Feltex is seeking an experienced Production Specialist to optimise production processes and implement processes improvement. The Production Specialist is responsible for monitoring, optimising, and supporting production processes to ensure maximum efficiency, product quality, and adherence to operational standards. This role involves troubleshooting production issues, analysing performance data, implementing process improvements, and supporting continuous workflow.
- National Diploma in operations management/industrial engineering, or related field.
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in similar role within the manufacturing or automotive industry.
Advantageous:
- Solid understanding of production processes, lean manufacturing, and quality standards.
Project Initiation:
- Contribute to project initiation, scope definition and scope change control.
- Participate in the estimation and preparation of cost budget for a project or sub project, monitor and control actual cost against budget.
Production Planning:
- Plan, schedule and monitor production (Sales forecasts, requirements, stock levels, maintenance requirements, change overs, etc.)
- Schedule and arrange maintenance and repairs for manufacturing operations
- Oversee production planning
- Approve Production Plans
- Analyse and interpret Production statistics/data in order to identify opportunities for improvements
Production Management:
- Deliver operational results in accordance with plant plans and budgets
- Ensure appropriate standards are established for plant utilisation and efficiency, and that performance is constantly monitored against these standards
- Meet all production & operational deadlines & implement continuous improvement savings
- Optimise the manufacturing processes
- Ensure the optimal and efficient use of plant and production resources
- Manage plant improvement projects
- Investigate and resolve manufacturing related problems and sub-standard performance
- Establish best practices for plant utilisation and efficiencies
- Oversee the activities of production contractors in the plant
- Monitor the level of production material to ensure sufficient material to support production
- Oversee the monthly stock takes and ensures that records are correctly entered
Process Control:
- Set out production matrices for establishing Line standards.
Maintenance:
- Implement Planned Maintenance in line with the Planned Maintenance schedule, as agreed
