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Hobart, Tas, Au

Hobart, Tas, Au

Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Eastern Cape, South Africa

• Overseeing the governance and management of company operations.• Developing and implementing a performance management system for staff.• Assisting the Board with in preparing of short-term and long-range plans and budgets, based on corporate goals and growth objectives.• Overseeing activities intended to implement policies, including the development of new business.• Implementing and overseeing programmes that meet corporate goals and objectives.• Creating processes to manage current activities and projected future operations.• Developing, implementing and managing procedures and controls to promote communication and information flow within the company.• Establishing and executing operating procedures consistent with broad policies and objectives• Evaluating the result of overall operations and reporting to the Board.• Ensuring that all company activities and operations are carried out in compliance with legislation governing business operations.• Managing staff – interviewing, training, supervising, mentoring, allocating work, performance management and conducting disciplinary hearings.• Act as company representative. • Establishing, promoting and developing beneficial relationship with external customers.

Eastern Cape, South Africa

• Determining manpower, material handling equipment, and system & process requirements. • Leading the design and implementation of manufacturing process settings to ensure end-product specifications are met and losses are eliminated .• Ongoing improvement of processes line capabilities and providing input into technical decisions for improvements and capital projects.• Identifying opportunities for efficiency improvements – developing equipment and systems to improve quality and efficiencies.• Leading key automation projects to support business goals.• Conducting research and follow industrial trends to maintain a competitive edge.• Creating proposals and concepts to support performance and quality improvements.• Assessing and reviewing machine safety and developing remediation activities.• Liaising with contractors and suppliers to support installation, repair and maintenance of manufacturing equipment.• Preparing work-analysis reports by collecting, analysing and summarizing information and data collected.• Creating technical documentation and system specifications for new equipment systems.• Conducting site visits to investigate engineering problems and providing engineering solutions. • Establishing, implementing and overseeing effective systems, processes and controls including a lean management system for the group.• Conducting time studies, layouts and process flow charts.• Preparing and presenting forecasts, models and financial data to senior management.

Eastern Cape, South Africa

• Managing the day-to-day operations.• Supervising, coaching, training and mentoring staff, including Lean Facilitators.• Developing, implementing and monitoring systems, processes and controls, including a Lean management system for the Group.• Presenting Lean workshops, applying tools and principles to reduce all waste and inefficiencies in processes.• Building strong working relationships with key stakeholders.• Introducing an innovation program for employees to propose ideas and Lean improvements.• Database management - resource database planning model.• Preparing various quotations, reports, analyses, correspondence and other documentation.• Strict enforcement of health and safety with a zero tolerance for harm.• Applying the following lean tools: MIFA, Kaikaku Waves; OPE (OPE Reporting & A3 Kaizen Data base).

Eastern Cape, South Africa

• Conducting time studies, layouts and process flow charts.• Defining resource requirements based on time studies.• Designing process flow.• Creating and updating standard operating sheets.• Measuring and controlling the VA (Value Added) versus NVA (Non-Value Added) activities.• Managing database with all operational information with latest versions of layouts, man- assignments and graphs of V versus NVA for each operation.• Ensuring strict compliance to health and safety.

Eastern Cape, South Africa

• Designing, implementing and managing systems, processes and controls to increase productivity and reducing downtime.• Conducting activity sampling and time studies on all material handling equipment.• Producing various reports, analyses and other documentation with meticulous attention to detail.

Western Cape, South Africa

• Improving layouts and material handling processes.• Performing various engineering activities including conducting time studies, utilising tools including Microstation.• Reporting on finances, output and maintenance.

Higher National Diploma, Industrial Engineering

Bachelor Of Technology - Btech, Industrial Engineering