Industrial Engineer

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