Floor Production Engineer: Tooling & Process Improvement

Ultra Personnel; Alberton; On-site; ZAR 450,000 - 750,000; Full time

Job summary

Ultra Personnel seeks a Production Engineer embedded on the factory floor to make products easier, faster and more repeatable through tooling, jigs and fixtures, optimised processes and clear, high-quality work instructions. The role supports lean transformation and rework-reduction initiatives on the shop floor.

You will provide producibility feedback to the Design team, collaborate with Quality and Engineering, and ensure adherence to design data and tooling standards while keeping a strict

Qualifications

• National Diploma or BEng/BTech in Mechanical, Industrial, Aeronautical or Manufacturing Engineering.
• Minimum 5 years' experience in a manufacturing engineering, process engineering or tooling role, ideally in aerospace, automotive or precision fabrication.
• Proven CAD competence (Solidworks preferred) including tooling and fixture design.
• Working knowledge of lean manufacturing tools (5S, standard work, line balancing, value stream mapping); Six Sigma Green Belt or lean certification advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Tooling, Jigs & Fixtures: Design, improve and maintain production tooling, jigs and fixtures, including drawings to company CAD and drawing standards.
• Administer tooling configuration control: every jig and fixture revision documented, approved and traceable.
• Support tooling 5S, identification and calibration/verification programmes on the floor.

Skills

Lean manufacturing

Documentation

Problem solving

Floor-based

Education

National Diploma or BEng/BTech in Mechanical, Industrial, Aeronautical or Manufacturing Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

Job description

Ultra Personnel seeks a Production Engineer embedded on the factory floor to make products easier, faster and more repeatable through tooling, jigs and fixtures, optimised processes and clear, high-quality work instructions. The role supports lean transformation and rework-reduction initiatives on the shop floor.

You will provide producibility feedback to the Design team, collaborate with Quality and Engineering, and ensure adherence to design data and tooling standards while keeping a strict