Turntide Technologies designs and manufactures best-in-class electric motors, power electronics, energy storage, and thermal equipment for all things that move.

Our mission is to accelerate the world's transition to sustainable energy by providing innovative and efficient solutions for a cleaner future.

Turntide Technologies operates in North America, Canada, the UK, and India and serves customers in global markets and industries including off highway automotive, commercial vehicles, rail, marine, light vehicles, commercial buildings, and premium automotive. For more information, visit turntide.com.

Job Overview

A Senior Manufacturing Engineer’s primary responsibility will be to implement new manufacturing processes, improve existing ones and support development of the manufacturing engineering team.

The role is based at our site in Gateshead and reports into the Manufacturing Engineering Manager.

Key Responsibilities

In this role the Senior Manufacturing Engineer will be responsible for the following:

• Follow Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) legislation and local HSE rules, raising issues where necessary
• Provide guidance on product quality issues within the production process
• Provide support to production to enable product confirmation, containment, and rework activity where required
• Provide support and input when required with customer and supplier concern investigations
• Support production including travel to external manufacturing facilities
• Provide technical expertise and Manufacturing Engineering best practices to resolve manufacturing challenges and deliver training to the manufacturing team
• Collaborate across the Operations team and wider business providing technical expertise to achieve best practice and deliver departmental level objectives.
• Ensure quality & safety of the manufacturing processes & equipment
• Analyse and troubleshoot manufacturing yield issues at EMS or Turntide Production sites
• Support 8D investigations

The Requirements

We’re looking for candidates with the following experience and skills:

• Established experience in designing & deploying manufacturing process solutions for high volume production
• Confidence and ability to challenge / respond to technical / process issues
• Ability to take ownership of a work package; planning and scheduling own workload and the work of others
• Ability to work within a multi-disciplined team
• Ability to create technical documentation and presentation
• Understand Quality & Equipment Safety standards
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience of multiple phases of the Product Life Cycle and the associated processes
• Strong knowledge of lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement methodologies

Bonus Points

It would also be great (but not essential) if in addition to the above you also had:

• People management & leadership skills; including effective performance and change management skills
• Rail Experience
• Knowledge of in one or more of the following:
• • Battery storage solutions / Battery Management Systems
  • Power Electronics (Inverters, DC-DCs, OBCs)
  • Electric Machines (PMAC, Induction, SRM)

Qualifications

A degree or equivalent in the following discipline is required Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Power Electronics, Mechanical Engineering or similar.

Relevant experience could also be considered.

Turntide Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity, or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

Please note: Direct applications only. No unsolicited Staffing Recruitment Firm submissions will be accepted. Any unsolicited CVs received will be treated as the property of Turntide Technologies.