HOD Process & Manufacturing Engineering _ JHB at Alstom

Purpose of the Job:

• Organize the industrial development activities to ensure process design is optimization in order to reach the productivity and quality targets, 100% compliant with EHS guidelines, and fully addressing the ramp-up challenges
• Close all the transfer of technologies topics, especially linked to the ramp-up phase
• Ensure applications of industrial best practices as defined in APSYS or GSI/MES standard rules (including manufacturing department and logistics department) during the ramp-up period, enforcing proper application of the flows and the methods.
• Organize the co-engineering and industrial development to ensure product and process design are optimized for manufacturability.
• Ensure the transferability of the industrial activities by using standard processes
• Drive industrialization resources in the tenders, development phase, pre-serial phase and serial production phase.

Key responsibilities include the following:

• Ensure the adherence to the standard processes and the standard product solutions
• Ensure the manufacturability using validated technologies
• Transfer of technologies methodology and rules are followed-up to optimize lead time and quality of development
• Validate, for the industrial scope, the gate reviews of the DFQ, and that the conditions to pronounce the Serial Go are fulfilled
• Ensure documentation and ERP data are complete, on time and with the good level of quality
• Organise and ensure the implementation of manufacturing equipment on time, in line with EHS rules, with good ergonomic conditions, and compliant with the QCD targets of the project.
• Animate and coordinate on a day-to-day basis coordination of all industrial activities (including manufacturing department and logistics department) during the ramp-up period enforcing proper application of the flows and the methods
• Drive continuous improvement actions and support production.

Management of Resources

• Manage the staff capacity and competencies
• Control the actual and forecasted workload
• Manage the EHS requirements in the field of industrialization, and as management committee member.

Participate to the PME Networks -

• Contributes to build or improve standards
• Ensure good participation of his collaborators to the relevant networks

Requirements:

• Degree in Industrial Engineering or equivalent
• 8 years Manufacturing  experience  in which 4 years must be in management
• Solid proven track record managing industrial tasks, working at a similar level and within a manufacturing environment
• Good people management experience
• Adequate knowledge of industry technical expertise
• Be knowledgeable of safety, quality, productivity etc.
• Ability to create accountability and to lead by example
• Strong team building, decision-making and people management 

Closing Date: 1 September 2023