Production Engineering Manager

at  Invinity Energy Systems

Energy storage is the most exciting area in energy today. Massive amounts of energy storage are required if renewable energy is to take its rightful place on the electric grid. Invinity provides an alternative to the most common type of battery, lithium-ion because the battery technology that works so well in our pockets doesn’t work as well at the grid scale; it wears out, limits use, and even catches fire.
Manufactured as a standardized product in a factory, Invinity’s vanadium flow batteries don’t degrade, won’t catch fire, and can be operated continuously from full charge to full discharge for 25 years. Invinity has 75,000 kilowatt-hours of its modular battery systems in 82 projects across 15 countries - more than any other company in the space. We’ve deployed the largest flow battery systems in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and the UK, and are supported by the UK Infrastructure Bank, the U.S. Department of Energy, and some of the world’s leading institutional investors.
A compelling product and recent funding put Invinity in a position to grow dramatically as it addresses the global imperative for stationary energy storage. Join us as we help transform renewable energy into a stable and dependable contributor to the transition to net zero.
Invinity has operations in the UK, Canada, the U.S., Australia, and China and trades publicly in the UK on AIM and AQSE and in the U.S. on OTCQX. For more information about us visit our webpage.
Job Overview:
This role will lead our new Production Engineer team, who will be dedicated to support our sites meet our planned growth. This team will work closely with our Manufacturing Managers, ensuring all metrics are achieved, supporting issue resolution quickly and continuous process improvement.
This team will also be responsible for the design of new production processes and automation projects, delivering robust analysis and benefit, before rolling out to other sites. Working very closely with the Manufacturing NPI team, they will also ensure new products are implemented to plan and standardise on all sites

REQUIREMENTS

• Must be a hands-on engineer, willing to work with their team in the production environment
• Strong technical engineering expertise gained within a manufacturing environment; key experience required in manufacturing engineering, process improvement, new equipment/systems implementation e.g. automation projects
• Experience in leading an engineering team, displaying strong and positive leadership skills
• Experience in implementing Continuous Improvement principles to the production process
• Ability to engage with a design team (both product and equipment) to ensure the manufacturing process is optimised and on time delivery achieved
• Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines
• Passionate about meeting both Customer and Company expectations
• IT literate
• Will hold an Engineering degree/qualification or demonstrate equivalent experience

• Lead the Production Engineering team; based across sites in Motherwell, Bathgate and Vancouver.
• Implement continuous improvement activities, develop process controls and standardise production processes across IES Manufacturing sites to meet and exceed volume expectation.
• Ability to resolve complex product and/or production issues championing close working relationships with supply chain, production, quality and product development teams to ensure required outputs are achieved
• Own manufacturing processes and equipment layout; design fixtures and tooling for assembly tasks and generate production documentation.
• Reduce variability in manufacturing by taking ownership of standard work methods and work instructions to ensure quality standards are met across all sites.
• Lead the design and implementation of automation projects in all Invinity Energy sites.
• Continually establish appropriate KPIs to monitor processes and production data.
• Participate/Lead PFMEAs activities to identify process opportunities, driving through improvements to mitigate.
• Take the lead on culture of Continuous Improvement methodologies within our production sites. (LEAN & Six Sigma).
• Represent the Manufacturing Team in any quality process, working closely with the relevant departments across the business.
• Undertake special projects as required