Process Planning Engineer

Salary £42, 715 - £61, 289 Hours Full Time - 39 hours pw Location Nissan Sunderland Position Permanent Date Listed 15 July 2022 Closing 19 May 2023 Summary Join a team where others will look to you for solutions, where you will take the vision of the design team and turn it into a reality for production. Nissan has a strong culture of continuous improvement in everything we do. Working to Cost, Quality, Time, and Delivery KPIs, you will deliver the tools we need to enable the manufacturing process of our world-leading car models. You should apply if you have:

• As with all of our Engineers, you will have strong skills across data analysis, tech know-how, project management and schedule control as your base foundation, along with a relevant engineering degree or equivalent experience
• A natural innovator with a curious mind, looking to improve processes and efficiencies in all that you do and an analytical and problem-solving mindset
• Comfortable working autonomously, managing your own workload and responsible for meeting your goals and challenges
• Someone with specific experience in process planning, schedule control, cost and project management
• Comfortable using MS Office Applications and preferably AutoCAD.
• Happy to collaborate and communicate daily with peers and other departments at all levels and cross-functionally, able to present your ideas clearly and negotiate in a balanced but effective manner

Key tasks and responsibilities:

• You will work daily on a wide range of process-related projects from technical quality concerns to new product launches
• You will co-ordinate with production, suppliers, design, manufacturing, purchasing, QA, and NML support departments to work cross-functionally to deliver key engineering strategies and objectives
• You will define the manufacturing process and generate and control the necessary process documentation
• You will manage day-to-day Quality, Cost, and Time concerns to ensure rapid closure
• You will co-ordinate the introduction of key changes to the manufacturing process
• You will provide technical support for manufacturing operations
• You will apply problem-solving tools to a variety of business challenges

Benefits at a glance... Wellbeing and mental health support Company pension programme Company share scheme Onsite Medical & Physiotherapy Centre Private healthcare (Optional) Fitness centre Paid overtime and time in lieu Sports and leisure complex 26 days' annual leave plus bank holidays Travel opportunities (dependent on role)