Process Development Engineer (Automation)
- Recruiter
- Petrie Recruitment
- Location
- Cardiff
- Salary
- up to £40,000 max based on experience
- Posted
- 29 Jul 2015
- Closes
- 26 Aug 2015
- Ref
- PR4165
- Sectors
- Engineering, Design, Software, Manufacturing & Industrial
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Elements: -
• Identifying and introducing processes improvement opportunities and routine engineering changes into manufacturing on time, within budget, to agreed yields and efficiencies and to the company’s quality standards.
• Advance site development strategy and capability of personnel by supporting current and future portfolio of automation.
• Design, develop and maintain automated assembly processes,
• In collaboration with other functions, assess process methods to minimise process time and scrap and maintain and improve the customer quality, output and equipment maintenance, and assist with implementation where appropriate. This will include processes to measure, analyse and improve the efficiency and yield of current equipment using OEE methodologies, using data gathered to optimise capability of current machinery.
• To perform necessary process validations and other quality system documentation requirements to support new product development.
The ideal candidate will have:
• Degree in Electrical Engineering / Software design or related field.
• Strong PLC and HMI programming experience
• Knowledge of SCADA and similar methodologies (Wonderware experience preferential)
• Good communication and team working skills.
• Project Management skills and ability to lead a project.
• Ability to read and understand technical drawings and wiring diagrams
• Experience in the use of Microsoft project and spread sheets.
• Line balancing.
• Lean manufacturing.