Production Engineer
BlueHeart Energy
Production Engineer
BlueHeart Energy is seeking a hands-on Production Engineer to help transition innovative heat pump technology from prototypes to robust serial manufacturing. The role is shop-floor based in Heemskerk, focusing on developing assembly processes, tooling, and production documentation while solving practical manufacturing issues. Requires a technical degree and experience in manufacturing or industrialization engineering.
Production Engineer
BlueHeart Energy is seeking a hands-on Production Engineer to help transition innovative heat pump technology from prototypes to robust serial manufacturing. The role is shop-floor based in Heemskerk, focusing on developing assembly processes, tooling, and production documentation while solving practical manufacturing issues. Requires a technical degree and experience in manufacturing or industrialization engineering.
Salary
Core Qualifications
Technical (Must-have)
Soft Skills
Preferred Qualifications
Technical (Nice-to-have)
Key Responsibilities
- Work hands-on on the shop floor to develop, test, and improve manufacturing and assembly processes.
- Translate engineering designs and prototypes into practical, repeatable production methods.
- Troubleshoot build, assembly, and manufacturing issues as they arise, identify root causes, and implement practical solutions.
- Design and optimize production workstations, layouts, tooling, jigs, fixtures, and manufacturing equipment.
- Support prototype and pilot builds and drive production readiness toward serial manufacturing.
- Identify gaps in production readiness and take ownership of resolving them.
- Develop and maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), work instructions, process maps, and production flow diagrams.
- Create and maintain PFMEAs, Control Plans, and other manufacturing documentation.
- Work closely with Engineering to provide practical Design for Manufacturing (DfM) and Design for Assembly (DfA) input.
- Co-own the development and optimization of the production line together with Production and Quality.
- Apply Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement principles to improve quality, safety, efficiency, and scalability.
- Support root cause investigations and implement corrective and preventive actions.
- Work cross-functionally with Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Production, and external suppliers to solve manufacturing challenges and drive progress.
- Support the future transfer of manufacturing processes and production-line knowledge to our manufacturing partner.