Role: Production Engineering Team Leader
Location: Kidderminster
Salary: c. £32,000 - £38,000
keywords: Production, Production Engineering, Production Engineering Team Leader, Defence, Aerospace, Motors

Our client are a company that designs, develops and manufactures solid propellant rocket motors for use in tactical missiles. Due to company growth they are looking to recruit a Production Engineering Team Leader to join their Production Engineering team.

Role: Production Engineering Team Leader
As Production Engineering Team Leader you will be responsible for:

+ Adapting existing production processes to new rocket motors
+ Developing and commissioning new production processes
+ Pilot manufacture of prototypes and initial production batches
+ Creating and maintaining process documentation, e.g. manufacturing methods
+ Monitoring process cost, wastage and capability
+ Identifying and implementing process improvements, e.g. cost savings
+ Investigating and resolving production problems
+ Designing and commissioning tooling and equipment
+ Generating capital expenditure cases for new equipment
+ Managing the production engineering team, e.g. staff development
+ Implementing standard production engineering processes
+ Driving forward the modernisation of our production processes

Experience:
As Production Engineering Team Leader you will have experience of:

+ HND/HNC/Degree qualified or Equivalent in a relevant engineering discipline
+ Production process control and improvement techniques, e.g. SPC
+ Production planning techniques, e.g. MRP II
+ Engineering drawings, e.g. tolerancing
+ Safety management, e.g. COSHH, MHDS
+ Project management and leadership
+ Team supervision and/or management
+ Production processes for forming, machining and treatment of metallic components
+ Production processes for Moulding, extrusion and spraying of polymeric components
+ Production processes for Joining and especially adhesive bonding
+ Production processes for Assembly and inspection

Keywords:
Production, Production Engineering, Production Engineering Team Leader, Defence, Aerospace, Motors