Graduate Manufacturing Engineer

Recruiter
Confidential
Location
Gateshead
Salary
Competitive
Posted
27 Jun 2022
Closes
04 Jul 2022
Contract Type
Contract
Hours
Full Time
A global specialist in the design and manufacture of resilient metal seals, gaskets and ancillary components are seeking a highly motivated Graduate Manufacturing Engineer to join their team in Stanley, on a 12-month placement at their UK site. They are a growing multi-national business with operations in the UK, US, and Europe.

Working with them will provide you with the chance to develop your skills and experience across a wide range of industry sectors including aerospace, automotive, oil and gas and power generation. The successful candidate will benefit from a private pension scheme, non-contractual Business Performance Related Bonus, 23 days' annual leave (rising with service) plus Bank Holidays, a working week of 38 hours over 5 days with an early Friday finish, offering excellent work/life balance.

As part of the production team, you will learn to design and develop the lean and flexible manufacturing processes required to deliver at-rate and right-first-time seals into customer's critical applications. Working alongside production engineers, team leaders and operators you will use improvement tools and techniques to develop operational excellence in the precision welding, forming, and finishing processes for seal programs.

Successful candidates will have the unrivalled opportunity to experience and contribute to real and critical industrial challenges within an agile, engineering-led, and class-leading organisation.

During the 12-month placement, the Graduate Manufacturing Engineer will be tasked with projects targeting the improvement of current production processes. You will be expected to research, analyse, and create real added value in the area of production process improvement. Whilst challenging, the opportunity and real possibility that your projects could both contribute significantly to the organisations knowledge base and be incorporated into live manufacturing processes upon completion are unrivalled.

Before completion of the placement, there will be the opportunity to explore future roles and career development. The organisation has a real commitment to ensuring everyone reaches their full potential whilst contributing to the success of the business.

To be a successful Graduate Manufacturing Engineer you will have the following skills and experience:

Good engineering / technical knowledge
Be a team player, able to work well with and influence others
Be able to build and maintain effective relationships
Strong communication skills
Have a collaborative approach
Experience of statistics and process modelling highly desirable
Have strong literacy, numeracy, and time management skills
Be a competent PC user
Be predicted or achieved a degree in an engineering / manufacturing / materials field, or equivalent
Previous experience within a manufacturing environment is desirable
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