Durban: Industrial Engineer posted by Sharon Nurock Recruitment cc

• National Diploma in Industrial Engineering.
• Advanced CAD qualification.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a similar role.
• Ability to read CAD Drawings.

Key Performance Areas:

Process Controls:

• Plan, schedule and monitor production.
• Schedule and arrange change-overs according to the production plan.
• Capacity planning and calculation to determine overtime/planned stop requirements.

Production Management:

• Optimise the production process.
• Maintain manufacturing and production efficiencies.
• Balance the production lines (manning levels).
• Monitor the achievement of daily production targets.
• Analyse daily variances and identify opportunities for improvements.
• Investigate and resolve manufacturing related problems and sub-standard performance.

Project Management:

• Schedule project activities to facilitate effective project execution.

Raw Material Management:

• Monitor the level of production material to ensure sufficient material to support production.

Lean:

• Train Lean Modules.
• Implement Lean in all factories:
  • 5S
  • Std. Work
  • Quick changeover
  • Kanban
  • Constraints management
  • TPM
  • Visual management
  • VSM (Value stream mapping)
• Roll throughput yield / rework reduction.

OEE:

• Drive specific action items to improve OEE / OPR.
• Develop and implement headcount management tools.
• Develop and implement capacity planning tools.
• Drive live OEE reporting systems.

CI/Innovation:

• Lead and facilitate continuous improvement efforts by directing relevant staff.
• Train and improve continuous improvement staff to meet required KPI’s.
• Monitor continuous improvements and make suggestions to maximise production output.
• Research new equipment technology & promote innovation.
• Co-ordinate Kaizen improvement initiatives at plant level.
• Champion problem-solving activities (6 Sigma).
• Define and implement Manufacturing Execution Systems.

Quality:

• Create control plan templates to increase comprehensiveness of control plan and reduce new project control plan compilation time.
• Actively participate in the reduction of COPQ (Cost of Poor Quality).
• Analyse audit reports/result in terms of repeated deficiencies, reviewing with process owners.