Manufacturing Engineer

At Terex, we fully embrace the increasingly diverse world around us and strive to create an empowering and welcoming workplace culture. We are a $4.0 billion publicly traded global manufacturer of materials processing and aerial work platform products and services. We are passionate about producing equipment that helps improve the lives of people around the world and providing our team members with a rewarding career and the opportunity to make an impact. While our operations are global, each office or factory is a close-knit community. We value diversity, equity and inclusion, safety, integrity, respect, servant leadership, courage, citizenship, and continuous improvement. It’s an exciting time to be part of the expanding manufacturing sector – come join us!

To support manufacturing operations by resolving build quality problems, improving tools and processes and ensuring the smooth introduction of project related product changes and new features. To investigate, plan and implement new engineering processes/methods/tooling facilities in conjunction with manufacturing departments.

Being actively involved in the continuous process improvement within assembly/manufacturing you will be a key figure in your ability to: • Identify and action waste elimination through response to Takt time variation. • Define and implement build processes with consideration to appropriate Health & Safety and Quality standards. • Ensure the support process documentation with particular attention to visual management techniques. • Using a “hands on” approach you will proactively utilise both lean principles and problem solving tools and techniques within the workplace to respond to “Takt time variation” and build quality issues Investigate and resolve manufacturing related problems, Cost of Quality concerns and issues raised by teams on Problem and Countermeasure boards, leading problem solving teams where appropriate Be responsible for signing product change notifications ensuring that: • A thorough feasibility analysis has been conducted • Understand any implications regarding process/man assignment changes • Highlighting tooling requirements • Fully understanding all Health and Safety implications for any proposed change • Fully understand any production related cost. Management of BOMs and material movement through plan for every part. Develop ergonomic processes designed around Lean Manufacturing principles including Yamazumi and 5S. Work with colleagues in all cross-functional projects to ensure smooth transition across the manufacturing facility. One Manufacturing Engineer will be nominated as the department’s representative on major projects, and will be responsible for ensuring that all relevant information is transferred to the project team and back to the department. Although the engineer will have an area of specialism within the Terex product range, this does not exclude them from taking ownership of issues or projects in other areas if departmental workload so dictates. The successful candidate should ideally have: • HND or equivalent (Essential). • Manufacturing Engineering degree or equivalent (Desirable). • Proven experience in a manufacturing engineering role. • Industrial engineering techniques • Project management skills • Lean methodology • Leadership qualities Knowledge, Skills and Abilities • Knowledge and use of quality analysis and problem-solving techniques • Ability to read engineering drawings • Understanding of Jig & Tool design • Excellent communication skills • Report writing • Able to work under pressure • Good analytical skills • Organised • Team player with good interpersonal skills • Self-motivated and results orientated • Enthusiastic & energetic attitude • Creative flair for ideas This above description is non-exhaustive and there may be additional duties in accordance with the role.