Manufacturing Engineer

Johnson Outdoors (ZA); KwaZulu-Natal; On-site; ZAR 420,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson Outdoors (ZA) is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to design, specify and validate manufacturing processes that boost productivity, quality and cost efficiency.

You will analyze bottlenecks, develop jigs/fixtures, apply lean concepts, and collaborate with engineering and R&D to improve products and processes.

Candidates typically have 2+ years in manufacturing engineering with a solid grounding in risk management and basic electronics.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of manufacturing processes, concepts, practices and procedures.
• Understanding of basic electronics and physics.
• 2 years of experience as a manufacturing engineer in process analysis and improvement.

Responsibilities

• Creates, specifies and validates manufacturing processes to improve productivity, quality, cost and organizational goals.
• Identifies bottlenecks in equipment and process flow and proposes solutions.
• Works with engineering/R&D to address product design, troubleshooting and efficiency.
• Develops and implements process improvements to reduce waste and variability.

Skills

Manufacturing processes

Flow manufacturing

Jigs and fixtures design

Quality & risk management

Electronics basics

Job description

• Creates, specifies and validates simple to moderately complex manufacturing processes to achieve productivity, quality, cost and organizational objectives. Optimizes the footprint and flow of manufacturing activities through the implementation of lean concepts to promote efficiency, quality and effectiveness.
• Creates metrics and measures manufacturing performance and standards while identifying equipment and process flow bottlenecks.
• Ensures application of ergonomics, workflow and accident prevention measures to maintain efficient and safe utilization of plant facilities. Plans the effective utilization of production facilities and employees.
• Develops and proactively initiates process improvement actions to improve quality and delivery as well as reduce process variation and waste.
• Acts as a liaison between the manufacturing, engineering/R&D staff concerning issues, product design, troubleshooting, functional requirements, quality and efficiency.
• Provides project management support to implement new or improve existing products or processes.
• Performs layout designs and documentation to specify process specifications, instructions and processes.
• Participates in the new product development processes, and provides guidance on enhancements and processes.
• Ensures compliance with established industry safety and design standards and guidelines
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Experience

Required

Knowledge of manufacturing processes, concepts, practices and procedures.Knowledge of modern flow manufacturing methods and techniques used in a fast-paced assembly environment.Ability to design and build jigs and fixtures Understanding of quality and risk management Understanding of basic electronics and physics.

2 years:

Typically requires a minimum of 2 years of experience as a manufacturing engineer including experience analyzing and creating manufacturing processes that increase quality, cost and efficiency.