• Contribute to the creation and implementation of best practice production engineering; planning vision, strategy, policies, processes and procedures to aid and improve operational performance
• Design, prove, implement and maintain production systems to deliver product on time, to quality requirements and to cost
• Drive functional excellence of the production engineering team
• Drive continuous improvement activities in quality, cycle times, process improvement, machine availability through lean techniques and value engineering to enhance the capability of existing processes and remove waste
• Drive validation plans to ensure robust and comprehensive technical solutions
• Provide technical inputs to bids for new business and facilitate successful outcomes
• Develop and maintain project plans and budget profiles to ensure delivery of milestones to agreed cost targets and timescales
• Identify and justify capital equipment investment
• Analyze and improve material usage
• Analyze downtime, identify trends and develop solutions
• Ensure accuracy of Production Engineering procedures and documentation
• Attend various meetings and action/communicate instructions
• Produce written reports and make presentations
• Undertake continuous training and development
• Perform root cause analysis and resolve problems
• Identify Business improvement opportunities within the organization
• Identify and deploy the technical skill sets, resource levels and systems to deliver projects, including 

 the engagement of external resources as required

• Develop, implement and manage key performance indicators (KPI) for each area of responsibility
• Ensure KPIs are met by working to the overall plan
• Conduct risk assessments of processes and tasks in the department
• Conduct risk assessments of processes and tasks in the department