• This position is responsible for supporting plant leadership in achieving business and financial goals by developing and maintaining robust manufacturing processes and leading continuous improvement / cost out initiatives across the organisation. Additional responsibility includes executing the organisation’s strategic plan consistent with UK & European legislation, and local regulations, established industry standards, and customer requirements.
• With the team develop and maintain robust, cost efficient manufacturing processes and product structures consistent with lean manufacturing practices.
• Ensure root cause and failure analysis is performed as required.
• Lead cost-out events and promote culture of continuous improvement.
• Apply lean manufacturing techniques as means to eliminate waste and deliver products to customer’s expectations.
• Implement methods and practices to reduce variation.
• Develop team’s ability to understand source(s) of variation by applying Six Sigma Design and Development strategies.
• Participates in concurrent engineering efforts and critical design reviews to minimise product development costs and maximise useful life of products.
• Conducts Design For Manufacturing and Value Engineering initiatives as applicable.
• Develops work breakdown structures as a tool to develop cost estimates.
• Participate in new product development projects using ProLaunch as a tool to articulate deliverables and a vehicle to commit to schedules
• Coordinate manufacturing liaison/s for products from inception through shipment to customer.
• Develop and integrate new processes and methodologies as to provide competitive advantages for the business.
• Recommends Capital Appropriation Requests (including payback and net present value analysis) for acquisition of equipment to support emerging and existing technologies.
• Responsible for the training of associates as required, inline with APEX, OCA expectations etc.
• Communicates vision of organisation via verbal communication and actions.
• Coordinate with multiple functions to prepare consolidated plant, customer, and product status information and action plans.
• Develop, implement, and audit complex process procedures/work instructions (in-house and within the Supplier Base), when required, to alleviate production/quality problems and to achieve overall business objectives.
• Ensure robust plans are developed and monitored to ensure functional KPI’s are met
• Relevant Engineering Degree, or equivalent qualification
• Solid understanding of engineering design and product reliability concepts as to facilitate analysis of fluid dynamics, thermal dynamics, electronic circuits, etc
• Detailed knowledge of lean manufacturing techniques – i.e. value stream mapping, one piece flow, etc.
• Understanding of Six Sigma concepts and tools and where they relate to minimizing process / product variability – i.e. regression analysis, design of experiments, hypothesis testing, etc. Ensuring they are deployed appropriately
• Thorough understanding of problem solving methodologies used in determining root cause and formulating corrective action(s) - i.e. thought maps, 8D, root cause analysis, Process Failure Mode Effect Analysis, Gage R & R, control charts, Pareto charts, etc.
• Understanding of ProLaunch.
• Proficiency in various software applications – i.e. Computer Aided Design, Computer Aided Manufacturing, MS Office suite, MiniTab, etc.
• Knowledge of industry and customer specific quality processes (i.e., ISO9001, AS9100 etc).
• Knowledge of product and end user application/specifications, including product testing requirements. (design/process interface).
• Knowledge of manufacturing principles and technical specifications to support facilities competencies – i.e. metal cutting, tool design, injection moulding, welding, soldering, etc.
• Ability to lead cross-functional process improvement teams
• Understand application of SPC and gauge R&R.
• Managing a team, including coaching, mentoring & performance management
• Customer / Supplier interfacing (presentations, negotiations etc)
Eaton is an intelligent power management company dedicated to improving the quality of life and protecting the environment for people everywhere. We are guided by our commitment to do business right, to operate sustainably and to help our customers manage power ─ today and well into the future. By capitalizing on the global growth trends of electrification and digitalization, we’re accelerating the planet’s transition to renewable energy and helping to solve the world’s most urgent power management challenges.
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