Manufacturing Engineer

Location: Scarborough

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced, technically competent and practically minded Manufacturing Engineer to join our established team in Scarborough. Our Manufacturing Engineering department is a conduit between all our key functions, supporting the manufacturing plant to achieve its Safety, Quality, Cost & Delivery goals by providing solid Manufacturing Engineering capability to our production operations and key business projects.

• Come join Alexander Dennis. We are transforming public transport globally by designing, manufacturing, and servicing the cleanest and greenest buses and coaches for our customers.
• In a nutshell, we build buses and coaches. In fact, more than half of the buses you see on the roads in the UK are built by Alexander Dennis. We have a huge responsibility to keep the world moving.
• We are saving the planet. Our purpose is to support Governments globally with their push to reduce pollution and improve air quality by building greener, more eco-friendly buses.
• We love our customers. So much so, almost every bus we build is bespoke – what the customer wants, we will do our best to deliver.
• We have a fantastic Canadian parent company called NFI. They welcomed us into the family in 2019, and we haven’t looked back ever since.
• We are building back and growing again, winning new orders in Germany and Ireland which will be manufactured right here in the UK.
• Our global footprint is pretty impressive. We have a presence in some super cool places across the world from Hong Kong to Auckland to Toronto.
• Our people are our biggest asset, making us the hugely successful company we are. We are transforming how we work, offering team members more flexibility around how they live and work.

What does that mean for you?

• Generous salary package – we reward our people at the level they deserve.
• A 4-day working week. Giving you more time at the weekend to do the things you love; with the people you love.
• A 37-hour working week, with flexible working options, giving you that much needed work/life balance.
• Annual leave entitlement which increases with tenure.
• Pension scheme to help you save for the future.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme which offers practical, impartial support on issues impacting your life.
• Cycle to work scheme, discounted gym membership, and regular meditation sessions as your health and wellbeing is important to us.

Interested and want to find out more? Check out our YouTube channel or LinkedIn!

Your dream role:

• You’ll have an interesting and technically challenging workload from day one, where you will have the opportunity to work alongside and learn from an experienced and established team of experts in the UK and globally.
• You’ll be able to use your change management skills to continually improve the business, driving our manufacturing processes to Best in Class.
• It’s a dynamic, fast paced environment where no two days are the same, you will have the opportunity to make the role your own and make a significant impact to efficiencies and Group profitability.
• Throughout your role, you’ll gain exposure to all parts of the business, enhancing your profile and future career options.
• From day one you’ll be welcomed into a team passionate about teamwork and improving the business
• You’ll have the opportunity to use your process experience within our key processes including assembly, bonding & fixings processes.
• Opportunities like this do not come often! You’ll be ambitious, self-starting, and excited to lead change, with the capability and attitude to step up and take on exciting new projects and roles across the business in the future.

Main Tasks / Responsibilities:

• You will be the technical authority for the manufacturing processes
• Provide DFM feedback to R&D using formal methods for NPD, including PFMEA
• Ensure the completion of Pre-Production Readiness / NPI tasks in line with KPIs
• Use Lean methodologies to identify and implement best practice process improvements across the production operations, which lead to lower cost, increased productivity & reduced cycle times, whilst maintaining design integrity and build quality
• Define, create & maintain SOPs, reflecting the best practice build improvements
• Conduct process trials, providing formal report-outs & recommendations
• Provide hands-on manufacturing support with process fault finding and support on production escalations, either electrical or mechanical (ideally both)
• Support Production Change Control (Spec Amends, MODs, ECNs, Deviations, etc)
• Support & lead complex problem-solving initiatives using A3/8D/LSS methodologies
• Assess and ensure all tooling, hand tools, handling equipment, patterns, jigs, gauges & measuring devices are available in readiness for production
• Facility Layouts - Production Lines / Workstations – Create & maintain using CAD packages – Current & Future State Layouts
• Lead & Support NCI Projects – From business case justifications to project signoffs
• Determine any new material and process information required in line with current and future legislative and environmental requirements.
• Use MSDS’s to create usage plans, supporting the COSHH assessment process
• Maintain an overall awareness of innovation & new technologies relevant to the bus industry

What you will bring:

• Qualified to degree level in Engineering (or equivalent experience in a relevant discipline)
• Strong mechanical or electrical (ideally both), manufacturing engineering technical competency
• Qualified in Lean Six Sigma to a Green Belt level (or other formal process improvement experience), with experience of working with large amounts of data
• Experienced within a similar role, with a demonstratable record of success.
• Ideally your work experience will be gained in the Automotive industry, however we would also welcome those from other similarly complex, labour intensive engineering or manufacturing environments.
• You will be excited to lead and implement change using cross-functional teamwork
• Experience with CAD packages (Solid Edge / Teamcenter / AutoCAD LT) & engineering drawings would be advantageous
• You will have effective communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to lead both direct and in-direct teams as well as taking a hands-on approach to all areas of accountability. Furthermore, you will have the ability to influence and modify behaviours, using a collaborative problem-solving approach.
• You will be self-motivated, with excellent time management skills and the ability to prioritise and re-prioritise in line with changing business needs.
• Finally, you will be highly IT literate, being a competent user of Microsoft Office Excel, PowerPoint & Word, as well as Business Intelligence / Quality Management Systems / MRP/ERP systems

Next steps:

If this sounds like you, and you’re interested in coming ‘aboard,’ then we would love to hear from you. Alongside uploading your CV, please share a short covering letter detailing why you’re interested and why we should hire you!

*Recommend a Friend is applicable for this role.

If you are an internal applicant, you have a responsibility to inform your current line/department manager and local human resources representative before applying for the role.

We care deeply about being inclusive and we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Due to the volume of vacancies and applications, we would prefer that you submit your application online. If however, you require an alternative method of applying, please give us call on 44 1324 621 672 or send an email to careers@alexander-dennis.com

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