Job Description

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At Eurostar we\'re busy making Europe\'s most loved travel experience better than ever. Join us and you\'ll be part of a dynamic, connected, cosmopolitan team that feels at home in four countries and shares the same goal - to create an experience for our passengers that\'s always truly exceptional. Do you want to be part of this journey?

An opportunity has arisen to join the Production department as its Method Engineer. Responsible for design/ monitoring of workplan effectiveness, measuring actual standard times defined by Engineering, and accounting for overall time spent in Production. Supporting Continuous Improvement, they identify problems preventing standards being achieved, propose corrective actions, and are responsible for lead time optimization using tools/ methods to address wasted time and non-value add tasks. Key relationships are with Production management for data input, Engineering from VMI standard times and operational feedback received and as effective Job Booking and data handling are fundamental, they are responsible for monitoring of work completion and effectiveness via daily work report analysis.

This role will be based in TMI, Grade D, Travel Level 2

Requirements:

We are looking for someone to...

• Design and monitoring of workplan effectiveness, measuring actual standard times defined by Engineering, and accounting for overall time spent in Production
• Analyse and appraise work in progress to ensure the efficient use of people, materials, infrastructure and information
• Introduce, develop and maintain Standard Operating Procedures to support the control of key exams and repairs
• Identify problems preventing standards being achieved, propose corrective actions, and optimization of lead times using tools/ methods to address wasted time and non-value add tasks
• Monitoring of work completion timings and effectiveness via daily work report and Job Booking analysis
• Based on Production delivery observations, propose improvements to the Start Chart which defines the periodicity and occurrence of all maintenance undertaken on e320 trains
• Conduct structured Industrial Engineering studies to verify capacity requirements and improve production efficiency
• Assist in the management and help promote a delivery-focused culture to support EIL\'s long term Lean transition and continuous improvement program
• Support the Business with TMI Lean-Sigma/ Kaizen Improvement Programmes to increase production capacity and enhance working practices across all Production functions at TMI
• Support Continuous Improvement events and ensure appropriate information, data and resources are available and that post event actions are managed to a conclusion
• Implement, monitor and review sustainment techniques including 5S, visual management etc
• Support the development of work packages associated with the E300 fleet, and partner depot capacity

You\'ll need ...

Essential

• Knowledge of analytical tools/techniques including Lean, Continuous Improvement and 5S
• Practical engineering experience with extensive shop floor experience
• Sound understanding of practices and processes to deliver support to Rolling Stock Maintenance
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Numerical and analytical
• Risk assessment skills
• Problem solver

Desirable

• Apprentice trained
• Formal education to at least HNC
• Project Planning skills

Benefits:

• Travel benefits for work and play.
• A great pension.
• Exclusive discounts and perks.
• Hybrid working

Eurostar is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

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