Production Engineer
£35,000 plus benefits
Permanent position for a Production Engineer to be part of a specialist production engineering team ensuring components are fully reviewed and engineered for production on our clients comprehensive range of CNC machine tools.
As a Production Engineer you will use your technical skill along with relevant software packages to fully engineer a wide range of components ready for manufacture. Building strong relationships with the on-site manufacturing team as well as the Design and Quality engineers.
Duties for the Production Engineer
- Complete comprehensive review of intent parts for tolerances and suitability for manufacture
- Design machining fixtures for production components using Open Mind hyperCAD-S 3d modelling software.
- Produce suitable CNC programs, using the latest Open Mind hyperMILL software.
- Identify and specify the most appropriate cutting tools to ensure efficient removal rates.
- Liaise with both production and design teams to support the economic and efficient manufacturing of components.
- Act as point of reference for resolution of production related issues.
- Work with sales dept to offer technical support as required.
- Focus on the business KPIs to achieve departmental objectives.
Skills required for the Production Engineer
- Ideally you will have been an experienced and skilled CNC machinist within a precision manufacturing environment.
- You will also have worked with castings and have an understanding of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)
- Have a keen eye for detail and are extremely well organised.
- Strong computer programming skills using relevant CAD / CAM software packages.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and able to influence key stakeholders.
Production Engineer benefits
A great place to work where performance, engineering and technology come together.
Competitive salary
32 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
Free branded workwear
Company pension scheme
Critical Illness and medical cash back scheme
Death in Service cover
On-site Gym facility
Free on-site parking
Regular social and team events
Hours of work
Monday to Thursday 8am to 5pm Friday 8am to 2pm
St Neots
For more information, please contact Lisa Parsons