A leading manufacturing comosny is seeking a Production Engineer to manage the operations of a small manufacturing company in accordance with best practices to meet customer demand and operational requirements.
Principal Responsibilities:
Principal Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the development and administration of an annual departmental budget and make recommendations on capital expenditure prohects/upgrades
- Make recommendations for re-engineering and improvement to plant equipment and processes and troubleshoot process problems and take corrective action
- Monitor all production processes and verify that they are kept within standard operating procedures (SOPs) and standard operating conditions and limits (SOCLs)
- Verify that quality control measures are maintained in all production areas
- Evaluate plant economics to deteemine optimum operating efficiencies
- Assist in the development of new projects and project implementation
- Redesign/modify existing plants to improve process and reliability
- Prepare monthly and daily reports for all production areas
- Provide accurate and timely information on stock levels and usage to the Warehouse/Stores department, to ensure that adequate stock levels are maintained
- Manage production in accordance with set guidelines
- Conduct safety inspection in production centre in accordance with regulatory standards
- Conduct rout ne equipment funcrion testing to fulfill sales demand for finished product
- Perform all dutiea in conformance to approptiate health, safety, security and environmental policies/procedures
Qualifications:
- BSc in Mechanical/Chemical Engineering
- Valid forklift license will be an asset
Experience:
- Three (3) to five (5) years supervisory experience
- Three (3) years working experience in a manufacturing environment or any equivalent combination of qualifications and experience
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Ability to lead and work as part of a team
- Strong leadership skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite applications
- Ability to communicate effectively
- Knowledge of statutory safety and environment requirements will be an asset
Email your applications with enclosed CV, recent photograph and references to the Human Reource Manager at: mfd.job.jamaica@gmail.com by August 10, 2019.
While we thank all respondents, please be advised that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.