Production Engineer

Role Overview & Responsibilities

Allied Vehicles is the UK market leader in the manufacture and supply of wheelchair accessible transport solutions. Allied also operates Scotland’s largest independent Bodyshop and offers a range of garage services to insurance, commercial and private customers alike. The company has a nationwide reputation for ensuring quality, value and customer satisfaction and key to this success is its dedicated and committed workforce.

An exciting opportunity has become available for a Production Engineer to join our Pre-Production department. You will be responsible for providing engineering support for all department activities, whilst implementing continuous improvement in line with department targets.

Main duties of the role are:

· Provide engineering and technical support for the in-house manufacture of components and assemblies

· Be the main contact/interface between Design and Pre-Production to ensure that all new parts/assemblies are designed to be manufactured within our current capabilities

· Develop and implement Pre-Production continuous improvement plans in line with industry best practice

· Create manufacturing routes and raw material requirements for all parts produced in house

· Ownership of SOP’s, tools, fixtures, and machinery including lasers, press brakes, welding plants, router etc

· Provide hands on training for all existing and new staff on basic processes/tasks and where necessary arrange third party support to deliver training

To be effective in this role, you will have manufacturing knowledge which is aligned to key principles of production engineering and root cause corrective action. You will be a self-starter that has the ability to work across all levels and functions within the business. You will have proven experience in delivering continuous improvement within a manufacturing environment, covering production cost and delivery.

Hours of work are Monday – Wednesday 7am – 6pm and Thursday 7am – 5.30pm and the salary is £37–40k PA DOE.

This position offers a superb opportunity to join a progressive and committed company. In return, we offer:

· 27 days including bank holidays

· Aftersales discounts for you, your friends and your family

· Group life scheme and group pension scheme

· Staff car lease scheme

· Annual profit share scheme

· Industry leading benefits portal

· Free staff car park

· Frequent learning and development opportunities

· Annual salary reviews

If you meet our criteria and would like to be part of a friendly and pleasant working environment in the North of Glasgow, a career with the Allied Vehicles Group is the perfect way to fuel that ambition. Please forward your CV stating why you would be suited to the role via the APPLY NOW button.

We are an Equal Opportunities employer and encourage applications from all members of the community. We are committed to the Disability Confident Initiative and offer a guaranteed interview to any applicant who considers themselves to be disabled and who meets the requirements for the post.

Please note: due to a high volume of applications we receive, we are not able to respond to every applicant individually, therefore only successful candidates will be contacted.

***NO AGENCIES PLEASE***

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £37,000.00-£40,000.00 per year

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus scheme

Work Location: One location