ME Manager Level 1

Engineering Manager

Job title: Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Location : FCM Cape Town

Reporting to: Plant Manager

Contract: Permanent

Main purpose of the role

To Lead and coordinate the Manufacturing Engineering Team and Welding Department, managing - Process Stability, Engineering Change Management, Asset Management, Customer Tooling Management, Annual BOM/Rate Routing Audits, Plant Layout Changes, Welding Department and Weld Laboratory Employees, VAVE and IPP improvements, Equipment TRS, Capacity Planning.

Essential Responsibilities And Duties

As a Manufacturing Engineering Manager, your main responsibilities are as follows:

• Direct the Manufacturing Engineers/Process Specialists, in defining technical specifications for new equipment and alterations on existing equipment and facilities including supporting project launches and production transfers.
• Support continuous improvement efforts: propose and implement continuous productivity, efficiency, and quality improvement actions for the plant.
• Ensure correct management of the technical processes, parameters & programs in assembly, welding, shrinking, bending, cutting processes with its fixtures/ tools.
• Lead and generate QRCI to investigate quality concern cause by equipment or process.
• Integrate ergonomics principles in process design and maintain the CAD plant lay-out.
• Manage the review of process FMEAs, BOM Audits/Tooling Audits and Plant Asset Audits.
• Manage the product interface with product development and contribute to the Engineering change management process.
• Design and implement process design and implementation by supporting continuous improvement and production through participation to the process specialist network.
• Ensure continuous improvement by capitalizing on lessons learnt and provide best practices using tools like; process productivity analysis, improvement action plans, production equipment performance, trouble shooting and problem-solving process.

Qualifications And Experience

• Education: National Diploma in Mechanical engineering or equivalent.
• Knowledge and experience:
• Process engineering or a minimum of 5 years of experience in Manufacturing Engineering as Process Specialist, experience in Welding Engineering and experience in Toolmaking and Maintenance.
• Understanding of Faurecia Excellence System and program management system.
• Good technical skills on product and process.
• Strong communication skills including English language.
• Master the whole task and be able to implement within a production line/shop floor working with line operators, gap leaders and supervisors.
• Languages: Ability to speak, write and read the English language.

Faurecia supports the principles embodied in the Employment Equity Act and as such, preference will be given to candidates who will add to the diversity of our organization.