Industrial Engineer

at Jean-Mari Hellig Consult
Location NewCastle, South Africa
Date Posted January 5, 2023
Category Engineering
Job Type Full-time
Currency ZAR

Description

A manufacturer in Cape Town is looking for an Industrial Engineer.

Duties & Responsibilities

The industrial engineer will primarily be responsible for the identification, planning and implementation of initiatives that deliver measurable value to the business unit.  Specifically, he/ she will be required to:

  • Develop systems (in conjunction with systems engineer) to enable live tracking and reporting of production data, providing timely, accurate and meaningful insight for decision making.
  • Measure production processes and present insights from data analysis to the team.
  • Quantify improvement opportunities and calculate return on investment.
  • Plan, prioritise and execute projects, delivering predicted value on time and in full.
  • Track and demonstrate the productivity, quality and/ or financial benefit of completed projects.
  • Be able to stand in as second-in-charge for the production manager.

 

Desired Experience & Qualification

Requirements:

  • Tertiary qualification in industrial engineering.
  • At least 1 year working experience in a manufacturing environment.
  • Ability to manage small details without losing sight of the big picture.
  • Ability to work in a team and influence others to achieve positive outcomes.
  • Excellent communication: ability to communicate complex ideas in simple, clear and concise terms, both upwards to senior management and downwards to frontline workers.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving ability.
  • Strong Excel analytical skills (adding a coding language such as Python would be a plus).
  • Decisive and assertive in working with and leading others to achieve successful outcomes to projects.
  • Uncompromising on delivering a high standard of work.

Growth path:

This natural growth path of this role would be to take on leadership of small groups and ultimately be able to be part of succession planning for the production manager role.

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