Layout Engineer

Liverpool - Automtove

£45,000

A global supplier of exterior products and systems operating as a Tier 1 Automotive manufacturer/supplier is currently looking to appoint an Layout Engineer. Reporting into the Engineering Manager, the position carries the following responsibilities

Main duties & responsibilites:

• Ensure the existing and future layout and material flow of the division reflects operational excellence principles and best practices
• Ensure all safety procedures, methods, equipment and practices are adhered to

• Provide manufacturing with layout proposals to implement new products and processes into production.
• Improve manufacturing efficiency by analyzing and planning work flow, space requirements, and equipment layout.
• Investigate new manufacturing processes and equipment and prepare capital requests with justification
• Identify and implement cost reduction projects through layout and material flow improvement.
• Keep documentation up to date on the existing layout and document the layout development for future layouts.
• Ensure the layout development process is in line with company principles and best practices.
• Take part or facilitate the Lean Workshops and methodologies and / or Six Sigma activities.
• Support, cost estimate and document all engineering changes.
• Any additional responsibility deemed necessary by management.

Employment Prerequistes:

• Knowledge of standard lean manufacturing tools
• Expereince of VSM

• Experience with automotive logistics and JIS processes
• Understand the Kaizen mythology to execute CI projects

At Morgan Ryder we can provide you with a full range of employment opportunities from short term and fixed term temporary vacancies to permanent positions.

We recruit for companies that operate in the following industries: Food and Drink Manufacturers, FMCG, Packaging, Engineering, Automotive, Aerospace, Warehousing, Logistics, Waste Management, Petro Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Power & Renewable Energy.