Process Engineer
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Job Location:
Springs - South Africa
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Senior Process Engineer
Market Related SalarySprings East Rand
Permanent
Our client is a global leader in innovation and sustainable solutions with a strong reputation for delivering high-quality products and services to diverse industries worldwide. The organization is deeply rooted in a set of guiding principles that emphasize professional commitment respect loyalty integrity and solidarity. They are dedicated to fostering a culture where employee rights health and safety are paramount. Candidates joining this company can expect to be part of a responsible forward-thinking organization that values people communities and long-term success.
The purpose of the role is to lead the development and deployment of strategic process improvement initiatives across the plant ensuring optimal team and production performance. The Senior Process Engineer translates strategic objectives into actionable plans drives cost reduction enhances product quality and ensures alignment with safety and environmental standards.
Responsibilities
- Drive and implement departmental action plans.
- Identify production losses through data analysis and drive focused improvement initiatives.
- Develop and manage the annual cost-saving and improvement plan.
- Lead coach and develop team members to enhance capability and performance.
- Ensure adherence to Quality Environmental Health and Safety requirements of the organisation.
- Manage cost-effective product formulations to optimize raw material and packaging costs.
- Evaluate new raw materials for potential cost-benefit advantages.
- Lead projects to reduce RMP and standardise formulations.
- Oversee product performance improvements in response to market feedback.
- Ensure consistent product quality and high customer satisfaction.
- Work closely with sales marketing purchasing and industrial teams on new product development.
- Support ISO WCM and SHEQ standards implementation.
- Control departmental budgets and contribute to meeting operational and financial targets.
- Ensure corporate governance and risk management compliance.
- BEng or BSc in Chemical Engineering (essential)
- Tertiary qualification in Management or Leadership
- WCM Instructor or Practitioner status
- Knowledge of Kaizen tools and application.
- Minimum 5 years relevant industry experience
- At least 2 years in a managerial or leadership capacity
- Experience with Product Development Processes (e.g. Stage Gate)
- Understanding of Project Management principles
- Exposure to WCM ISO and SHEQ standards
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Strategic planning and systemic thinking
- Excellent presentation and communication skills
Key Skills
- Lean Manufacturing
- Six Sigma
- Distributed Control Systems
- Continuous Improvement
- Process Improvement
- Minitab
- Root cause Analysis
- Process Engineering
- cGMP
- Kaizen
- Programmable Logic Controllers
- Manufacturing
