Manufacturing Engineer

Johnson Outdoors; KwaZulu-Natal; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson Outdoors is seeking to enhance its manufacturing processes in KwaZulu-Natal, focusing on productivity, quality, cost control and lean-driven improvements.

The role involves coordinating with engineering and R&D, developing process layouts, and driving safety and efficiency across production facilities and staff.

Qualifications

• Manufacturing and process improvement knowledge
• Lean principles awareness
• Ergonomics and safety mindset

Responsibilities

• Creates, specifies and validates manufacturing processes to achieve productivity, quality, cost and objectives.
• Optimizes footprint and flow of manufacturing activities using lean concepts to promote efficiency and quality.
• Creates metrics and measures manufacturing performance, identifying bottlenecks in equipment and process flow.
• Ensures ergonomics, workflow and accident prevention to maintain safe, efficient plant utilization and plans effective use of production facilities and staff.
• Develops and initiates process improvement actions to enhance quality, delivery and reduce waste and variation.
• Acts as liaison between manufacturing and engineering/R&D on issues, design, troubleshooting, quality and efficiency.
• Provides project management support to implement new or improved products or processes.
• Performs layout designs and documentation to specify process specifications and instructions.
• Participates in new product development and provides guidance on enhancements and processes.
• Ensures compliance with safety and design standards and guidelines.

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