Manufacturing Engineer

SUMMARY:
Opportunity Available!! Our leading client in the Automotive Sector is looking to employ a Manufacturing Engineer to join their dynamic team in Pretoria (Silverton).

POSITION INFO:
Job Description:

Launch &serial production:

• Support launch team during prototype builds, ensure that all product requirements are fulfilled
• Support serial production in case of product issues analyses (8D, QRQC, KT, Lean manufacturing)
• Support quality team with specific tasks (firewall, specific product test, product audit)
• Support production with workforce planning (Direct labor) using MTM technique on provided software (Ticon)

• Participate on CI activities with solutions proposal (test optimalization)
• Make proposals to engineering team with cost reduction (VA-VE)

• Be a leader and specialist of know how about product, know customer specifications and expectations (SCCAF)
• Be a leader with support of engineering team on product issues (e.g. new SW) resolution and technically support effective change management
• Be a leader for developing product and process failure tree and support failures troubleshooting guide definition.

• Responsible for Customer Quality Systems (QOS)
• Responsible to Analyze and report on Plant production capacity.
• Create and update operation description sheets (ODS)
• Create plant and cell layout to enable efficient flow of product and raw material.
• Facilitate and participate in improvement projects and value stream groups involving multiple stakeholders across the business functions
• Attendance in various shop floor performance reviews to build loss/defect intelligence and set priorities.
• Ownership of focused improvement process - driving down losses in the plant
• Data analysis and planning of key improvements for critical measures such as build efficiency, waste, and process risk optimization.
• Identification and support of CI activities that will create value, leading focused improvement initiatives, Lean projects and FMEA risk reduction activities.
• Stabilization and standardization of production processes via definition of trigger levels for escalation in daily plant performance meetings
• Support process owners to implement new tools and improvement projects
• Verify effectiveness of new tools and sustained application in process

• Engineering Degree
• 3 Year Experience in Technical field
• Manufacturing Engineer or similar from an Automotive
• Experience in the FOAM industry will be an advantage