Senior Manager Engineering: Operations & Industrial Engineering

SUMMARY:
Lead, manage, direct and motivate the engineering operations team in support of manufacturing to ensure that manufacturing operations runs smoothly and efficiently, meeting quality standards and production targets.

POSITION INFO:
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)

• 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.