Senior Lean Process Engineer – Automotive Production

Carma; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Open plan office coffee

Snack stash

Friday rooftop drinks

Carma car discounts

NRMA cover

Job summary

Carma HQ in Sydney seeks a Senior Process Engineer to own and design the systems, processes and operating models for vehicle reconditioning. You will apply Lean Manufacturing principles to drive safety, quality and efficiency, and you will shape scalable production environments across sites.

You will lead bottleneck analysis, develop standard work, capacity models and labour planning, collaborating with Production, Technical and Operational leaders to implement practical improvements and

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in Process/Industrial Engineering within high-variability production.
• Proven track record designing and implementing manufacturing systems.
• Strong Lean Manufacturing knowledge including standard work and value stream mapping.

Responsibilities

• Design the blueprint for future Carma production facilities, including layouts and production flow.
• Lead the design and continuous improvement of systems and operating models for vehicle reconditioning.
• Apply Lean Manufacturing principles to improve safety, quality, productivity and efficiency.
• Identify bottlenecks, waste and opportunities through value stream mapping and root cause analysis.
• Develop standard work, production standards and operating processes that can be replicated across sites.
• Build labour models, production capacity models and workforce planning assumptions.
• Use data to understand throughput, capacity, utilisation and turn insights into improvements.
• Design and optimise production workflows and facility layouts using CAD.
• Develop training frameworks and onboarding approaches for consistent capability across teams.
• Research equipment and technology to improve performance.
• Partner with Engineering and Technology to evolve production systems.

Skills

Process Engineering

Industrial Engineering

Lean Manufacturing

Data analysis

CAD

Value stream mapping

Line balancing

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Tools

CAD software

Facility/layout software

Job description

Carma HQ in Sydney seeks a Senior Process Engineer to own and design the systems, processes and operating models for vehicle reconditioning. You will apply Lean Manufacturing principles to drive safety, quality and efficiency, and you will shape scalable production environments across sites.

You will lead bottleneck analysis, develop standard work, capacity models and labour planning, collaborating with Production, Technical and Operational leaders to implement practical improvements and