Senior Industrial Engineer

SUMMARY:
Exciting Opportunity!! Our well known client in the Automotive sector is looking to employ a Senior Industrial Engineer to join their team in Durban.

POSITION INFO:
Job Responsibilities:

• The effective management of staff structure, subordinates, motivation and training of staff.
• Ensure high quality and standards of Industrial engineering activities.
• Ensure adherence to project and timing plans in line with the Product development timing programs.
• To manage project implementation and industrialisation of new products and technologies.
• Oversee the support of Industrial Engineering to the manufacturing function.
• Ensure high standards in the introduction of new facilities, plant improvements and equipment in the manufacturing plant.
• Ensure that accurate process inputs, time studies and line optimization activities are implemented.
• To ensure the accuracy of Bills of Materials, Process Inputs and the facilities layout.
• Capacity and resource planning
• Manage special facilities and plant engineering projects
• Material handling and methods design and development
• Packaging design and development
• Logistics engineering activities to develop work methods for material flow and the control of all stock via controlled storage areas throughout supply chain
• Prepare and control Capital and Expense Budgets
• Oversee the accurate and on-time response of G8Ds and Corrective Action Reports.
• Oversee product: BOM Audits, Standardize Work Charts, Time studies & Layouts.
• Approval of Project Layouts, Engineering Changes, Process Inputs.
• Drive continuous improvement throughout the organisation
• Ensure that Quality, Safety, Health and Environmental requirements are met at all stages of process planning and product industrialization.

• B-Tech Industrial Engineering Preferred: BSC Engineering equivalent qualification
• MBA would be advantageous.
• 5-10 years of management experience in the automotive manufacturing environment.
• Lean Systems and TPS, data systems and six sigma knowledge and skills required.
• Proficiencies in Excel and data analysis
• Project management
• Overall, 10 years of seasoned experience in Industrial Engineering in a manufacturing environment is required

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