Key Responsibilities
1. Lean Manufacturing & 5S
- Drive and sustain 5S and Lean Manufacturing practices across the shop floor.
- Conduct regular 5S audits and follow up on corrective actions.
- Promote Kaizen, waste elimination, visual management and continuous improvement activities.
- Identify non-value-added activities and implement practical improvement actions.
- Support development of a continuous improvement culture among supervisors and operators.
- Monitor and report the progress and effectiveness of Lean initiatives.
2. Industrial Engineering & Productivity
- Conduct time and motion studies for manufacturing processes.
- Establish and periodically review standard cycle times for production activities.
- Perform line balancing, bottleneck analysis and manpower optimization.
- Analyze production capacity, manpower requirements and resource utilization.
- Identify opportunities to improve productivity, efficiency, OEE and throughput.
- Support layout and workflow improvements to improve material and process flow.
- Measure improvements and quantify productivity and cost-saving benefits.
3. Process Standardisation & Documentation
- Develop, implement and maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Work Instructions (WI), One Point Lessons (OPL), process flow charts and standard work documents.
- Ensure manufacturing processes are clearly documented and followed consistently.
- Coordinate with Production, Quality, Engineering, R&D and HSE teams when developing or revising processes.
- Train production personnel on new or revised SOPs and work methods.
- Periodically audit shop-floor compliance with established standards.
4. Production Support / Reliever
- Act as a reliever for the Production Engineer during leave, absence or operational requirements.
- Manage day-to-day production activities, including manpower allocation, machine utilization and production priorities.
- Monitor achievement of daily production targets while maintaining required quality and safety standards.
- Coordinate with PPC, Stores, Quality, Maintenance and other departments to resolve production constraints.
- Monitor production losses, downtime, rejection and bottlenecks and initiate corrective actions.
- Ensure proper shift handover and production reporting when handling production responsibilities.
Key Skills & Competencies
- Strong knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and 5S
- Time & Motion Study
- Cycle Time and Takt Time analysis
- Line Balancing and Bottleneck Analysis
- Manpower and Capacity Planning
- Kaizen and Continuous Improvement
- Waste / MUDA identification and elimination
- SOP and Work Instruction development
- OEE and Productivity Analysis
- Root Cause Analysis and Problem Solving
- Production Planning and Shop-Floor Management
- Manpower Handling and Team Coordination
- Good analytical and communication skills
- Good working knowledge of MS Excel and PowerPoint
- ERP/MES/SAP exposure will be an advantage
Qualification
- Bachelor's Degree or Diploma in Mechanical / Industrial / Production Engineering
- Lean Manufacturing / Six Sigma certification will be an added advantage.
Experience
- 4–8 years of experience in Industrial Engineering, Lean Manufacturing, Production Engineering or Manufacturing Operations.
- Hands-on experience in time study, line balancing, 5S, Kaizen, SOP development and productivity improvement is essential.
- Experience in managing production manpower and shop-floor operations is preferred.
- Experience in HVAC, heat exchanger, coil manufacturing or similar engineering manufacturing environment will be an added advantage.
Key Performance Expectations
The successful candidate will be expected to:
- Sustain an effective 5S and Lean system across assigned manufacturing areas.
- Establish and maintain reliable standard cycle-time data for key manufacturing processes.
- Improve productivity through line balancing, waste elimination and manpower optimization.
- Ensure critical manufacturing processes are covered by updated and practical SOPs / Work Instructions.
- Generate measurable improvements through Kaizen and continuous improvement projects.
- Effectively manage production operations whenever assigned as a Production Engineer reliever.
