Manufacturing Engineer
Location: Blueprint2, Walworth Business Park, Andover
Hours: Monday-Thursday 08:30-17:00, Friday 08:30-15:30
Salary: Up to £45,000 (dependent on experience & qualifications)
Reporting to: Senior Manufacturing Engineer
Contract type: Permanent

ABOUT US

At Custom Interconnect we plan to succeed and never fail! Our values dictate that we have an unrivalled passion for providing the best Electronics Manufacturing Support on offer, with an honest and open attitude to business.
Our vision is to be customers’ first choice for the manufacture of mission critical, high technology electronics, adding value globally, and we are dedicated to delivering innovation and service excellence by investing in; design, build and fulfilment of our Customers Products.
Formed in 1987, as a company CIL have grown steadily to become one of the major Electronics Manufacturing Service companies available today. Located in Andover, Hampshire, our 3 manufacturing facilities comprises 80,000sq ft of modern production space to meet our customers’ needs.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

An exciting opportunity has become available for a skilled and detail-oriented Manufacturing Engineer to join our growing Microelectronics Engineering team. The ideal candidate will demonstrate a proficient background in engineering principles and practices, with a focus on optimising manufacturing processes. The role involves working in our ISO7 standard cleanroom with cross-functional teams to improve product quality, enhance production efficiency, and implement innovative solutions in a fast-paced environment.

PRIMARY ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assist senior engineers and management in the execution of tasks for various engineering projects
• Work alongside other manufacturing engineers and more junior or graduate engineers on group day-to-day tasks, medium/long-term projects, training, mentoring and development
• Develop processes and help drive continuous improvement across the department
• Utilise standard documented procedures to continuously verify and validate manufacturing processes
• Ensure equipment and process Standard Operating Procedures are documented and reviewed regularly for accuracy and compliance
• Continuously develop training needs with line manager, to further enhance skills and knowledge and engage with training plans and courses advised
• Assist Production Teams in identifying training needs for new and current operators, and deliver training on equipment and processes, to help improve performance
• Support Production Teams in Technical matters; address technical issues, re-optimisation of process and trouble-shooting
• Ensure CIL documents and process are up to date and compliant in line with our customer requirements
• Assist Quality Engineers in investigating low quality products or customer returns, whilst collating evidence and data for 8D reports, to review and evaluate process risks for PFMEAs and support with company audits
• Support Senior Engineers and management with the introduction of new products and processes; evaluate new customer documents, generate assembly instructions and/or drawings, design jigs and fixtures, devise methods to measure, collect and evaluate data associated with special and/or critical characteristics
• Ensure key equipment remains operational by working with the maintenance teams to service and repair equipment as required, assist maintenance teams in the event of equipment breakdown and preventative maintenance routines
• Assist senior engineers and management in identifying and documenting, recording, and reporting on procedures, processes and key performance indicators