Continuous Improvement Engineer

Our client, a leading and respected player in vessel construction, is looking for a Continuous Improvement Engineer to join their Cape Town office.

About Our Client

Our client is a leading and respected player in vessel construction. They are the largest boat builder manufacturing for export in South Africa, the largest builder of Catamarans in the Southern Hemisphere and the third-largest globally.

Job Summary

EQ8 Recruit has been engaged to help recruit a Continuous Improvement Engineer. This role will report directly to the Tooling Manager.

The Continuous Improvement Engineer will be responsible to Plan and schedule new boat tooling schedules based on the project schedule to ensure moulds

are available for use as required.

THE SUCCESSFUL APPLICANT

In order to be shortlisted for this role, you have the following skills and experience, but not limited to:-

• Minimum Qualifications: Diploma in Engineering Field.
• Ideal Qualification: Btech or related degree
• Experience: minimum 3 years experience related to field within a manufacturing environment
• Ability to perform on a strategic level within the operation.
• Have a background in relevant industry.
• Ability to compile budgets, timing plans.
• Ability to plan and organize self and teams to achieve deliverables.
• An excellent communicator and comfortable managing multiple tasks.
• Capable of training, supervising and managing staff.
• Good knowledge of Occupational Health and Safety requirements.
• Good reporting skills.
• Good understanding of Microsoft Office programs and in particular Microsoft Projects
• Needs to be a team player and have a problem-solving aptitude.

Job Description

The role responsibilities will include, but not limited to:-

Operations Management

• Support the Tooling Manager to ensure plugs and moulds are manufactured efficiently in order to achieve set hand-over target.
• Support the Tooling Manager to maintain plug and mould manufacturing standards to meet customer acceptable demands.
• Review plant, facility & equipment fitness for function and facilitate improvement where required.

Project Financial Support

• Compiling detailed material requirements per mould.
• Determine skills requirement and map manufacturing process per mould for accurate financial budgeting in future projects.
• Track material and labour expenditure against budget.
• Compile new tooling budgets for new projects.
• Compile Return on Investment calculations to justify budgetary allocation for implementation.

Continuous Improvement

• Conceptualizing, testing and implementing improvement projects to support tooling in reducing mould making hours and cost.
• Participate in R&D projects relating to tooling to determine process improvements.
• Research alternative plug making technology and facilitate trials to determine viability for implementation.
• Research alternative mould making technology and facilitate trials to determine viability for implementation.
• Facilitate training and facility and equipment acquisition for implementation of new projects.

Please be advised that only shortlisted candidates that have the specific skills and experiences required to fulfill the responsibilities of the role will be contacted for a telephone interview by one of our consultants. Thereafter a detailed job description will be made available for discussion before CVs are submitted to our client for review.

REMUNERATION PACKAGE

A market-related salary based on the level of responsibility for this role is on offer.