Job Summary
Automotive manufacturing plant based in East London is looking to hire a Projects / Technical Manager to oversee the entire moving and project process of an existing manufacturing plant into a new premises
Project Strategy:
- Develop the Projects Strategic Plan and ensure implementation
- Provide leadership to the Project Teams
- Achieve/exceed the annual Project Plan in accordance to individual Project budgets
Project Initiation:
- Identify opportunities for improvements with internal and external customers and propose alternative solutions
- Conduct project feasibility studies to establish the viability of proposed projects
- Contribute to project initiation, scope definition and scope change control
- Participate in the estimation and preparation of cost budgets for projects or sub projects and monitor and control actual cost against budget
- Obtain approval for Projects
- Initiate Technical Development Projects emanating from the market place or as a result of new technical knowledge gained
- Participate in the estimation and preparation of cost budgets for a project or sub project and monitor and control actual cost against budget
Project Planning:
- Schedule project activities to facilitate effective project execution
- Identify, organise and co-ordinate project life cycle phases for control purposes
Design & Drawing:
- Approve internal and external drawings
Project Management:
- Support the project environment and activities to deliver project objectives
- Contribute to the management of project risk within own field of expertise
- Identify, suggest and implement corrective actions to improve quality of project work
- Evaluate and improve the project team's performance
- Commission machines and equipment or pilot and test new/existing products
Project Administration:
- Implement project administration processes according to requirements
- Conduct project documentation management to support project processes
Reporting:
- Compile Project Reports and Presentations
Technical Development:
- Investigate requests from Sales and Marketing and Customers for new products or processes
- Investigate other business opportunities that offer suitable returns for the Company
- Make recommendations for the development of feasible products and processes
- Responsible for new developments until the new product or process has been successfully commissioned or commercialised
Technical Support:
- Makes suggestions to increase production efficiencies
- Evaluate alternate raw materials, processes, technologies
- Provide a "trouble-shooting" service to the factory and the sales force, where technical problems are encountered
Continuous Improvement:
- Keep up to date with latest trends and developments through technical literature and technical seminars or trade fairs
- Benchmark manufacturing processes and technology against Best Practices
- Continually measure, monitor and provide improvement plans for improving business systems efficiency and cost reduction program’s
- Recommend establishment of Technical alliances where considered beneficial and ensure any such alliances are fully exploited to the benefit of the business
- Implement and maintain Lean Manufacturing principles
- Conduct Research & Development of new/existing technologies/plant/products
- Benchmark Project processes and systems against Best Practices
- Manage Continuous Improvement initiatives:
- Kaizen
- Quality Circles
- Six Sigma
- Standardised Work
VA/VE (Value Added/Value Engineered
