Stanger: Senior Manager Engineering: Operations & Industrial Engineering

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE Grade 12 (Required) B-Tech or BSc. in Engineering, Industrial (Essential) A relevant Post Graduate Qualification would be an added advantage 8 to 10 years’ experience in Industrial engineering within a Manufacturing environment (Essential) 5 years’ experience in a management role Computer Literacy – Strong MS Office (Essential), ERP (e.g. SAP or Syspro) (Advantageous) Certifications in project management, six sigma and lean tools (Advantageous) KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Structure the deployment of engineering resources to support manufacturing. Ensure team have clear performance objectives and development plans in place. Motivate, delegate and empower appropriately, enabling the development of a high performing engineering team. Enhance development through providing coaching and/or other development opportunities Manage and monitor departmental budget. Drive a performance culture within the department through OKRs and KPIs. Ensure compliance with safety, quality and environmental standards. Ensure production lines and material flow are proactively aligned to meet customer production requirements via flow and pull. Ensure capacity studies and continuously updated and reviewed. Execute smooth production mix changeovers and line balancing in support of changing customer demands while maintaining and improving plant efficiency. Analyse production performance data and trends (efficiency, OPR, OEE, etc.) against targets and proactively identify opportunities for structured problem solving and continuous improvement. Drive problem solving and optimisation activities through collaboration with cross-functional teams, including production, quality control, supply chain, and maintenance. Drive a continuous improvement culture within the department to enhance production efficiency, reduce waste and improve quality through methodologies such as Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma etc. Support the effective industrialisation of new models and engineering changes into production. Ensure site layout is kept up to date.