Junior Industrial Engineer

  • East London
  • Abantu Staffing Solutions

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