PG is the name for glass in Southern Africa. Established in Cape Town in 1897, the group produces, distributes and installs automotive glass, building glass, aluminium frames and window film solutions. The PG Group is a significant worldwide player.
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Responsible for monitoring and improving manufacturing and Engineering processes by detecting and reducing losses in the manufacturing area in order to optimise production through continuous process improvement in support of Shatterprufe Manufacturing strategy.
Main Objective
To reduce losses and optimise production through continuous investigation, analysis and problem solving relevant to applicable processes and machines within in the area in order to minimise downtime.
Responsible for developing and up skilling 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.
To 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.
To effectively communicate with stakeholders to ensure that changes, concerns and learnings are effectively communicated to facilitate process understanding and minimise risk.
Critical job requirements
Grade 12
National Diploma in Engineering (Chemical, Electrical, Mechanical Engineering or Analytical Chemistry)
3 years production and/ or engineering experience
3 years Manufacturing experience
Knowledge and Skills
Working knowledge in analytical fault detection
Proficient in SAP and BI reports
Sound working knowledge of SPC, FMEA, SOP’s, Control Plans, PPAP/APQP, MSA
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