Production Engineer at Colton Industries

Production Engineer Responsibilities:

• Supervising the manufacturing processes, ensuring quality work is done in a safe, efficient manner.
• Liaising with other engineers to develop plans that improve production, costs, and labor required.
• Diagnosing problems in the production line and providing recommendations and training.
• Establishing safety procedures and protocols that take the workers' well-being into account, and that also minimize the carbon footprint.
• Keeping abreast of advancements in engineering and production, and sharing knowledge with co-workers.
• Identifying, documenting, and reporting unsafe practices.
• Drawing up production schedules and budgets for projects.
• Scheduling meetings with relevant departments and stakeholders.
• Analyzing all facets of production and making recommendations for improvement.
• Obtaining any materials and equipment required.
• Responsibility to establish and maintain control of process metrics and data such as cycle time, productivity, downtime, product properties, to ensure existing processes are in control
• Lead product deviation processes, securing root-cause analysis and implementation of corrective/preventive actions
• Production suitability analysis, gap/risk identification and improvement recommendations
• Infrastructure selection, inventory management and plant capacity/utilization reporting
• Production automation
• Production process enhancement

 Requirements:

• Degree in Engineering, preferable Mechanical Engineering
• 3 – 5 years relevant work experience in a manufacturing plant
• Proficiency in MS Office.
• Proven experience in the engineering field.
• Superb analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills.
• Strong leadership abilities.
• Superb written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to make decisions under pressure.
• Great attention to detail and organizational skills.