Surface Transforms are experts in the development and production of carbon-ceramic materials and the UK’s only manufacturer of carbon-ceramic brakes for automotive use.
Here at Surface Transforms, our mission is to ‘Innovate and develop a sustainable, world leading, high performance braking system to push performance boundaries to new levels. Investing in our people and processes to empower and enable profitable success.’
Our values
- Leadership – Decisive, united together, acknowledging our success
- Collaboration – Empowering and challenging our entire team
- Communication – Thorough, inclusive, agile considered decisions
- Ambition – Resilience through brave and bold thinking
- Excellence – Striving to continuously improve our high standards
- Trust – Autonomy to develop and deliver, knowing you are fully supported
We are looking for a passionate, driven and ambitious Graduate to join our established Process Development team, who specialise in developing processes that manufacture some of the most exciting and innovative materials technology in our field. Under the guidance of our team of experienced engineers, we’ll equip you to develop innovative, technical manufacturing processes, delivering a world class product to our customers.
What you’ll be doing
- Develop new technology that will improve product performance and / or process efficiency.
- Develop and implement new manufacturing processes to support design engineering and production on NPI (New Product Introduction)
- Develop and implement process improvements to the production process to reduce cost, improve quality and increase capacity.
- Project manage the creation and development of process technology, the process design of equipment/jigs and determine process capability for production release in accordance with VDA 6.3 and IATF16949
- Specify, evaluate, procure, and qualify new manufacturing equipment and tools to support process development for release to production
- Maintain development records and documentation of all process and product history
- Support manufacturing through validation, release of processes and products including generating BOMs and routes, documenting work instructions and support training of personnel
- Deploy APQP (Advance Product Quality Planning) to IATF16949
- Manage change of product and process according to the business system (currently IATF16949)
- Implement regular review, information sharing and process advice to the business.
- Make recommendation on process quality and output improvements
- Attend meeting on request to update/share quality and output improvement ideas
- Support problem solving of production issues relating to processes or materials
- Creation and documentation of process specifications
- Process auditing to ensure processes are continuing to be effective
The skills, knowledge and experience
- Engineering calculations
- Process development and engineering
- Project management
- Problem solving
- Strong leadership
- Able to work as part of a team and on their own with minimum supervision
- Strong communication and organisational skills
- Strong interest in composites, ceramics or advanced materials and their processing
- Experience in curing/sintering of coatings and materials, CNC machine tooling development and component assembly
- Working within a structured and organised methodology
- Ability to analyse information (including numerical) and understand and interpret trends
- MS office proficient – Excel / Powerpoint / Word
- Report writing
Need to have
- A Degree or higher in Process / Chemical / Manufacturing / Materials Engineering or related subject – 2.1 or higher
Nice to have
- Interest in automotive systems / technology.
You’ll have these personal attributes
- Analytical / conceptual thinking
- Problem solving
- Leadership
- Initiative
- Self-improvement
What we’ll give you in return
- Attractive salary
- 25 Days Annual Leave + Bank holidays
- Extra day Annual Leave for your birthday
- Extra day Annual Leave for Graduation day
- Learning & Development opportunities
- Reward and recognition incentives for hard work, dedication and idea generation
- Employee appreciation events and celebrations
- A confidential employee assistance helpline covering physical and emotional support
- Jobs are promoted internally providing job transfer opportunities
- Death in service scheme
In order to be eligible for this opportunity, you need to have the right to work in the UK.
Surface Transforms are an equally opportunities employer. Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams. We celebrate difference and encourage everyone to join us, and be themselves at work.
