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Job Title: Production Engineer

Salary: £40,000 - £45,000 + paid overtime

Location: Sunderland

Benefits:

* Annual holiday entitlement of 26 days and 8 Bank Holiday (company shut down in summer and Christmas)

* Training and development opportunities

* Car lease scheme

* Pension (GPP) 4.5% employee and 4.5% employer

* Life Assurance 4x pensionable pay (after 1 years service for GPP members)

* Private healthcare

* Company sick pay

* Enhanced paternity and maternity leave

* Profit share

* On- site canteen

The Company:

A fantastic position has arisen with an award-winning, global automotive manufacturing company who are going from strength to strength. The company are long standing and a very stable company where you are able to ensure a long-standing career. They have excellent employee incentives in place as well as over time and opportunities for growth.

As a Production Engineer you will be responsible for all new model introductions, automation projects, current equipment modifications, technical improvements and assisting the production and maintenance departments in complicated breakdowns.

Skills & Experience of a Production Engineer:

* Level 4 in electrical engineering or with an electrical bias.

* 5+ year’s experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment, ideally Automotive.

* Extensive experience of Robotics (Fanuc) and PLC programming (Omron) or similar.

* Knowledge of the APQP quality process.

* Good knowledge of resistance welding processes would be beneficial.

Job Description of a Production Engineer:

* Provide immediate technical support for the maintenance and production departments.

* Proactively work to reduce machine downtime and improve machine efficiency.

* Assist with modifications to current equipment to achieve company OEE targets and KPI’s.

* Research new technology, designing and implementing cost-effective equipment modifications to help improve safety, reliability and machine automation.

* Work extensively on new model introductions including equipment specification, process design and new model equipment installations.

* Extensive PLC and robot software programming when required for machine modification and improvement.

* Planning and executing capital projects, providing the required technical and installation support to deliver those projects on time and on budget.

* Managing onsite contractors safely and effectively