Production Engineer/Programmer

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Full time
Location: Wickford
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Job offered by: NexGen Consultancy LTD
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Category:
NexGen Consultancy are currently recruiting for a Production Planning Engineer to join a well-established, successful engineering manufacturer located in Essex.

Our client is a long-established subcontract CNC machining company primarily supplying components for the Aerospace Industries, with approximately 36 machine tools of various configurations from Pallet Loaded Horizontals to 3m 5-Axis Indexers.

We are currently recruiting for a Production Planning Engineer to join their current team, to learn and develop within the company, with future incentive to become the Planning Manager.

Planning Department Responsibilities:

Providing Quotations for New Projects from “Rough Order of Magnitude” up to “Definitive Estimates” Industrialisation of New Projects. Providing input on Machine requirements and procurements. Providing Detailed methods of Manufacture: Route-cards Stage Drawings Designing bespoke Fixtures including Detailed Drawings and Bill of Materials. Designing bespoke Gauges when required. Creating off-line CNC Programs and Setting Details for Fixtures: Detailed Tool Lists Setting Instructions Creating off-line CNC Programs and Setting Details for Components: Detailed Tool Lists Setting Instructions Loading Instructions Gauging Requirements Maintaining and improving methods for existing parts. Reduction of Cycle Times. Reduction of potential manufacturing risks. Implementation of Customer Concerns. Maintaining our CNC Program Database. Integrity of Proven Programs returned from the Shop Floor. Maintaining a Database of Customers Supplied Models.

Software Proficiency:

Autodesk Inventor Series: To receive and review customers models. To Design Fixture Assemblies and Gauges. To Provide Detailed Fixture and Stage Drawings. HyperMill: For Creation of CNC Toolpaths for Fixtures and Parts. For Post Processing of CNC Output. Vericut Simulation: For Simulation and Optimisation of Post Processed Toolpaths.

Ideal Candidate Qualifications:

Extensive knowledge of Manufacturing and Machining Methods using CAD/CAM software. Experience of CNC Programming from 3-Axis to 5-Axis, using Frames and Simultaneous cycles. Experience in Verification of Post Processed CNC Output. Ability to read and understand CNC Output for a variety of Controls such as Siemens/Fanuc/Heidenhain/Mazak. Ability to Design Fixtures and Gauges in a parametric environment. Ability to provide detailed drawings and assemblies for Fixtures/Gauges/Stage Drawings.

This is a very exciting opportunity to shadow their current Planning Manager, who is retiring in 2 years, and takeover the production responsibilities.

If you feel you are the right candidate for the role, apply now.

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