Job Description
Process Engineer
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Office Based - Southampton
£45,000 p/a (negotiable depending on experience, plus excellent benefits)
About Us
Here at Garmin, we love what we do - fuelling people's passions for fitness monitoring, sports timing, mapping and management, driving and/or sailing while using GPS to navigate the world. Our people truly enjoy bringing our products to the world and everyone one of us feels part of a global success story which has grown tremendously over the past few years.
The Role;
The overall goal of this role is to optimize / enable efficiencies relating to physical processes in Operations across EMEA. Review and analyse Operations physical processes within EMEA, capture process flows and identify inefficiencies. Provide technical leadership and project planning for continuous improvement projects within Operations. Design processes, tools or systems that reflect knowledge of lean principles. Key technical contributor in major process development projects or significant new applications of known processes or system technologies. Determines and organizes long range program/project objectives, develops new designs, inventions or techniques for diverse Operations activities and serves as the system, process and equipment expert for physical processes and activities across EMEA.
Key Duties & Responsibilities;
- Review and analyse processes, capture as-is process flows and highlight inefficiencies
- Sets up and captures time study elements
- Performs statistical analysis and cost estimates
- Provides analysis and input on physical layout design of workspaces for maximum flexibility and productivity, ensuring demand requirements are met
- Analyse, design and implement ergonomics within Operations to enhance productivity, reduce fatigue and ensure a safe work environment
- Mock-up and test new processes and/or equipment including development of designed experiments for process and quality improvements
- Applies statistical methods to estimate future department needs and analyse product/process performance
- Identifies and resolves defects using proper engineering tools and techniques
- Estimate level of effort for a task and applies a sense of urgency, commitment and focus on the right priorities in developing solutions in a timely fashion.
- Analyses data to determine quality trends, finds technical root causes and implement corrective actions for given problems
- Communicates status of work clearly to key stakeholders
- Thoroughly documents work in an organized manner
- Works collaboratively and professionally in a team environment and shares information and ideas freely with other Garmin associates to achieve goals
- Independently determines general approach and specific solutions to technical problems; works proactive and effectively with minimal supervision
- Demonstrates good judgment in setting schedules/risk taking
- Offers many suggestions to improves processes and authors new procedures as appropriate
- Provides reliable solutions to a wide range of difficult problems using sound problem solving techniques
- Accepts and acts on constructive criticism
- Understands Garmin’s Mission Statement & Quality Policy
Education & Experience;
- Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, Process Engineering, or another related engineering discipline from a college or university, OR an equivalent combination of education and experience
- Extensive experience of Garmin’s and / or a similar Distribution Supply Chain landscape.
- Demonstrated strong and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Demonstrated capability for applying industry standards and procedures to develop, implement, and document operational processes.
- Ability to learn how to use and apply engineering tools
- Must demonstrate the capability to perform basic troubleshooting & debugging
- Demonstrates understanding of lean tools and methods
- Ability to positively engage, listen, and motivate.
- A team player; committed, persuasive, enthusiastic and resilient.
What we can offer you;
- Private Healthcare
- Life Insurance
- Enhanced Pension
- Enhanced Maternity/Paternity
- Enhanced Holidays (including birthday and work anniversary)
- Employee Assistance Program
- Discounted Products