Advanced Manufacturing Engineer

at  Mettler Toledo

About Mettler Toledo
METTLER TOLEDO is a leading global supplier of precision instruments and services. We are recognized as an innovation leader and our solutions are critical in key R&D, quality control, and manufacturing processes for customers in a wide range of industries including life sciences, food, and chemicals. We operate throughout the world with a culture shaped by innovation and international flair.
Our Opening and Your Responsibilities
We are currently recruiting for an Advanced Manufacturing Engineer to join us at Mettler-Toledo Safeline Metal Detection Unit (SLUK) in Salford.
The role reports into the Advanced Manufacturing Engineer Manager and will drive transformational manufacturing change so that SLUK will become the most productive, modern, and admired Producing Organisation (PO) in the PI (Product Inspection) Division. The Advanced Manufacturing Engineer will support the transformation of all POs towards a single manufacturing ecosystem with highest level of automation, productivity and efficiency.

Key responsibilities include:

• Work in close collaboration with Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Manager and build the ‘automation’ strategy and help co-ordinate SLUK ‘Operations’ transformation journey (Kaikaku methodology) moving from largely manual to automated site. Become a recognized face and respected voice of automation within metal detection business.
• Work within a small Advanced Manufacturing Engineering team with prime focus on manufacturing transformation, via greater investment in automation delivering significant improvements in productivity and efficiency.
• Support strategic manufacturing projects to deliver ‘local to local’ global manufacturing supply chain.
• Establish best practice (internal and external) and formulate strategies, business justification and plans to support transformation of all POs towards a single manufacturing ecosystem with highest level of automation, productivity and efficiency.
• Maintain effective collaboration with operational support teams, providing support as required.
• Support all new and strategic manufacturing engineering activities e.g. NPDI. Drive the creation and implementation of best practice manufacturing engineering; planning vision, strategy, policies, processes and procedures to aid and improve operational performance.
• Devise, develop, document, and promote business case and justification for transformational investment projects with widest consideration to deliver compelling ROI. Do not just focus on immediate SLUK benefit, duly consider internal and external to MT.
• Support transformation of all POs towards a single manufacturing ecosystem with highest level of automation, productivity and efficiency.
• Devise, manage and execute transformation projects in accordance with SternDrive / PMO processes to significantly: - Improve productivity and reduce lead time. - Reduce costs and improving overall profitability.
• Build internal and external ‘automation’ networks and partnerships. Deliver knowledge, training, and experience to own and other departments / individuals to improve business wide automation and digitalization bench strength, supporting ‘war for talent’ (attract and retain).
• Comply with the Health, Safety and Environmental policies and procedures.
• Undertake any other reasonable projects and tasks associated with overall business objectives, when requested.
• Global travel will be required in this role, sometimes at short notice but unlikely to be regular / intense.

What You Need to Succeed

• Degree qualified in a manufacturing engineering / technical background, ideally with degree of specialism in automation and more specifically production test systems.
• Demonstratable experience in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (or equivalent), ideally across a range of industries, products and manufacturing processes.
• Experience having developed and deployed a wide range of manufacturing tools and methodologies (including CI and quality) with tangible impactful results on manufacturing transformation and NPDI.
• Experience of Manufacturing transformation via the introduction of ‘automation’ and step improvements in new product manufacture via DfX are essential.
• Able to demonstrate experience of working within a challenging manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated experience in building and cultivating effective partnerships with a broad range of stakeholders from idea to delivery and future longevity but with maximum emphasis on execution
• LEAN / Agile / Six Sigma (ideally green belt and above).
• Latest manufacturing, inspection and test technologies and pathways to integrate such machinery (automation, additive manufacturing etc) with digital technologies (AI, IoT, AR, etc). Knowledge gained from first-hand application experience and / or research across E2E operations (Inventory, Material Handling, Manufacture, Assembly, Inspection & Test)
• Understanding of the differentiation between Kaizen and Kaikaku from having led impactful transformational projects.
• Project management disciplines and process improvement methodologies.
• In addition to traditional IT skills candidate is expected to have practitioner knowledge of factory management system, data management and integration, encompassing automation protocols, communications, software, sensing and networking.

Our Offer to You

• Competitive Salary
• Employee bonus
• Flexible/ hybrid working
• 26 days holiday + 8 bank holidays
• Pension scheme
• Life Assurance
• Work for the market leader in Metal Detection.

Equal Opportunity Employment
We promote equal opportunity worldwide and value diversity in our global workforce, which reflects the diversity in the many countries in which we operate internationally. Our commitment to Equal Opportunity and Diversity begins with our recruitment and selection process. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable adjustments to participate in the job application or interview process. If you consider yourself to have a disability or learning difficulty which means you are unable to complete the application process online, please get in touch by email to ukrecruitment@mt.com so that we can make alternative arrangements for you. For more information on our commitment to Sustainability, Diversity and Equal Opportunity please visit us here.

• Work in close collaboration with Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Manager and build the ‘automation’ strategy and help co-ordinate SLUK ‘Operations’ transformation journey (Kaikaku methodology) moving from largely manual to automated site. Become a recognized face and respected voice of automation within metal detection business.
• Work within a small Advanced Manufacturing Engineering team with prime focus on manufacturing transformation, via greater investment in automation delivering significant improvements in productivity and efficiency.
• Support strategic manufacturing projects to deliver ‘local to local’ global manufacturing supply chain.
• Establish best practice (internal and external) and formulate strategies, business justification and plans to support transformation of all POs towards a single manufacturing ecosystem with highest level of automation, productivity and efficiency.
• Maintain effective collaboration with operational support teams, providing support as required.
• Support all new and strategic manufacturing engineering activities e.g. NPDI. Drive the creation and implementation of best practice manufacturing engineering; planning vision, strategy, policies, processes and procedures to aid and improve operational performance.
• Devise, develop, document, and promote business case and justification for transformational investment projects with widest consideration to deliver compelling ROI. Do not just focus on immediate SLUK benefit, duly consider internal and external to MT.
• Support transformation of all POs towards a single manufacturing ecosystem with highest level of automation, productivity and efficiency.
• Devise, manage and execute transformation projects in accordance with SternDrive / PMO processes to significantly: - Improve productivity and reduce lead time. - Reduce costs and improving overall profitability.
• Build internal and external ‘automation’ networks and partnerships. Deliver knowledge, training, and experience to own and other departments / individuals to improve business wide automation and digitalization bench strength, supporting ‘war for talent’ (attract and retain).
• Comply with the Health, Safety and Environmental policies and procedures.
• Undertake any other reasonable projects and tasks associated with overall business objectives, when requested.
• Global travel will be required in this role, sometimes at short notice but unlikely to be regular / intense