, tool design, injection moulding, welding, soldering, etc.
Ability to lead cross-functional process improvement teams
Understand application of SPC and gauge R&R.
Managing a team, including coaching, mentoring & performance management
Challenging projects in dynamic collaborative team
We make your aspirations matter Eaton encourages internal promotion, whenever possible
We make your growth matter - We invest in our employees for the long term not just with salary and benefits, but with ongoing learning and development opportunities made available through Eaton University
We make your contributions matter - reliability, safety, efficiency, and sustainability are at the core of our dedication to improving peoples lives and the environment through power management technologies.
We make your wellbeing matter We put your health and safety first. Wellness at Eaton is more than a program, its about changing the environment by offering the right tools to help empower employees to make that happen.
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Engineering
Industries
Civil Engineering
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