Process Engineer

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Drive continuous improvement of manufacturing processes to improve safety, quality, productivity, equipment effectiveness and cost performance. Identify and eliminate production losses through data analysis, shop-floor observation and improvement projects. Develop and sustain Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), Cleaning, Inspection and Lubrication (CIL), root cause analysis (RCA), standard work and Lean practices in collaboration with Production, Maintenance, Quality and HSE, with guidance appropriate to experience.

• Analyze manufacturing processes, batch cycle times, material flow and equipment utilization to identify bottlenecks and improvement opportunities.
• Carry out assigned improvement projects to increase throughput and labor productivity and reduce waiting time, changeover time, waste and manufacturing costs.
• Conduct time studies, capacity assessments and line-balancing exercises to support realistic operating standards.
• Maintain an improvement action plan with clear owners, milestones and measurable benefits; verify that improvements are sustained.
• Conduct improvement projects to drive perfomce in MME ( Material Manufacturing Efficency)

• Support reliable OEE measurement for relevant equipment using agreed definitions for availability, performance and quality.
• Improve the accuracy of downtime recording, loss classification and production performance data.
• Analyze major losses, including breakdowns, minor stops, reduced operating speed, changeovers and quality losses.
• Coordinate corrective actions with Production and Maintenance and verify their effectiveness.
• Support daily performance reviews through clear dashboards, loss analysis and action tracking.
• Incorperate the sustainable use of PP ( Performance Poratal )

• Develop and implement equipment-specific CIL standards with Maintenance and HSE, including tasks, frequencies, responsibilities and visual instructions.
• Support operator training in approved routine equipment care and early identification of abnormalities.
• Maintain a system for recording, escalating and closing equipment abnormalities.
• Audit CIL completion and effectiveness and address recurring gaps.
• Ensure operator tasks remain within approved competence and safety limits, with specialist work referred to Maintenance.

• Conduct structured RCA for recurring production losses, equipment stoppages, process deviations, quality defects and yield losses, with guidance from the Production Manager and relevant technical teams.
• Use tools such as 5 Why, fishbone diagrams and Pareto analysis to identify and verify root causes using process data and shop-floor observations.
• Develop corrective and preventive actions with clear owners and completion dates, prioritizing actions that prevent recurrence.
• Track actions to closure and verify effectiveness through…