We have an exciting opportunity for a Project Manager with a strong background within the injection molding industry to join our team in Huddersfield, UK.
Your focus will be to lead quotations and technical reviews for new business/transfer and managing programs from concept through to production.
Location: Huddersfield, UK. Office based.
Hours of work: 37.5 per week Monday to Friday.
Essential Duties:
- Costings generation and tooling package quotation for quotation.
- Liaison with customers and suppliers on both technical and project management items - (NPI Process).
- Part feasibility review and DFM.
- Responsible for tooling development and process sign-off for new tools.
- Liaise with the relevant Production, Manufacturing and Design departments.
- Manage the launch of production of new tools and processes.
- Part modifications (Engineering Change Control).
- Ensuring the effective introduction of new processes ensuring all Health & Safety / Environmental issues have been considered.
- Retains the responsibility of the new process or equipment until the validation of the standard process and trouble-free production for 3 months, subject to sign off and review.
- ERP system
- BOM creation and review.
- Producing regular action plans to communicate current and future job tasks.
- Will close and conclude projects that have been implemented formalising ‘Lessons learnt’.
- To support internal process improvement initiatives.
Experience:
- Extensive manufacturing experience working within the injection molding industry.
- Proven track record managing technical projects in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
- Toolmaking and design knowledge.
- Experience in a supervisory role within a manufacturing
- An in-depth knowledge of component manufacturing and process.
- Understanding of plastic injection processing and a hands-on approach.
- Knowledge of automation and sub-assembly processes.
Skills/Aptitudes:
- Customer Interface with different departments
- Process Development
- Tooling Knowledge
- Quality / APQP / PPAP
- Continuous Improvements - Cycle time / Plant Process Parameters
- Moldflow Analysis (Autodesk Moldflow software)
- FE analysis (Siemens NX software)
- 3D CAD review and model creation (Siemens NX software)
- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Outlook software).
You must have Right to Work in the UK.