Production Engineer (System Integration)

VDL Enabling Technologies Group (Singapore); Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

VDL Enabling Technologies Group (Singapore) is seeking a production supervisor with a Mechanical/Industrial Engineering background to oversee assembly operations, ensure safety, and drive productivity.

The role requires at least 3 years of engineering experience in manufacturing, with strong communication and mentoring abilities to develop the workforce and coordinate with engineering teams. Emphasis on safety standards and process safety management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in engineering, with 3+ years in manufacturing assembly environments.
• Strong communication, mentoring and coaching abilities.
• Good problem-solving skills and familiarity with root-cause analysis and 8D methodology.
• Commitment to safety standards and process safety management.

Responsibilities

• Supervise production staff and assemblies to ensure quality and safety.
• Organize and motivate mini-companies for daily production activity.
• Develop training and rotation plans to improve flexibility and productivity.
• Liaise with engineers to plan productivity improvements in cost and manpower.
• Monitor efficiency and production output to sustain productivity gains.
• Support engineering/manufacturing teams; draw up safety protocols; report issues to the manager.
• Lead root-cause analysis and 8D actions to resolve non-conformances.
• Conduct daily supervisor and production meetings to ensure on-time delivery.
• Record and report department activities and results in productivity reviews.
• Manage consumables and non-capitalized spending.

Skills

Communication skills

Mentoring

Problem solving

Safety awareness

Education

Bachelor's in Engineering (Mechanical, Mechatronics, Electrical, Precision, or Industrial Engineering)

Job description

Purpose: Responsible for supervising the production staff and enforcing health and safety regulations at work. Ensure all production staff have adequate training to operate the equipment. The role also has to identify deficiencies to be improved in production.

Key Area of Responsibilities:

• Supervising the man and assembly process, ensuring quality work is done safely and efficiently.
• Organize and motivate the mini-companies to perform daily production activities.
• Draw up training, and job rotation plans to develop manpower to be more flexible and competent and stimulate continuous productivity improvement.
• Liaising with other Engineers to develop plans that improve productivity, in terms of costs and manpower required.
• Monitor and improve production efficiency/output to ensure good productivity for individual mini company.
• Support engineering/manufacturing teams, draw up safety protocols, report issues to the manager, and develop strategies to improve efficiency and profit.
• Driving for root causes, corrective and preventive actions based on 8D methodology to resolve non-conformance issues in production
• Conduct daily supervisor and production meetings to achieve delivery reliability.
• Record and report on the department's activities and production results regularly in each productivity review meeting.
• Manage consumables and non-capitalized equipment spending.
• Bachelor's in engineering (Mechanical, Mechatronics, Electrical, Precision, or Industrial Engineering).
• At least 3 years of experience as an engineer in the manufacturing assembly environment.
• Good communication skills to perform mentoring and coaching to production staff.
• Good knowledge of problem-solving methodology.
• Ensure the safety standards and process safety management is duly followed.