Location
Clay Cross, Derbyshire | United Kingdom
Job description
We’re the nation’s favourite heating brand, here to warm up people’s homes, lives, and futures.
First thing’s first, we’re flying the flag for a more responsible age of heating in the UK, looking after both people and the planet. The world needs more green technologies and we’re right in the thick of it, with our brand-new heat pumps and hybrid heating systems.
But it’s not all tools and tech. People are the real heart of our company. We connect with our customers to deliver genuinely helpful support, and we care about our employees and give them enriching careers. We work hard, we work together, and we work with a cause – delivering brilliant customer support and exceptional engineering.
And as an organisation of more than 1,800 employees, we also take our role in the communities we serve seriously. From giving away free heating systems for community spaces, to our charity, education, and volunteer work – we’re no strangers to rolling our sleeves up, getting stuck in, and helping out.
If that sounds like something you’d like to be a part of, we’d love to meet you.
Come and work #LikeABosch!
Job Description
Overall Purpose
- Develop the Clay Cross Manufacturing facilities, considering international standards, productivity requirements and employee skill levels.
- Develop and optimise the manufacturing processes of the Clay Cross plant utilising a Continuous Improvement strategy through BPS (Bosch Production Systems).
- Continually drive and support a Quality culture throughout the manufacturing environment and ensuring that all new products and processes are introduced, on time and in an efficient and effective manner.
- Support Lean management routines and interdepartmental activities
- Element owner for Weld & White Paint Plant.
- Local Process owner for Weld, White Paint Plant & Automation.
Additional Tasks / Responsibilities
- Ensure on time delivery of new products within the Manufacturing environment together by collaborating with Design & Development to establish robust, efficient and sustainable processes.
- Setting up new and maintaining existing processes for a reliable, capable production.
- Plan and implement industrialisation of new products and processes.
- Define process steps,
- Responsible for ensuring safe working methods and environment.
- Project planning,
- Create equipment and tooling specifications and standardize them.
- Lead cross functional team in the justification and purchasing of capital equipment, tooling and new processes using structured methodology.
- Manage design and manufacture of tooling.
- Manage commissioning and acceptance of new equipment and tooling to hand over to Production.
- Setup and maintain process documentation.
- Perform capability study for both machine/tool and processes
- Proactively support design of new parts by supplying technical expertise of tooling and machine / process capabilities.
- Conduct capability analysis for processes and maintain them such that all existing processes are capable according to Bosch standards.
- Optimise layout with reference to future state of Value Stream Design by leading cross functional workshop teams
- Lead Continuous Improvement Process via periodical shop-floor based workshops with good associate empowerment (Point CIP) for quality, cost and delivery performances:
- Reduction of internal and external failure costs by systematic use of Zero defect techniques (Jidoka, Poke Yoke, FMEA)
- Cost reduction due to process and product improvements
- Reduction in manufacturing lead time, inventory whilst increasing flexibility
- Support implementation of Continuous Improvement principles on shop floor.
- Contact person for Quality Process audits.
- TPM representative
- Support & develop Industry 4.0 growth throughout the plant
- Other duties as they arise in the efficient maintenance of the systems within the Manufacturing Engineering Department.
- Act responsibly and pro-actively to ensure Safe and Environmentally friendly processes and workspaces according to Health and Safety regulations and internal Environmental Protection policies.
- Local coordination of digital shopfloor management within an international production network.
- Local coordination of lean line design within an international production network
Qualifications
- Qualified engineer (HND or above)
- Experienced in problem solving methodology e.g. 8D, Ishikawa, 5Whys.
- Experienced in utilizing quality tools e.g. FMEA, SPC, Capability studies
- Understanding of engineering change process
- Experienced in the application of Lean manufacturing techniques e.g. Pull system, Just-in-time, waste elimination
- Engineering knowledge on manufacturing/ assembly processes such as joining techniques, stamping process, copper pipe production, machining etc.
- Project management skills – Microsoft Project knowledge is preferred.
- TTM (Time to Market/ New Product Introductions) Knowledge
- Investment/ budget planning
- Innovation, openness to new ideas
- Result oriented working style and ability to solve problems.
- Driven and works autonomously.
- Team working attitude.
- Excellent communication, influencing and coaching (mentoring) skills.
Flexibility in the sense of travelling to other Bosch sites or suppliers, as well as working hours outside of normal office hours to meet the business needs.
Additional Information
Deadline for Applications: 22 March 2024 - please note, we reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time so we encourage candidates to submit their applications as soon as possible
Expected Start Date: 20 May 2024
Working Hours : 39 hours a week; 7.00 - 4.00pm Mon – Thurs, 7.00 - 12.00 pm Friday
Working with us comes with the following benefits:
- 25 days annual leave per year plus bank holidays – additional service days accrued after 5 years
- Eligibility for our Company Performance Bonus (up to £1,500 gross per annum)
- Enhanced pension contributions
- Access to the Perkbox and My Benefits platforms giving access to discounts, group income protection and death in service benefits
- Discounts on products from across the Bosch Group
- Subsidised onsite café and canteen
- Health & wellbeing support including: over 200 trained mental health first aid champions, free of charge employee assistance programme and after 2 years’ service you gain eligibility for funding up to £150 per annum to support your personal wellbeing
- Access to Bosch Social Club membership offering you and up to 5 friends and family discounts on excursions and events
- Volunteering days
- Cycle to work scheme with discounts on push-bikes, e-bikes and accessories
- Policy to support growing families
- Access to self-service training platform containing over 200 Bosch approved programmes
- Networking opportunities across Bosch UK including a mentoring programme
- And more!
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