Vacancy for a Manufacturing Engineer

Donite Plastics designs and manufactures custom made plastic parts mainly by thermoforming and CNC trimming.

Location: Saintfield, Northern Ireland

Deadline: Monday 16th September, 2019

Donite Plastics designs and manufactures custom‑made plastic parts – mainly by thermoforming and CNC trimming. As a result of moving to new premises and purchasing several large new machines, they have experienced exponential growth and need an experienced and highly motivated Manufacturing Engineer.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and plan for introduction of new customer products and improvements to existing client product
• Support engineering and production teams on manufacturing queries
• Maintain and document design process in line with company standards
• Give input into the development of new procedures to cope with the rapidly increasing customer demand
• Introduction of new processes and technology
• Creation of technical drawings
• Creation of BOMS and work instructions to ensure work is carried out in a timely fashion
• Liaise with customers re specification et al
• Maintain part revisions

Essential Criteria

• Hold a degree (or near equivalent) in a relevant subject
• Minimum two years’ experience in a similar role
• Experience with CAD (preferably Solid Works)
• Flexible to work outside core business hours as business demands
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Able to demonstrate technical, IT and numerical skills
• Organisation and efficiency, a must

Desirable Criteria

• Experience in tool design and assembly
• Experience liaising with customers
• Experience in CAM programming (Hypermill or other)
• Familiarity with Lean manufacturing principles

To apply for this position, please forward your completed CV to careers@donite.com or contact us for further information.