Elements and Performance Criteria
- Confirm design brief of new product in consultation with relevant people
- Review product design with customer and other key stakeholders and agree on technical specification, aesthetic requirements, timelines, cost and other market requirements.
- Determine any regulatory, industry code/intellectual property (IP) requirements for product.
- Identify any required tooling, process or equipment needs.
- Confirm design brief, including relevant drawings, to meet needs.
- Determine design brief conforms to organisation objectives and capability.
- Obtain approval on total design brief from all relevant personnel.
- Determine material requirements for product
- Select appropriate materials or combination of materials/ components in liaison with key stakeholders.
- Determine material/component testing and evaluation regime required to meet product end use requirements, including regulatory/industry code requirements.
- Arrange for testing and evaluation of trial materials/ components.
- Guide material trial process and interpret material trial results.
- Determine final materials/components specifications and details of value chain.
- Determine process requirements for product
- Select appropriate process to make product in liaison with key stakeholders and based on relevant factors.
- Determine any special process/equipment requirements for this product.
- Communicate with production personnel to determine any concerns and/or training or other needs.
- Adjust the design, as required, to satisfy customer and production needs.
- Ensure process needs for new product have been met
- Liaise with equipment design/procurement personnel.
- Interpret hardware specifications and ensure they are appropriate for the job required.
- Liaise with process personnel to ensure appropriate draft procedures for new product have been developed.
- Validate product cost and design meets organisation requirements and capability.
- Trial new product through the process
- Design trialling procedure to deliver required information.
- Liaise with relevant stakeholders.
- Ensure health, safety and environment (HSE) requirements are observed.
- Coordinate the trialling of the new product.
- Interpret product trial results and guide product trial process.
- Tune process to optimise production of new product.
- Determine process capability
- Coordinate product trials
- Determine product testing and evaluation regime required to meet end use requirements, including regulatory/industry code requirements.
- Arrange for testing and evaluation of trial product/prototype.
- Interpret product trial results and guide product trial process.
- Determine final product specification in liaison with key stakeholders.
- Make required changes to materials, process and equipment.
- Implement standard procedures for new product
- Monitor initial production and, in liaison with appropriate team members, adjust process, conditions and materials to ensure the product and process outcomes conform to customer, regulatory and organisation requirements.
- Ensure process specifications are updated and reflect the optimised operation developed.
- Ensure standard operating procedures (SOPs) are correct for the new product.
- Ensure equipment and other hardware records are updated to reflect additions/changes.
- Ensure project records are complete and all required reports have been completed and submitted.
- Archive records according to company procedure.