AK EXPANSION INDUSTRIES

Responsibility

• seek quotations for components from suppliers and support the submission of RFQ’s to prospective suppliers to support the quotation process
• creating systems information related to NPI and EC’s
• creating and updating process work instructions for products
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• update the NPI and EC register as required during the weekly MPI/EC meeting, progress chasing action owners for updates
• collating all relevant paperwork for projects and ensuring all gateways have been completed on “Flow” before closing off the project
• support the New Project Introduction Team, and the Customer Account Controllers to ensure that the New Product Introduction and Engineering Change Processes are administered effectively
• reformatting project documentation to meet AKI requirements, ensuring that all documentation is filed in the correct project folders
• set up WinMan to support NPI, including product structures, loading sales orders, raising PO’s for the project and raising trials and pre-production runs as required, ensuring the system is set up correctly to run the product
• provide general administration support to the Directors and Operations Team including filing, printing, updating or amending spreadsheets, or systems
• support the HSE representative to maintain HSE training logs, arrange in person and online training and refreshers
• maintain the first aid supplies, by undertaking audits
• monitor the Enquiries Mailbox to ensure that all customers are allocated to a member of the NPI team to quote, and ensure they’re filed appropriately, logging it on the sales funnel
• review the COSHH risk assessments against the updated data sheets, undertaking COSHH cabinet checks and updating the COSHH register

Requirements

• previous use of WinMan or similar ERP system
• experienced in providing administrative support to a variety of business areas
• previous experience of working to an ISO standard
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• proactive – able to identify business priorities without being ‘tasked’
• excellent communication skills both verbally and via email
• excellent attention to detail
• customer service: 1 year
• administrative experience: 1 year

Current offers for the position:

Responsibility

• working as part of the Operations team within AKI to ensure quality KPI’s are met and CI goals achieved
• supporting new product introduction and daily production quality management identifying the suitability of products against t customer specification
• be an active member of the Operations Team, participating in management meetings and working with operation team peers to achieve quality related KPI targets and CI goals on a monthly basis
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• reporting to the SHEQ & Operations Director, ensuring the products we ship to our customers meet our customers’ expectations, through effective and efficient issue investigation and resolution; and supporting the implementation and continuous improvement of clear procedures which are reflected in our Quality Management System , Health and Safety Management System & Environmental Management System
• build and manage customer relationships, ensuring that we provide outstanding customer service at all times; owning, investigating and responding to customer queries and complaints in a timely manner and documenting progress using this appropriate tools
• introduction and management of 5S in the key main areas of the business, Weld room, Assembly, QC, Technical, Maintenance and Toolroom
• promote continuous improvement within the team, identifying new ways of working that will boost process efficiencies and process approval first time
• any other ad-hoc duty as required by the business, including supporting stock taking activities where required

Requirements

• proven experience of Production Quality Engineering in the manufacturing sector, preferably plastics
• previous work experience in injection moulding
• experience of working to an ISO accreditation and QMS
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• previous experience of working to ISO13485
• experience of undertaking internal audits to 9001 or 13485, or willingness to train
• experience of WinMan and Mattec systems
• experience of working with six sigma tools for problem solving
• experience of OGP and CMM non-contact measurement technology
• experience working in a fast paced environment with the ability to juggle numerous concerns in parallel
• experienced internal auditor to 9001 or 13485
• process orientated, with an eye for detail
• member of ASQ or CQI
• excellent customer service skills, with evidence of how relationships with external customers have been built and maintained
• hold an engineering qualification such as HNC, HND or BEng
• commercially savvy, making the right decision by balancing customer and business need
• six Sigma Greenbelt
• computer literate, including MS Windows/Office Products and MRP systems
• IOSH Managing Safely Qualification
• experience of undertaking root cause analysis on quality issues, and resolving them by putting corrective and preventative actions in place
• previous supervisory experience
• experience of supporting the introduction of new business and engineering changes into production from a Quality perspective

Current offers for the position:

Responsibility

• responsible for the effective planning, control and delivery for the projects you manage
• define and deliver each project in line with its specific contract
• work closely with the Operations Team to ensure the smooth and timely delivery of projects, to agreed timeframes and quality standards
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• work with new and existing customers to identify new opportunities for AKI to provide products or services
• manage the Engineering Change process in line with QSP 7.3.101 and the NPI process in line with QSP 7.1.101; chairing the weekly NPI/EC meeting to ensure that EC and NPI is delivered to agreed timeframes, communicating with the customer regularly to provide updates
• maintaining excellent customer relations through the proactive management of projects, and answering customer queries in a professional and timely manner
• support the generation of sales leads by attending client sites, attending trade exhibitions, networking, and through online marketing using Social Media and the Company Website
• supporting stock take activities, as required
• able to understand customer specifications and requirements, provide constructive challenge to these where required and then provide a quotation using the pricing model
• work to ISO 13485 processes and procedures, and have knowledge of the AKI Quality Policy
• provide weekly updates at the project review meeting, and monthly reports on the progress of all projects to the Senior Management Team

Requirements

• plastics injection molding: 1 year

Current offers for the position:

Responsibility

• AK Industries is a technical injection moulder based on the Rotherwas in Hereford
• we work with big name clients, to provide mouldings for medical, aerospace, motorcycling and domestic consumer goods
• we are looking for Setters and/or Senior Setters to set up and monitor our new Arburg machines - 50-550 ton
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• with over 1200 products, made using high grade polymers, we don’t run big batches so every day is different
• funded support to obtain IMT qualifications is available
• relocation financial support is available to the right candidate
• due to continued business growth we are looking to expand our amazing technical team
• we offer a competitive salary , annual bonus, 25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays as they fall, Company Pension scheme, occupational sick pay scheme, and a Christmas shut down
• you’ll be working on three rotating shifts 9:45pm-6am, 1:45pm-10pm, 5:45am-2pm
• job Types: Permanent, Full-time
• job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Current offers for the position: