Manufacturing Engineer (Paint)
Posted a week ago by Entech Technical Solutions Limited
Manufacturing Engineer (Paint Specialist) required for a 12 months contract in Leicester.
The role is to provide expertise in specific areas of paint processes and facilities to ensure the most efficient and cost-effective coating of the product.
This will include process and facility requirements of metal pretreatment, electrocoat, wet and powder paint application, manual and mechanical handling, tooling, masking, work standards and process development for current product and NPIs.
Duties will include:
Candidates require:
The role is to provide expertise in specific areas of paint processes and facilities to ensure the most efficient and cost-effective coating of the product.
This will include process and facility requirements of metal pretreatment, electrocoat, wet and powder paint application, manual and mechanical handling, tooling, masking, work standards and process development for current product and NPIs.
Duties will include:
- Apply in-depth technical knowledge of industrial pretreatment, electrocoat and wet and powder coating processes for problem solving and process improvement
- Evaluate new product suitability for the paint process from drawings and CAD models and liaise with engineers for design changes as necessary
- Validate NPI process through prototype builds
- Masking development and first item buy-off
- Create and maintain standard work documentation
- Train Operations personnel in new processes
- Design all lifting and suspension equipment and maintain statutory inspection and testing regime
- Control repairs of lifting and suspension equipment
- Validate all new equipment and tooling in collaboration with Operations
- Fully investigate and report safety related issues to management and Operations personnel
- CI sponsor for all safety and process improvements
- Risk Assessments including manual handling studies
- Obtain quotes and raise purchase orders
- Ensure prompt payments to suppliers on receipt of invoice
- Support capital plant upgrades and installations
- Control spending within budgetary constraints and pursue cost saving opportunities
- Work flexibly to occasionally implement changes outside normal production hours
Candidates require:
- A thorough knowledge of industrial paint processes for metal substrates, manufacturing concepts and Lean principles
- A minimum of 3 years of appropriate manufacturing experience
- A degree in a Manufacturing Engineering discipline (or related). Applicants with extensive relevant paint process and facilities knowledge and experience will also be considered.
- Type:
- Contract, Part Time
- Start Date:
- 04/07/2024
- Contract Length:
- N/A
- Contact Name:
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- Telephone:
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- Job Reference:
- J523C
- Job ID:
- 221955032
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