Manufacturing Engineer

Johnson Outdoors Inc.; KwaZulu-Natal; On-site; ZAR 420,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson Outdoors Inc. is seeking a manufacturing-focused professional to create, validate, and optimize manufacturing processes. The role emphasizes productivity, quality, cost control, and adherence to safety and ergonomics standards.

Responsibilities include leading process improvements, liaising with engineering and R&D, and supporting new product development and layout design. A strong emphasis on reducing variation and waste through lean principles is expected.

Responsibilities

• 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

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