Process Engineer Roles
NPI Project Engineer Full Time
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Overview: Working alongside our client, a leading injection moulding manufacturer, we are looking for a NPI Project Engineer to join their established team.
Benefits:
- Company pension matched to 5%
- 30 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
- Relocation assistance
- Employee medical scheme
- Life insurance
- Free onsite parking
- Free workwear
Remit:
- As an NPI Project Engineer you will be responsible for the project management of tooling (in-house & externally) through quotation stage, sourcing, design, development and launch into the company production facility.
- The successful candidate MUST have proven project management experience along with injection moulding/plastics industry experience.
- This is an excellent opportunity to join a successful company who put their staff at the forefront of their business.
Role:
- Provide new business development project support to the Group Project Managers.
- Carryout DFM and Moldflow studies as requested by Group Project
- Liaise with customers and third party companies on part and tool design and development related matters.
- Manage Product Development for new projects through to series production as assigned by Group Project Managers.
- Liaise with customers on all matters project related and meeting and maintaining project milestones.
- Manage all changes through Engineering change process.
- Work closely with Quality members to ensure all elements of PPAP process are completed on time to the required level.
- Support NPI & Operations process teams in completing detailed and effective “DOE “on new product processes.
- Work closely with Manufacturing, Quality and logistics teams to ensure effective new products launches
- Travel overseas and within the U.K progressing Projects to ensure on time and best quality delivery.
- Maintain required records for your NPI activities – timing plans, trackers, status reports, etc.
- Provide fringe Design and technical support for the Operations team when necessary.
- Protect the business from risk through Design for Manufacture studies.
- Support the Process Owner in maintaining departmental procedures to satisfy TS/IATF 16949 and ISO14001 standards.
- Actively engage and support the development of a Continual Improvement culture, by actively seeking to propose CI ideas.
Experience Requirement
- Minimum HNC (or equivalent) in Engineering
- Project management experience including customer facing activities
- Injection moulding/plastics industry knowledge
- Knowledge of of injection moulding and plastic welding processes
- Knowledge of polymer materials
- Experience interpreting 2D and 3D CAD
- Personable with an ability to build close relationships at all levels both including customer and suppliers
- A driving license is essential along with be willing to travel overseas and within the UK
- Automotive programme management – Desirable
- Automotive industry and IATF16949 procedure knowledge – Desirable
- Mould tool and component design – Desirable
