Continuous Improvement Engineer (4-Month Contract)

Job Description

Segment: Royal Canin

Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng

Everything we do is driven by our passion for the health and wellbeing of every cat and dog. You can now join us at Royal Canin on this mission. Our deep understanding of cats and dogs needs makes it possible for us to design the world's most precise pet health nutrition. We never stop learning and never take anything for granted. Thats why we collaborate with leading scientific, veterinary and behavioral experts, breeders and other pet professionals and maintain an ongoing dialogue with cat and dog owners worldwide.

Job Overview

• The Continuous Improvement (CI) Engineer is an active member of our triad organization, working in partnership with (People) and (Asset) to deliver results for their area. He/she will develop and execute all CI activities for his/her area through the MSE.
• The CI Engineer is responsible for building the skills of the operational teams. He/she strives to eliminate waste through the application of rigorous, data-driven, problem-solving daily processes.
• The CI Engineer will own the data integrity and Standard Running Condition (SRC) process for their area.
• The CI Engineer addresses the root causes of failures and downtime. He/she links the outage, root cause, DMS failure, and action in the plan for the day with the ultimate goal of eliminating losses permanently.
• The CI engineer uses data to guide decision making.

What are we looking for?

Education & Professional Qualification

• University degree in Industrial/Chemical Engineering, or equivalent qualification
• General knowledge of engineering problem solving and process development methodologies
• Fluently in English with strong communication skills

Knowledge/ Experience

• A minimum of 3 to 5 years of experience in Supply (manufacturing) is required
• Operational experience is required.
• TPM/WCM/Lean Six Sigma experience

What will be your key responsibilities?

• Proactive for Associate Safety, QFS and SIG roadmap
• Identifies and addresses safety risks related to top stops (equipment interaction) and changeover activities.
• Leads portions of the daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly FMOS meetings, including:
• Daily reporting of top stops and performance metrics (target unit operation MTBF, reliability, waste, etc.)
• Daily SRC completion and compliance
• Contribute to development and execution of the plan for the day.
• Loss trees development and analysis.
• Leverage data expertise and translate top losses to the team.
• RCLMS data integrity
• Health of SRC system: Leads identification of centerline targets, documentation of standards, and coaches the Line Team and technicians through the execution, problem solving and change management.
• Rate Strategy
• Lead basic problem solving when issues occur, escalate complicated problems through the right forums and to the relevant teams
• Deliver tangible savings from continuous improvement projects identified by the operation team as well as prioritized within the IE/PPI/CI team
• Independently elaborate and implement improvement proposals and where necessary, with various departments such as HSE, Q&FS, PPI, all this in collaboration with the operators
• Active member of the local & regional CI/IE/PPI community, Benchmark with other Mars factories CI team to share way of working and operational excellence, give functional support to the team when its needed.
• Supports development and leads execution of portions of the 90-Day improvement plan to deliver the glidepath through loss elimination.
• Develop basic technical capability on their line (machine and material interface)
• Builds capability of the line team to understand losses through data.

Context and Scope

• High degree of independency and collaboration, influencing skills lateral as well as with site leadership team.
• Direct working relationship with triad, the site Ops team and 3 manufacturing sites CI community and MSE and IE leads and in conjunction with the relevant functions such as Commercial, S&F, Q&FS, PPI, Engineering.

What can you expect from Mars?

• Work with over 130, 000 diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
• Join a purpose driven company, where were striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
• Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.