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Manufacturing Project Lead

Great opportunity for an experienced Manufacturing Project Lead / Manufacturing Design Engineering Manager to work for a high-technology manufacturing company developing complex, high-value equipment. This is a rapidly growing company with a bulging order book for their World-class products so you can expect lots of fascinating projects, loads of variety and superb career progression. As the Manufacturing Project Lead, you will have a hands-on approach to manage the day to day running of the department, activities leading the manufacturing team, responsible for the overall status of projects, budgets, resource planning and scheduling, team development and training.



Manufacturing Project Lead`s Responsibilities:

* Delivering customer-configured systems with the appropriate engineering documentation, whilst meeting the cost and manufacturability targets.
* Managing the orders tailored to the customer requirements.
* During new products introduction, you will be focusing on managing of the BOM, design for manufacture, cost optimisation, outsourcing.
* Responsible for manufacturing engineering projects using own team and/or external design companies to achieve the project/design objectives.
* Supporting continuous improvement for systems and efficiency improvements, working with field service teams, managing the change note process.
* Providing full product documentation to support build and test as well as delivering internal and customer documentation.



Manufacturing Project Lead`s Requirements:



* Degree (BEng or MEng) in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Manufacturing Engineering
* Strong technical knowledge, recent and relevant experience in design for manufacture covering mechanical, electrical and control aspects.
* Strong attention to engineering detail and experience of implementing and promoting a continuous improvement.
* At least 5 years' experience as a manager or a team leader and good understanding of project management practices and processes
* Experience in high vacuum systems, pneumatics, gas systems, precision liquid handling, production automation is desirable.
* Desirable to have experience in working with budget, forecast and manage against financial measures
* PC literate with proficiency with Microsoft Office and SAP.
* Excellent problem solving, organisational, management and communications skills



Location: rural Cambridgeshire -commutable from Cambridge, Huntington, Peterborough, Bedford, Wellingborough, Newmarket, etc)



KEYWORDS: Complex instrumentation, high vacuum systems, pneumatics, gas systems, industrial automation systems, special purpose machinery.

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