Graduate Manufacturing Engineer Graduate Engineer

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McLaren Automotive exists to create breath-taking performance road cars.It takes a community to do what we do. McLaren Automotive commits to equal opportunity for all. Diversity, Equality and Inclusion is at the heart of our impact, it drives our innovation and enables us to truly create something special. You will be responsible for supporting and developing a team of engineers, continuously improving and developing the manufacturing processes that our production team members use to build our cars. You will be responsible for accepting new model build processes from our Future Manufacturing Engineering teams and developing them within Series production. This includes continuous process improvement, quality lead investigations and industrial engineering tools and techniques.As one of our Senior Manufacturing Engineers you will lead the development and execution of all Manufacturing Engineering practices driving improvement in Project Management, Safety, Quality, Cost Management, People Development, and Product Delivery.Lead the manufacturing team in identifying and capturing the vehicle characteristics and translating these to define the parameters of the manufacturing processes.Generate new processes and procedures to enable end users to manufacture in accordance to design intent in a safe and controlled manner.Assist the Manufacturing Engineering Manager in scoping, specifying, and delivering best operational practices in alignment with brand expectations; Lead virtual manufacturing and process simulations to validate design and process concepts.Liaising with the Health and Safety department to ensure all processes and materials are suitable for the manufacturing environment.Lead the investigation to resolve Manufacturing Engineering related issues experienced in production, providing timely containments to ensure that product quality is not compromised and ensuring that operators are familiar with the process changes.Collaborate with engineering teams in leading the design of layout, modelling/simulation, and material flow integration to ensure data aligns with the overall plan and vision for the factory.Identify, quantify, compare, and execute production process improvements to drive safety and ergonomics, quality (first pass yield), availability (uptime), performance (cycle time variability), capital utilisation, and demand attainment.Headcount monitoring and liaison with production management.Ownership of the Hours Per Car (HPC) data for series production ensuring plant efficiency and output targets can be achieved.Manage and communicate improvement opportunities and implementation plans to all relevant levels and functions in the factory. Band: Choose an item. cars.mclaren.Responsible for series engineering change introduction and workload delegation.Training of existing and new team members on the developed procedures.A degree in mechanical / automotive engineering or similar (2:1 or above) or equivalent experience in a similar role.Vehicle assembly processesSpecification and procurement of assembly equipmentIdentifying resolutions for product related issues, ensuring all quality targets are achievedImplementation of safe working practicesAs one of our Senior Engineers you will naturally have an understanding and appreciation for niche vehicle production and brand requirements and will lead by example, working within your own functional area as well as cross functionally inside and outside of Manufacturing Engineering department.You will have the determination to drive forward the business to ‘Best in Class’ performance standards in line with brand expectations and be a lateral thinker able to think outside of the box to make structured and objective decisionsYou will lead your team’s career development and training objectives using our departmental skills matrix and company’s learning and development training opportunities, and ensure that skill gaps within the department are recognised and addressed.#