Junior Industrial Engineer

Overview

Our Client within the Automotive Industry is seeking a Junior Industrial Engineer.

Minimum Requirements

• Grade 12/Matric
• BCom in Industrial Engineering
• Minimum 1 year’s manufacturing experience within the Industrial Engineering field.
• Able to conduct time studies using ratings and allowance.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel.

Advantageous:

• Co-ordination of Kaizen projects.
• Statistical Process Control implementation.
• Process Capability study experience.
• Measurement System Analysis study experience.
• ISO9001 or IATF16949 or VDA6.3 Standard knowledge.

Job Requirements

• Conduct operation time studies throughout production processes for all products.
• Establish output/yield targets for all production products.
• Conduct work load balancing studies.
• Conduct time studies for “new” projects.
• Conduct activity sampling studies for indirect and direct operations.
• Conduct production studies to identify value-adding and non-value-adding activities.
• Aid in developing a production planning and scheduling system.
• Identify and reduce or eliminate process waste throughout production processes.
• Count and capture Work-In-Progress and Kanban product quantities for planning preparation.
• Participate in problem-solving workshops.
• Develop, implement and review Work Instructions.
• Conduct inventory cycle counts.
• Capture torque data measurements and analysis for improvement.
• Capture operation data (quality/performance/availability) for performance measurements.
• Capture data for process capability analysis.
• Aid in updating and developing production skills matrix.
• Participate in VDA6.3 and IATF16949 audit preparation activities.
• Any other reasonable duties as and when required.

Key Competencies/Skills

• Ability to present workings via Microsoft PowerPoint.
• Ability to identify “quick win” projects.
• Ability to work accurately under pressure.
• Ability to concentrate for long periods.
• Proactiveness and hands-on approach.
• Adequate report writing skills.
• Initiative to take more work on