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Please – no agency approaches at this time

Scope: Responsible for the quality, price, and delivery of purchased goods against planned deliveries ensuring all requirements are achieved, to meet both business and customer expectations.

Principal Duties:

• Proactive approach to delivering associated strategy development, supplier management, process control and day to day stakeholder management under collaborative programme delivery.
• Responsible for commodity strategy development
• Works closely with all operational teams; production, quality, design, supply chain to ensure continuity of supply
• Manage effective supplier relationships for assigned commodities including Business Reviews / Supplier Visits
• Expediting Documentation/Deliveries.
• Raising Request for Quotation’s from Project Requirement Planning and generate Purchase Order with most competitive suppliers to satisfy business expectations.
• Follow NCN Process.

Skills and Experience:

• Demonstrable experience of procurement in engineering manufacturing
• Ability to foster excellent relationships with suppliers
• A thorough understanding of ERP/MRP, purchasing tools and techniques; Negotiation skills
• Displaying a sense of urgency; Planning, prioritising and organisational skills
• Excellent teamwork and interpersonal skills
• Attention to detail
• IT Literate, including Windows, Office, etc.

Qualifications:

• CIPS (Chartered Institute of Purchasing) Qualification.

Please – no agency approaches at this time

Scope:
Responsible for managing both the Machine Shop and Assembly Shop in the planning and designing of production methods to enhance and improve existing programs utilising up to date manufacturing methods and striving for cost reduction.

Principal Duties:

• Design for manufacture – close liaison with Engineering to review the design for manufacture, drawing requirements and tooling requirements to meet demand and remove error
• Machine shop – review current methods of machining with a view to reducing set ups/ set-up times where possible and increase run times.
• Assess the current machine tools in use and identify gaps in future technology
• Involvement in the use of IT programs to transfer engineered drawings direct to the machines to help eliminate the need to re draw e.g. CAD/CAM
• Assembly shop – review current build techniques and allocated times to speed up throughput, review the shop layout to eliminate waste.
• Health and Safety – Adhering to the Health and Safety policy at all time

Other Duties:
• Assessment and re organisation of the shop floor to ensure a smooth flow of work and minimal waste
• Review current machine tooling/fixtures to speed up manufacture
• Review none conformance notes raised in the production areas and identify ways to eliminate re occurrence
• Explore future manufacturing techniques which would benefit the company going forward
• Involvement in make/buy decision making

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Minimum HNC in Engineering/Production Engineering or equivalent experience
• Strong Influencing skills
• Project Management skills
• Experience of CI activities
• Use of common methodology such as Takt Time, SMED, Kaizen etc.
• Experience of machining castings
• Knowledge of a wide range of machine tools and their capabilities.
• Experience with CAD/CAM software- Eg EdgeCAM, InventorCAM etc.
• Proficiency in MS Office.
• Proven experience in the engineering field.
• Superb analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills.
• Superb written and verbal communication skills.
• Great attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Knowledge of 3D printing processes (Additive Layer Manufacturing) and the technology on offer advantageous.

Scope: The role will require the completion of principle duties as part of the wider engineering team. The role is principally to support the business in terms of development and management of our sizing and selection systems, supporting both internal sales, aftermarket and customers with technical issues as well liaising with the development department on new designs and processes.

Principal Duties:

• To give technical assistance to internal and external customers.
• Valve sizing selection and application support to internal and external customers.
• Attending customer meetings and conference calls to finalise design specifications, order reviews and progress meetings
• Review of customer specifications and sizing data to verify product and component designs are fit for purpose
• Production of calculations and reports to support the design of the product
• Presenting design solutions to customers as part of the applications team
• Development of new sizing and selection processes
• Management of rules of construction and selection as well as of Sizing Databases
• Creation of AJL’s and risk registers for new quotes, detailing and monitoring risk for new applications and designs to suit them
• Liaison with colleagues to ensure that designs, materials and manufacturing processes progress efficiently

Other Duties:

• Checking colleague’s work and methods
• Production of bills of material & classification of parts
• Designing and detailing choke/ control valves as part of a technical solution
• Leading engineering kick off activities on new orders
• Attending design reviews and product development review meetings

General Skills and Experience:

• User of CAD 2D and 3D (AutoCAD & Inventor preferable)
• Competent in use of Windows MS Office, PLM & LN.
• Working experience in an engineering office environment
• Accomplished communicator written and verbal.
• 5+ years’ experience of appropriate engineering discipline in valves preferred
• Understanding of manufacturing and assembly practices for pressure related equipment
• Previous working experience of Control / Choke design preferred
• Awareness of competitor products.
• Awareness of company procedures.
• Can take the lead on problem solving activities
• Detailed knowledge of valve standards B16.34, ASME VIII etc
• Awareness and drive to meet company timescales

Qualifications:

• HNC (or HND) in Engineering as part of apprenticeship
• Or Bachelor’s degree (or similar) in engineering discipline

Scope: To conduct pressure testing of valves, to also assist the R & D Design/ Test Engineers during their R&D activities in the Research & Development department, and general housekeeping duties of test facility.

This test facility involves handling high pressures gases, cold and hot temperatures so requires good understanding to HSE hazards and adherence to established safe working practices with a high level of professionalism.

Training will be given on the job covering all aspect of valve testing and the HSE policies of the company.

Principal Duties:

• With training and support, initially assisting in the day to day gas testing of production valves, after a suitable training period you will be able to conduct gas tests without supervision.

• Maintaining an electronic log of the gas testing as it is completed, producing gas test data and certificates as and when required.

• Cooperate with Third party witnessing inspectors in a professional manner.
• Assisting R & D Engineers prepare for qualification testing e.g. PR2 Testing
• Assisting R & D Engineers prepare for Environmental testing of valves
• Assisting R & D Engineers prepare for Prototype valve testing.
• Assisting R & D Engineers prepare for R & D Project tests.

Other Duties:

• Keeping the R & D Test and Flow Test areas, safe, clean and tidy.
• General housekeeping of the R & D test facility.
• Assisting the Special Test Department with general labouring tasks.
• Maintaining a safe working ethic and environment.

• Maintaining Spillage kits and eye protection cleaning products in Special test area.

Skills and Experience:

• A good listener and learner.
• The ability to deal with all levels of staff.
• The ability to take instruction and execute in a timely fashion.
• Have good time management abilities.
• The ability to work on your own initiative and unsupervised at times.
• Have good understanding and ability for computer-based activities, demonstrate a good level competence of Microsoft Office Suite (Word/excel).
• Professional manner and behaviour.

Qualifications:

A* – C GCSE, or BTEC equivalents, in Maths, English literature, English language and IT is essential.