Industrial Engineer – Brits needed at Bridgestone South Africa Ltd
Job title : Industrial Engineer – Brits
Job Location : North West,
Deadline : May 19, 2024
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Job purpose
- The Industrial Engineer is responsible to identify, design and improve production processes with the purpose of increasing productivity, eliminating wastefulness, reducing costs, and ensuring quality standards are maintained.
Main responsibilities
- Analyzing production processes, equipment, data, and related information.
- Overall Equipment Effectiveness analysis and optimisation.
- Designing production processes that maximize efficiency and reduce waste.
- Optimising process flow and First-In-First-Out systems
- Developing and implementing process improvements and technological upgrades.
- Designing control systems to minimize costs and production issues.
- Developing design and production standards and standard operating procedures in cooperation with management and user personnel.
- Designing the layout of facilities and determining personnel requirements.
- Training staff for new processes and providing instructions and manuals.
- Managing process documentation and preparing production reports.
BRIDGESTONE BEHAVIORS
- Qualified candidates for this important position will therefore need to demonstrate the following:
- Agility – to work in a matrix and complex environment where change happens at a rapid pace
- Courage – to share ideas, think out of the box
- Ownership – to see the bigger picture and take ownership by thinking and acting beyond the role
BRIDGESTONE LEADERSHIP ESSENCE
- Qualified candidates for this important position will therefore need to demonstrate the following:
- Establishes strategic direction and effectively communicates the vision: Communicates a clear and inspiring vision for the business; drives competitive and innovative strategies and is able to generate alignment against the strategic direction
- Demonstrates business acumen to achieve results through others: Understands, educates and applies the fundamental business concepts by which a company operates in order to deliver results and create a climate that fosters personal commitment to excellence
- Promotes and enhances company culture: Champions the organization’s shared values and beliefs
- Effectively manages across cultures: Achieves effective collaboration, alignment, and communication across multiple dimensions of cultural diversity
- BOSS focused – serves the customers having the end users in mind: Makes BOSS (end users) and their needs a primary focus of one’s actions; develops and sustains productive relationships with BOSS; leverages BOSS intimacy in the development of new products, services and competitive advantage
- Demonstrates self-awareness and emotional intelligence: Recognizes one’s personal strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and limits. Understands emotions and their effects
- Intellectually curious in support of learning agility: Actively identifies new areas for learning; regularly creates and takes advantage of learning opportunities; uses newly gained knowledge and skill on the job and learns through their application
- Embraces and leads change and innovation: Encourages different and innovative approaches to address problems and opportunities; facilitates the implementation and acceptance of change within the organization
- Identifies and develops organizational talent: Attracts high calibre diverse talent , leads and guides others to accomplish organizational goals and objectives through on-going development and collaboration
Required capabilities
- Advanced knowledge of production machinery, processes, and standards.
- Critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Strong communication and presentation skills.
- Troubleshooting skills and attention to detail.
- Documentation and organization skills.
- Proficiency in MS Office and AutoCAD.
Education:
- BEng/ BSc Industrial engineering
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
Experience:
- 8 years relevant experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Automotive industry experience will be advantageous.
- In depth technical understanding of work involved.
Leadership Competencies:
- Drives accountability and high performance
- Fosters teamwork and collaboration
- Nurtures and coaches
- Health and Safety
- Hazard Awareness
- SHE Law and Regulatory Systems
- Emergency Response
How to Apply for this Offer
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