LEAN Engineer (Industrial / Mechanical / Production)

About the role

This position leads and deploys LEAN Manufacturing best practices in the Plant, supporting continuous improvement across manufacturing processes. It aims to reduce tooling costs, increase flexibility, guarantee zero defects, ensure timely delivery to customers and improve material flow and cycle times. The role works under the Manufacturing Engineering Manager.

Key responsibilities

• Create Bills of Materials, routing and costing analysis in Oracle, and set up routing in the system for different products
• Lead product development from the manufacturing side and create work instructions
• Perform cycle time studies to meet takt time, run Kaizen events and drive automation, mistake-proofing, safety, 5S and quality improvements
• Support maintenance activities and read engineering drawings
• Use LEAN and Six Sigma tools to prepare feasibility studies, benchmark actual against standard costs and recommend cost and lead-time reductions
• Help prepare layouts and detailed drawings, report lean activity and establish the plant's Lean roadmap and strategy
• Train plant staff (blue and white collar and management) in LEAN thinking, organise MUDA walks and rapid plant assessments, and stay on call for urgent issues
• Advise Sales and Product Engineering on cost-efficient manufacturing and manufacturability of new and existing products
• Comply with HR, Quality, HSE, Finance, IT, Procurement and Operations procedures and the company's QHSE management system

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial, Mechanical or Production engineering
• Minimum 4 years' experience as an industrial or manufacturing engineer in a manufacturing environment (metal construction preferred)
• Strong written and verbal English; other languages are an asset

Required skills

• Creating Bills of Materials, routing and costing analysis
• Lean manufacturing principles and industrial processes such as machining, assembly and forming
• Very strong administrative and PC skills (MS Office), budgetary control and procurement
• Nice to have: project management, Six Sigma, Minitab, Oracle/SAP, AutoCAD