Continuous Improvement Engineer

Babylonstoren; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 300 000 - 400 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading agricultural firm in South Africa is seeking an engineer to spearhead continuous improvement projects across various departments, focusing on profitability and cost savings through process improvement. The ideal candidate will have a BEng in Industrial Engineering and 1–3 years of experience. Responsibilities include analyzing production data and leading optimization projects in agricultural operations.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years’ work experience.
• A background or interest in agriculture will be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Execute continuous improvement projects aimed at cost savings and profitability.
• Conduct time studies and process analyses.
• Perform cost–benefit analyses to justify investment in new technology and equipment.
• Improve systems to promote data integrity.
• Lead process optimisation across various departments.
• Analyse production data to gain insights and support decision-making.
• Collaborate with the agricultural finance team to reconcile data.
• Lead general process improvement projects for agricultural operations.

Skills

Proficient in Afrikaans and English

Skilled in process analysis and improvement

Proficient in project management

Experience in data analysis (Power BI)

Excellent interpersonal skills

Proactive and innovative

Education

BEng Industrial Engineering degree

Job description

Babylonstoren is seeking an engineer to focus on continuous improvement projects across various departments, specifically relating to Babylonstoren’s agricultural operations. The projects will focus on profitability and cost savings through process improvement, system development, and data collection and analysis. The engineer will collaborate with our skilled engineers and project teams.

Requirements

• BEng Industrial Engineering degree
• 1–3 years’ work experience
• Proficient in Afrikaans and English
• Skilled in process analysis and improvement
• Proficient in project management
• Experience in data analysis (Power BI) will be advantageous
• Enthusiastic about the practical applications of AI
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• A background or interest in agriculture will be advantageous
• Proactive and innovative

Responsibilities

• Execute continuous improvement projects aimed at cost savings and profitability
• Conduct time studies and process analyses
• Perform cost–benefit analyses to justify investment in new technology and equipment/implements
• Improve systems to promote data integrity
• Lead process optimisation across various departments
• Analyse production data to gain insights and support decision-making
• Collaborate with the agricultural finance team to reconcile ground-level data with financial figures, propose improvements, and ensure implementation
• Lead general process improvement projects for agricultural operations and other departments

Deurlopende Verbeteringsingenieur

Babylonstoren is op soek na ’n ingenieur om te fokus op deurlopende verbeteringsprojekte in verskeie departemente, met spesifieke betrekking tot Babylonstoren se landboubesighede. Die fokus van die projekte sal wees op winsgewendheid en kostebesparing deur prosesverbetering, stelselontwikkeling, en data-invordering en -analise. Die ingenieur sal inskakel by ons bekwame ingenieurs en projekspan.

Vereistes

• BIng Bedryfsingenieurswese-graad
• 1–3 jaar werkservaring
• Afrikaans en Engels magtig
• Vaardigheid in prosesanalise en -verbetering
• Vaardig in projekbestuur
• Ervaring in data-analise (Power BI) sal voordelig wees
• Entoesiasties oor die praktiese toepassings van KI
• Uitstekende menseverhoudingsvaardighede
• Landbou-agtergrond of -belangstelling sal voordelig wees
• Proaktief en innoverend

Verantwoordelikhede

• Uitvoering van deurlopende verbeteringsprojekte gerig op kostebesparing en winsgewendheid
• Voer tydstudies en prosesanalise uit
• Doen koste-voordeel-analises om die belegging in nuwe tegnologie en toerusting/implemente te regverdig
• Verbeter stelsels om data-integriteit te bevorder
• Lei prosesoptimering in verskeie departemente
• Analiseer produksiedata om insigte te verkry en besluitneming te bevorder
• Werk saam met die landboufinansiële span om grondvlakdata te versoen met finansiële syfers en verbeteringe voor te stel en te implementeer
• Lei algemene prosesverbeteringsprojekte vir landboubesighede en ander departemente