Do you want to establish a career within the world’s leading battery technology company and lithium-ion battery manufacturer?
This is a unique opportunity to be involved in a growing sector, working on the North East’s highest profile manufacturing plant.
NRL are proud to be partnering with AESC to recruit a permanent Senior Manager based at their brand-new facility in Sunderland.
AESC are the world’s leading battery technology company and lithium-ion battery manufacturer, headquartered in Yokohama, Japan, and committed to research, development, design, manufacturing and sales of power batteries for EVs and energy storage batteries. AESC has over 7,000 employees and 13 manufacturing sites in Japan, U.S., U.K. and France.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of one of the North East’s highest profile manufacturing plants as we are expanding our operations at our battery manufacturing plant in Sunderland. We are looking for an experienced Facility Engineer to join the team in order to support current and future building, plus site expansion plans. This is a unique opportunity to join one of the most exciting, large scale industrial developments in many years, where new and emerging technologies will be adopted in support of the rapidly growing electric vehicle marketplace.
What AESC’s staff say:
“In my role as a Projects Engineer get to work with some of the best people in the industry across different cultures and skillsets, but with one common goal – to get the job done. You feel very valued as an employee here at AESC, and the flexibility and support I have received in my role has been second-to-none.”
Richard, PMO Manager
Working as part of the core project team, to deliver and maintain the UK’s first ‘at scale Gigafactory’. You will be responsible for process and plant equipment, whilst providing support to site functions like production, QA and maintenance.
Responsibilities
- Represent the engineering department in all facility aspects from initial project phase to mass production of the Gigafactory.
- Support the development of a manufacturing zone, working within a multi-disciplined team
- Ensure all facilities are safe and legally compliant from design to integration and implementation, attending design reviews and working with equipment suppliers.
- The successful candidates will have a broad-based experience in manufacturing and be able to demonstrate proven skills in the application of Facility engineering.
- The job will involve working as an integral part of a multi-discipline cross functional team and require skills in the following areas:
- Set & Measure facility performance which are class leading, challenging but achievable.
- Agree equipment strategies to ensure facility OEE is achieved and improved while life cycles are managed and maximized.
- Provide technical support for maintenance to ensure equipment is kept in first class condition
- Knowledge of the latest machine and equipment standards is essential
- Ability to form a refurbishment strategy
- Planning, Schedule Control & Project Management is required
- Procurement of production facilities & processes
- Must always be able to demonstrate the ability to maintain a safe working environment
Who are we looking for?
- Good inter-communication & report writing skills
- Computer literate, MS project, Excel etc.
- Able to demonstrate a positive and logical attitude
- Good negotiation skills
- Planning, Schedule Control & Project Management
- The capacity to quickly learn and absorb new technologies
Education
- Technical Degree / Certificate or equivalent
Additional:
- The ability to represent the engineering perspective within a multi-disciplined cross function team and introducing cutting edge manufacturing processes is essential.
- Demonstrate management of contractors, and interfacing with potential equipment suppliers.
- The ability to travel domestically and internationally as and when required.
- The desire for personal future growth
Specific Technical Skills:
- Experience in complex technical manufacturing processes and/or special purpose assembly machines would be a distinct advantage.
- Previous experience in high volume manufacture, clean/dry room experience is preferred but not essential
- Knowledge of current legislation of machinery standards
- Experience working within APQP, IAFT framework desirable
The NRL Group connect global engineering companies with the right people to bring their projects to life. Supporting contracting companies with their energy transition plans and working with our clients to build a cleaner, greener future.
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