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Process Technician

Company:
NOVARES
Location:
Peterlee, Durham, SR8 2QH, United Kingdom
Posted:
November 14, 2025
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Description:

Finality

Monitor the reliability and productivity of APU with improved performance Safety/ Quality/ Cost/ Time/ Environment

Main Missions

1- Ensure the day-to-day control of the process

- Contribute to improving production efficiency, scrap rate and technical productivity of processes

- Provide technical support for the APU by creating and developing technical standards, reference standards for settings and business operating procedures

- Participate in the equipment maintenance plan

- Develop the skills of setter technicians or equipment

operators

- Analyze scrap (analysis of red bins) and waste from the process

- Technically solve quality problems in order to eliminate ' quality walls'

- Create and update configuration tracking sheets (settings sheets) for processes and their devices

- Ensure production equipment reliability to improve quality and safety of existing equipment

- Recommend innovative technical solutions for manufacturing processes to achieve productivity, quality improvement or safety targets

- Define and develop technical solutions with external service providers

2- Provide training for process participants and ensure the deployment and capitalization of technical skills within the APU

- Train and support Setter technicians or equipment operators on working methodologies, settings sheets, and tools

- Make the necessary decisions to optimize results, in line with initial data, and give reasons for choices

- Monitor indicators

- Coordinate their activities with other support services

3 - Control the update of processes

- Improve production efficiency, scrap rate, reliability, cycle and process productivity

- Optimize material consumption, reduce waste and scrap associated with processes and materials

- Lead process optimization, perform tests and trials, draft test reports

- Conduct PDCA cycles for the process in the APU (mass production changes, scrap, cycle time, process, tools, etc.)

- Capitalize on the feedback

- Oversee SMED projects

4 - Implement new processes

- Guide and validate tool design

- Develop new equipment related to their field

- Prepare new product/process launch projects

- Participate in the technical aspects of process transfer

- Receive processing means (tools, processes) in the APU with Methods, Maintenance and QHSE departments

- Perform product/process testing in the development phase and keep teams and specialized departments informed

- Guarantee the ramp-up of processes and define the production standard

- Implement 5S after testing or maintenance

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