Production Engineer: Boost Yield, Quality & Throughput

Alcon; Australia; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full-Time Role

Cutting-Edge Technology

Exciting Work Environment

Supportive Culture

Job summary

Alcon in Australia is seeking a Production Engineer to apply advanced manufacturing and quality engineering techniques to control and improve production lines. You’ll focus on failure analysis, SPC, MSA/GRR, process capability and test stability, working with R&D, Quality and Production to drive data-driven improvements.

Key tasks include supporting production builds, leading investigations, and enhancing yield, throughput and equipment reliability while maintaining safety and regulatory

Qualifications

• Good working knowledge of SPC, MSA/GRR, process capability and structured problem-solving.
• Strong hands-on troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills.
• Able to work independently and drive actions to completion.
• Proactive, accountable and comfortable making evidence-based recommendations.
• Able to influence stakeholders and support other team members.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day engineering support for production, test and calibration issues.
• Lead structured investigations into recurring failures and implement effective corrective actions.
• Identify opportunities to improve quality, yield, throughput and production efficiency.
• Analyse production capacity, bottlenecks and operational risks, and recommend practical actions.
• Proactively identify and escalate issues affecting safety, quality, delivery or capacity.
• Take ownership of assigned issues and drive actions through implementation and effectiveness review.
• Coordinate with Production, Quality, NPI, Systems Engineering and R&D to resolve cross-functional issues.
• Communicate production priorities, risks and required actions clearly during operational meetings.

Skills

SPC

MSA/GRR

Process capability

Root-cause analysis

Troubleshooting

Independent work

Influence stakeholders

Education

Engineering degree (Mechanical/Mechatronics/Manufacturing)

Job description

Alcon in Australia is seeking a Production Engineer to apply advanced manufacturing and quality engineering techniques to control and improve production lines. You’ll focus on failure analysis, SPC, MSA/GRR, process capability and test stability, working with R&D, Quality and Production to drive data-driven improvements.

Key tasks include supporting production builds, leading investigations, and enhancing yield, throughput and equipment reliability while maintaining safety and regulatory