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3M has a long-standing reputation as a company committed to innovation. We provide the freedom to explore and encourage curiosity and creativity. We gain new insight from diverse thinking, and take risks on new ideas. Here, you can apply your talent in bold ways that matter.
Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a diversity of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with 93,000 other curious, creative 3Mers.
Your impact
As a Graduate Manufacturing Technology Engineer, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world, through our Global optimized operations programme.
The Manufacturing Technology Engineering group's primary purpose is to ensure the manufacturing plant and business deliver against their annual strategic target in the fields of cost, cash, growth, service, quality and safety.
Our widely spread and innovative product technology base provides interesting and varied manufacturing challenges that stimulate our world-renowned culture of innovation and creativity.
The role of a Manufacturing Engineer at 3M will offer an incredible level of variety and our Graduate Engineers are expected to develop and implement practical, effective improvements to the day to day challenges faced. Here, working as part of a highly focused and driven team of engineers, you will make an impact by working on the projects such as:
- Product and Process Improvement – Using Lean Six Sigma tools to analyse the manufacturing process and design improvements to reduce waste and unit cost
- New Equipment Introduction – Working with the Project Engineering team to specify, install and commission new equipment to further improve products and processes.
- New Product Qualification - Working with production and the development lab to manufacture a product suitable for the customer’s specification.
- Process optimisation – Using appropriate analytical tools to identify optimum process settings and set-up visual management to monitor cycle times.
- Lean Projects - Reduce lead time in production areas by analysing the supply chain and optimising inventory levels
Your Skills and Expertise
To be effective in this role, you will need to develop the skills to become a high performing engineer and 3M will support you in doing so. You’ll become knowledgeable about our developing technologies, the quality systems that surround our manufacturing processes and learn to work with people at all levels of the organisation - from the machine operators to the senior managers.
You will be part of a graduate training programme involving at least 20 days of classroom training alongside the other graduates including being trained in Lean Six Sigma methods and tools and which you will then use to analyse and improve the processes in your area of responsibility –if there isn’t data to analyse; you will have the autonomy to explore how to generate this vital data.
To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M is looking for candidates who must have the following qualifications:
- Good engineering/technical knowledge from an Engineering/Manufacturing based degree
- Proven ability to problem solve
- Experience of data handling and processing
- Pro-active self-starter with the ability to prioritise effectively
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work at all levels of the organistion.
Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:
- Previous experience within a manufacturing environment (desired but not essential)
- Valid UK driving licence (preferred but not essential)
- Highly motivated with the drive & energy to lead and influence change
- Good team player able to work well with & influence others
Benefits
- 25 days paid annual holiday, rising to 30 days with service, plus Bank Holidays
- Contributory SMART Stakeholder Pension Scheme with up to 10% employer contribution
- Life Assurance Scheme 4 x salary
- General Employee Stock Purchase Plan providing the opportunity to purchase 3M stock at discounted rates
- Discount on 3M products
- Employee discount scheme providing preferential rates across major UK retailers and service providers
- Employee Assistance Programme
- FlexAbility - empowers employees to adjust when and where they work – in ways that reflect individual roles, personal circumstances, and help to drive business outcomes and work-life balance
