Process Engineer

Faurecia South Africa; Gqeberha; On-site; ZAR 350,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Faurecia South Africa in Port Elizabeth is seeking a Process Engineer to support process development, innovations, and the deployment of process standards across tooling and equipment. The role involves maintaining checklists and guidelines, driving best practices, and ensuring manufacturability.

The ideal candidate has 3–5 years in an industrial environment (automotive preferred) with a National Diploma or Bachelor’s in Mechanical engineering or Tool maker trade, and strong problem‑solving and

Qualifications

• Education: National Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical engineering or Tool maker trade.
• Knowledge of full assembly lines.
• 3–5 years’ industrial experience ( automotive preferred ).
• Strong problem solving and communication skills; technical skills in process and product.
• Computer literate.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to continuous improvement of processes, tooling and equipment.
• Support production or parts suppliers to solve problems related to his/her field of expertise.
• Maintain series production: engineering change management; analyse, validate and implement process modifications.
• Maintain a local database of tooling and equipment to support capacity management.
• Feedback status and plant recommendations for process issues; support tooling follow-up and validations.
• Ensure application of process standards; identify best practices for the network.
• Ensure product manufacturability; validate technology choices; support tool and equipment start-up.
• Define process solutions; follow prototypes; release tooling specs; manage capacity.
• Support purchasing during tooling/equipment supplier selections and negotiations; follow-up at suppliers.

Skills

Problem solving

Communication skills

Process & product technical skills

Computer literacy

Assembly lines knowledge

Education

National Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical engineering or Tool maker trade

Job description

Your Mission, Roles And Responsibilities

Title : Process Engineer

Dept. : ME

Report to : Manufacturing & Engineering Manager

Location : FCM Port Elizabeth

Closing Date : 30 October 2026

The role of a Process Technician is to support process development and improvement, validate product innovations; Ensure development and deployment of process standards, design checklist and guidelines, best practices; and support programs, plants and suppliers for process issues; and maintain a tooling and equipment database.

Main Missions Are To

• Contribute to continuous improvement of processes, tooling and equipment
• Support production or parts suppliers to solve problems related to his/her field of expertise.
• Maintenance of series production: engineering change management: analyse, validate and implement process modifications related to his/her field of expertise.
• Maintain a local database of tooling and equipment to support capacity management.
• Programs: feedback existing status and plant’s recommendations for process issues; participate to tooling and equipment follow‑up and validations and support reception and start-up of tooling and equipment.
• Standards and best practices: ensure application of process standards; identify best practices for his/her expertise network.
• Simultaneous Engineering: ensure that checklists and guidelines for product design are applied; validate technology choices; ensure product manufacturability
• Process development: define process solutions and ensure that process standards are applied; follow‑up prototypes build (when applicable); Identify available capacity; release tooling and equipment specifications
• Tooling and equipment procurement: support the purchasing organization during suppliers selections and negotiations; follow‑up tooling and equipment at suppliers; manage tooling and equipment reception.
• Generic processes: Simultaneous Engineering and product innovation - define and maintain checklists and guidelines for product design; Prepare process inputs and participate to the M3 gate Review of the product innovation process.
• Process improvement and innovation; develop and improve processes related to his/her field of expertise; develop cooperation with equipment suppliers, universities, etc…
• Standardization: define, maintain and improve process standards in his/her field of expertise (tooling, equipment), create and maintain related specifications, ensure that process standards are applied (plants and programs)
• Best practices: Identify and validate best practices in his/her perimeter; Integrate best practices in process guidelines and/or standards; Promote and ensure deployment of best practices
• Capacity management: Maintain and update a database of tooling and equipment related to his/her field of expertise.
• Purchasing: Support the purchasing organization in developing and assisting tooling and equipment suppliers for all issues related to his/her field of expertise

Your profile and competencies to succeed

Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience: The ideal candidate will have/be:

• Education : National Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical engineering or Tool maker trade.
• Knowledge of full assembly lines.
• At least 3-5 years’ experience in an industrial environment (automotive preferred)
• Skilled problem solver, Strong Communication Skills. Proven Technical skills in process and product.
• Computer literate

Behaviours

• Ability to handle pressure; deadline orientated
• Disciplined self starter; Analytical, systematic and logical thinker
• Good attendance is essential

Faurecia supports the principles embodied in the Employment Equity Act and as such, preference will be given to candidates who will add to the diversity of our organization.