Average Engineering salary in Blyth, Northumberland

The Company A market leading engineering company undergrowing a significant period of growth now require a Controls Engineer (Automated Test Equipment Engineer). The Role The Engineer will work as part of a team developing software and hardware applications that support the needs of manufacturing.These will include in-house developer solutions for automated assembly, functional test and production monitoring.The Engineer will develop expert knowledge of the company’s products and systems in order to best support these developments.To design, realise, document, and maintain robust, user friendly, software and hardware solutions that provide the required functionality and performance levels to support manufacturing processes.Liaise with project, manufacturing, test equipment, in-service personnel and other stakeholders to capture requirements.Generation of software and hardware requirements and specifications.Develop schedules and costs for test systems solutions.Design instrumentation implementations and generate LabVIEW software code in accordance with own or other engineers’ schedule requirements, utilizing standard revision control and review procedures.Propose and implement new/best practice production development techniques.Contribute to creation of future strategic targets.Assist with the training and guidance of apprentices, operators and others where appropriate.Undertake training and development activities where appropriate. The Person Bachelor's degree or relevant experience in software engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or a similar field.Previous employment within a Manufacturing environment.Experience of or exposure to automated production test equipment.Working knowledge of electronics equipment.Exposure to software engineering principles.Project management experience.Experience as Technical Lead.Lean Manufacturing techniques.LabVIEW Real-Time and LabVIEW FPGA.Pneumatic systems and integration.Awareness of Industrial PLC programming.Willingness to learn LabVIEW to interface with 3rd party hardware, integrate with existing systems, acquire, and analyse data, database interaction and user interface design.A range of automation hardware.Electronics and instrumentation.Experienced in developing test software for automatic execution.Other programming languages.SQL database implementation.LabVIEW programming to CLD level or higher. The Benefits You will be working for a well-established growing employer.An excellent salary.Hybrid working (3 days onsite 2 home)A company experiencing continued growth, expansion and investment.The company are fully compliant with the latest health and safety requirements for current safe working practices.

The Company Our client is a specialist manufacturer, a leader in their field. To help maintain this they are looking to recruit and Operations Excellence Manager. The Role Contribute to the creation and implementation of best practice operational excellence and production engineering; planning vision, strategy, policies, processes, and procedures to aid and improve operational performance.Establish both short and long term strategies and implementation plans that will allow leveraging the program and Continuous improvement culture for sustained and long term benefit. Develop and execute an overall Operations Excellence strategy, CI initiatives relating to efficiencies and quality, and innovation of customer experiences pertaining to end to end value streams.Design, prove, implement, and maintain production systems to deliver product on time, to quality requirements and to cost. Drive functional operational excellence throughout the team.Drive continuous improvement activities in quality, cycle times, process improvement, machine availability through lean techniques and value engineering to enhance the capability of existing processes and remove waste. Identify and justify capital equipment investment.Analyse and improve material usage throughout the value stream.Execute process improvement programs using concepts such as Lean and Six Sigma tools such as DMAIC, Gemba, Kaizen, A3 thinking, Control Charts, Value Stream Analysis, 5S, Error Proofing, Visual Management, etc.Ensure the delivery of the People Strategy within area of accountability.Manage and lead the team, ensuring adequate staffing levels, managing holiday allowances, recruitment, training, development, appraisal, attendance, disciplinary issues and daily supervision to maximise efficient productivity. The Person Engineering or manufacturing preferred.Previous experience in a similar role is essential.Business degree with Lean Six Sigma black belt or Master Black Belt certification-Desirable.Vast experience in Operations/Operational Excellence roles applying "lean" principles.Vast experience in a high tech/manufacturing environment.Track record of success in the rigorous planning, execution and timely delivery of enterprise level projects and programs.Proven innovation and opportunity identification translated to tangible initiatives and successful execution of projects.Demonstrated proficiency in managing portfolio of projects and in leading change through others to achieve operational excellence. The Benefits You will be working for a well-established growing employer.An excellent salary.A company experiencing continued growth, expansion and investment.The company are fully compliant with the latest health and safety requirements for current safe working practices.

Rewards and Benefits on Offer; Opportunity for permanent contracts for the right person.Free onsite parking.33-days holiday per year.Subsidised canteen.Monday - Friday. The Hours You’ll Work; Monday - Friday.Candidates must be flexible to work various shift patterns. The Pay You’ll Receive; £12.83 per hour (+ shift allowance of time and a third)£13.02 per hour - After 12 weeks - (+ shift allowance of time and a third) MTrec’s New Opportunity; MTrec are currently recruiting for a prestigious company based in the Blyth area. We are currently looking for candidates interested in working within a Production environment. The Job You’ll Do; Assembling the products together by handUsing a range of hand and air toolsFollowing and understanding engineering drawingsWorking on a production flowline and following production proceduresOperating hand scanners to locate and find goods throughout the warehouseManually stacking customer orders onto dispatch wagonsLoading packaging to and from shelves around the warehouseOrder picking customer orders and labelling them, preparing for dispatchCleaning warehouse floor and always ensuring the work area remains clean and safeStrict Adherence to health and safety regulations, always wearing the correct PPE. About You; Preferably candidates who have previous production experienceCandidates must be able to supply 5 years worth of referencesGood attitude, team player with a good level of fitnessExperience using digital hand scanners to locate ordersBasic understanding of computing