Project Engineer (Automotive Industry)
Project Engineer (Automotive Industry)
Large establish company seeks dynamic Project Engineer. Must have an automotive background, the position is based in the Pretoria area
- Tasks
- Must be able to Plan, Lead, Organize & Control all Personnel & activities under his control during the entire project time period from initiation of project through to start of production.
- Reach project objectives in the short, medium & long term by meeting milestones.
- Conduct Project Phase reviews in accordance to the companies procedure.
- Create initial BOM structure and material usage for new projects.
- Update and optimize BOM structure in accordance with ECR’s (Engineering Change Requests)
- Liaise with Customer, Suppliers, Service providers and internal departments on all activities to ensure the success of the project.
- Develop and industrialization of new projects following all company procedures related and customer quality systems & requirements.
- Set-up all process Standard Times & Shift capacity planning data.
- Implement Line Balancing Techniques.
- Method improvement programs.
- Draft all Technical Data Sheets.
- Material Utilization monitoring & corrections.
- Material process flow monitoring & improvement.
- Analyze all inefficiencies in the Production System.
- Draft corrective action plans & implement where necessary.
- Conduct Production studies / Time studies & Activity sampling Techniques.
- Implement Productivity Improvement programs.
- Implement techniques to reduce work content & Ineffective Time.
- Analyze Working conditions & suggest improvements.
- Implement Downtime reduction procedures.
- Implement effective batch changes including tool changes procedures.
- Analyze material usage as per BOM & draft actions plan where necessary.
- Implement control plan & FMEA control measures.
- Update all engineering documentation & Technical Data Sheets for RM.
- Analyze and optimize material handling
- Define working instructions (FOS, FOSAN & FOSAL)
- Improvement and optimization of productive and indirect processes.
- Submit regular reports on project performance against project budget in terms of Projects an capital investment
- Submit regularly updated project timing plans
- Have regular meetings with customers, service providers and staff under his control during the project planning
- Submit monthly report on progress
- Project budgets
- Competencies
- Strong people skills in dealing both with customers, service providers and internal departments
- Ability to delegate responsibilities and coordinate transfer therof tot he other departments
- Qualifications
- Bsc Engineering and /or N.Dip Engineering (IND, Mechanical, Electrical or Control)
- Computer literacy in relevant engineering/ technical programmes essential
- Training in Production Management advantageous for process flow and project manpower requirements.
- Additional training in Project management advantageous.
- Minimum of 5 to 7 years project management experience preferably in automotive components or similar industry
- Experience in Maintenance & Equipment planning advantageous
- Experience in Management of Projects from initial rollout right through to start of production.
- MTM knowledge is preferred.
- Knowledge of ISO TS16949 and ISO 9001 advantageous.
- Overall operations experience to ensure successful integration of projects.
- Must be fluent in English (Knowledge of German and Spanish an advantage)
- Remuneration
- R360,000.00 P/A (Negotiable)