Manufacturing Engineer

Abantu Staffing Solutions; East London; On-site; ZAR 420,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

Abantu Staffing Solutions in East London, Eastern Cape, is seeking an Industrial Engineer to drive process development, determine cycle times, and assess manufacturing feasibility for new products. You will design plant layouts for launches and implement process and quality improvements to support efficient production.

The role includes cost analysis of alternatives, writing process specifications, equipment specifications, and promoting ergonomic improvements.

Responsibilities

• Process development (process flow chart) for new programs.
• Use industrial engineering methods to determine the Cycle times.
• Manufacture feasibility analysis (DFA/DFM) and PFMEA on new products.
• Plant and process layout for new products and plant launches.
• Perform Process and quality improvements.
• Perform cost analysis of product and process alternatives (investments and assembly time).
• Write process specifications and make recommendations regarding ergonomic improvements.
• Write specifications for manufacturing equipment and make recommendations for equipment procurement.
• Simulate continuous improvement process in plants (KAIZEN, DO IT) with the objective of MEQ.
• Work with SD-Teams to complete product launches.
• Monitor and improve 4 M’s of stable of production.
• Establish solutions to any processing issues and stimulate TPM in new projects.
• Develop and maintain process documents, including: PFMEA, Process Flow Chart, ODS, Process Parameter Sheets.
• Monitor and audit manufacturing best practices and standards in the plant.
• Improvement strategies: Participate and/or lead activities for manufacturing footprint analysis, continuous improvement of new and/or ongoing manufacturing process and lean manufacturing implementation.

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Process development (process flow chart) for new programs.

• Use industrial engineering methods to determine the Cycle times.

• Manufacture feasibility analysis (DFA/DFM) and PFMEA on new products.

• Plant and process layout for new products and plant launches.

• Perform Process and quality improvements.

• Perform cost analysis of product and process alternatives (investments and assembly time).

• Write process specifications and make recommendations regarding ergonomic improvements.

• Write specifications for manufacturing equipment and make recommendations for equipment procurement.

• Simulate continuous improvement process in plants (KAIZEN, DO IT) with the objective of MEQ.

• Work with SD-Teams to complete product launches.

• Monitor and improve 4 M’s of stable of production.

• Establish solutions to any processing issues and stimulate TPM in new projects.

• Develop and maintain process documents, including: PFMEA, Process Flow Chart, ODS, Process Parameter Sheets.

• Monitor and audit manufacturing best practices and standards in the plant.

• Improvement strategies: Participate and/or lead activities for manufacturing footprint analysis, continuous improvement of new and/or ongoing manufacturing process and lean manufacturing implementation.