Process Technician

Abantu Staffing Solutions; Gqeberha; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

Abantu Staffing Solutions seeks a Mechanical Engineering graduate with at least 3 years in production/engineering to drive loss reduction and process optimisation in a manufacturing setting. You will analyse faults, maintain a loss database and ensure SOPs, control plans and audits are met.

You will also develop production personnel, support NPD tooling, and communicate changes with stakeholders to minimise downtime and risk.

Qualifications

• South African citizen with affirmative action requirements.
• National Diploma in Mechanical Engineering is mandatory.
• Minimum 3 years' production/engineering experience.
• Working knowledge in analytical fault detection.
• Sound working knowledge of SPC, FMEA, SOPs, Control Plans, PPAP/APQP and MSA.
• Proficiency with SAP and BI reports.

Responsibilities

• Reduce losses and optimise production through investigation, analysis and problem solving to minimise downtime.
• Develop and upskill production personnel to meet process requirements and minimise losses.
• Establish and update a loss database for fault identification and corrective actions.
• Ensure work instructions, procedures and processes are standardised across shifts to pass audits.
• Support NPD with tooling and process requirements for new products while maintaining losses.
• Communicate changes, concerns and learnings to stakeholders to minimise risk.

Skills

Fault detection

SPC

FMEA

SOPs

Control Plans

PPAP/APQP

MSA

SAP

BI reports

Education

National Diploma in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

SAP

BI reports

Job description

REQUIREMENTS

• Affirmative action South African citizen




• National Diploma in Mechanical Engineering




• Minimum 3 years' production/ engineering experience




• Working knowledge in analytical fault detection




• Sound working knowledge of SPC, FMEA, SOPs, Control Plans, PPAP/ APQP, MSA




• Proficient in SAP and BI reports

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Reduce losses and optimise production through continuous investigation, analysis and problem solving relevant toapplicable processes and machines within in the area to minimise downtime




• Responsible for developing and upskilling production personnel in line with process requirements to ensure that production is enabled to conduct their tasks efficiently and effectively and losses and downtime is kept to a minimum




• Responsible for establishing and updating the loss database for easy reference in fault identification and problem solving in order to take timeous and effective corrective actions and to keep downtime to a minimum




• Responsible for ensuring that work instructions, procedures and processes are standardised across all shifts in line with legal, production and environmental standards, so as to ensure zero findings during audits




• Support NPD with tooling and process requirements for each new product according to project plan and specifications whilst ensuring that standard losses are maintained or improved upon




• Effectively communicate with stakeholders to ensure that changes, concerns and learnings are effectively communicated to facilitate process understanding and minimise risk