Production Engineer- Boksburg at Unilever

Plan, manage, coordinate, and oversee all elements of production in the plant with the objective of driving world class manufacturing principles and standards on the production floor and supporting the plant to achieve:

World Class Manufacturing Standards/Operations Excellence

• Creating WCM Standards
• Reduction of Cost to Manufacture
• Drive Plant Improvement Projects
• Waste Reduction in the production process i.e. spoilage, energy, changeovers
• Creation of Technical Standards which include SOP’s and PJO

Main Responsibilities

REDUCE OPERATION’S WASTE (30%)CHANGE OVER MANAGEMENT AND REDUCTION (30%)SETTING OF PRODUCTION TECHNICAL STANDARDS/ WAYS OF WORKING (20%)COST REDUCTION (10%)PROJECT MANAGEMENT (5%)SAFETY (2.5%)ADMIN (2.5%)Education And Experience

• Assess, analyze and improve current production methods to reduce overall waste i.e. waste, downtime
• Design, train and implement world class manufacturing standards for the shop floor
• Drive continuous improvement projects in support of the Unit Managers to achieve OEE targets
• Compile business cases and cost benefits analysis for all plant continuous improvement projects
• Develop and draft an improved production processes for the plant
• Design and implement cost-reductive changes
• Monitor operational efficiencies and take corrective action to improve performance
• Compile weekly OEE RIP performance reports and submit to Plant Manager, Team and all stakeholders
• Liaise with Sales/Planning/Production/Maintenance teams to implement an optimized and cost-effective production plan.
• Ensure that all components are available and confirmed before production commences as per the plan for both Make and Packing i.e. RM (packaging, powder, tooling, specifications
• Attend Production Planning Meetings
• Drive SMED philosophy to optimize and reduce change overs
• Train all operators on SMED
• Compile weekly reports on SKU performance i.e. OEE, Change over, volumes and overall performance
• Ensure that SKU performance report is shared with the production stakeholders prior to next run
• Put together a Knowledge Management System for all production runs per SKU per line
• Develop, implement and consistently revise SOPs (Standard Operating Practices) and migrate to BOP (Best Operating Practices) for both current operations and changes introduced through Management of Change projects from various stakeholders
• Design, develop, approve and implement all production machine settings / Scada settings
• Facilitate operator assessments against set production standards
• Update PIPs Project weekly
• Compile, update all project charters for the plant and ensure that, they deliver value
• Assist all production stakeholders in compiling Cost Benefit Analysis reports
• Facilitate all PIP projects and ensure that, there is standard methodology
• Reduce operational cost in production to meet budget requirements through cost saving and spend control and governance: Namely cleaning , waste ( Tower scrapings , rework )
• Support, Implement and Project Management all WCM and or any continuous improvement projects to improve OEE, reduce waste & Rand/Ton in production process
• Attend monthly safety meetings
• Ensure that all accidents/incidents are investigated, and the necessary action taken.
• Promote safety awareness amongst employees.
• Apply corrective measures when policies and procedures are not adhered to
• Maintain good housekeeping
• Ensure all daily, weekly and monthly reports have been completed timeously.
• Ensure that plant performance is reported weekly as per set and agreed timelines
• Compile the operations performance report
• Manage and update the Factory Passports
• Lead Make Plant stock take and ensure high stock record accuracy and reduction of MUCs
• B-tech/Eng. in Mechanical/Electrical/ Industrial/Chemical
• Production Management Diploma or equivalent experience in Manufacturing.
• Sixsigma Black Belt; WCM/TPM Facilitator; Lean Manufacturing

Required Minimum Work Experience:

• 5 years of leading experience in a manufacturing environment