Manufacturing Engineer

AECI Limited; Midvaal Local Municipality; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

A manufacturing company in Gauteng is seeking a professional to transform product designs into efficient production systems. You'll collaborate with R&D and design teams, lead the industrialization of new products, and implement manufacturing processes. This role requires expertise in optimizing manufacturability and ensuring competitive product costing through lean methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Partner with R&D and design teams to optimize product designs for manufacturability.
• Lead the industrialization of new products from prototyping to production.
• Develop and implement manufacturing processes and define production equipment requirements.
• Verify and maintain accurate Bills of Materials in SAP.
• Perform time studies and process validations.
• Implement process improvements using lean manufacturing tools.
• Facilitate the development of assembly instructions and control plans.
• Oversee the industrialization of test equipment.

Job description

Overview

To bridge the gap between product design and scalable manufacturing. Play a pivotal part in transforming new product designs into efficient, high-quality production systems. Ensure manufacturability, improve production processes, and collaborate cross-functionally to bring innovative products to life at scale.

Responsibilities

• Partner with R&D and design teams to ensure product designs are optimized for manufacturability, cost-effectiveness, and efficient assembly.
• Lead the industrialization of new products, from prototyping through to production readiness and release.
• Develop and implement manufacturing processes, technologies, and define production equipment requirements.
• Verify and maintain accurate Bills of Materials (BOMs) in SAP against Manufacturing Data Packages (MDPs).
• Perform time studies, process validations to set world-class manufacturing standards.
• Identify, recommend, and implement process improvements using lean manufacturing tools and methodologies to ensure competitive product costing; improved efficiencies, including determining the EOQs (Economic Order Quantities).
• Facilitate the development of assembly instructions, testing procedures, process flows, PFMEAs, and control plans in conjunction with relevant stakeholders.
• Oversee the industrialization of test equipment and collaborate on test system design and validation.

Support root cause analysis and problem-solving activities (e.g., 8D, A3) to improve quality and reduce waste.