Process Manager

Job Advert Summary

Feltex is seeking an experienced Process Manager to oversee the Process Engineering Department reporting to the Plant Manager. The successful incumbent will be responsible for evaluating and optimising our company’s business processes to ensure efficiency, reduce costs, and improve the quality of outputs. Your expertise in process analysis and improvement will drive operational success across multiple departments.

The ideal candidate has a solid background in process management, with excellent problem-solving and leadership skills.

Barchelors Degree/B-tech in Industrial Psychology, Process, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.

Continuous Improvement:

• Champion for the Continuous Improvement Program (CIP) within the plant, ensure a CIP team is active within the plant.
• Ensure projects are monitored against deliverables agreed by the CIP team.
• Ensure CIP log is maintained.
• Provide monthly report of achieved progress vs. target in CIP for management pack.

Plant:

• Design, implement, and oversee business process improvements to enhance efficiency and productivity.
• Map out existing processes to identify bottlenecks and opportunities for streamlining operations.
• Facilitate cross-functional team meetings to ensure alignment on process changes.
• Analyse the efficiency and costs of existing business processes and identify areas for improvement.
• Work with operations, Process Engineers, and other key business cross functional team to drive Process Improvement
• Support Plant Safety improvement with solutions that meet the needs to the people, product, and process.
• Support lean Management quick actions to assist Team Leaders and Supervisors complete the PDCA loop.
• Monitors plant performance to the plant maintenance and repair budget, and initiates corrective action as required.
• Maintain IATF 16949 compliant process and quality records.
• Provide process engineering technical supervision to the process subordinates.
• Promote culture of continuous improvement using process improvement tools (SPC, process Building blocks/parameters, Fishbone Diagrams and Data analysis)
• Perform routine monitoring of documentation to ensure refinery compliance with the processes.
• Acts as “the face” of the process engineering team to stakeholders & team members across their target platform.
• Project and department problem solution, demonstrating creativity, foresight, and mature judgement to anticipate and resolve problems.
• Recruitment, development, training, and retention of staff
• Ensure standard cycle times are maintained and updated for all production processes.
• Provide support for customer and internal sample and production trials.
• Ensure the execution and administration of Change Requests in the plant is maintained.
• Promotes good housekeeping and safety.

Projects:

• Support in product development and customer projects.
• Manage equipment plan for incoming projects.
• Investigate innovative technologies relevant to the production processes within the plant.
• Prepare and present technical reports and presentations to management.
• Ensure current and future plant layout is available.
• Manage implementation of any plant layout plans.