Industrial Engineer

Role & responsibilities

A. Production Planning & Capacity Analysis

• Analyze production requirements, machine capacity, manpower availability, and process capacity.
• Prepare and maintain machine and process capacity calculations.
• Identify capacity constraints and bottlenecks and recommend corrective actions.
• Support production planning for extrusion, cutting, splicing, molding, curing, assembly, inspection, and packing processes.
• Establish production standards based on cycle time, process time, and available working hours.

B. Time Study & Work Measurement

• Conduct time studies, method studies, and work sampling for production processes.
• Establish and periodically review Standard Minute Value (SMV) / Standard Time.
• Develop and maintain standard cycle times for machines and operations.
• Identify process losses and eliminate non-value-added activities.
• Conduct man-machine analysis and optimize operator utilization.

C. Line Balancing & Manpower Optimization

• Perform line balancing based on customer demand and takt time.
• Optimize manpower allocation across production lines.
• Identify excess/shortage manpower and recommend suitable deployment.
• Develop manpower standards for different production processes.
• Support multi-skilling and operator flexibility initiatives.

D. Productivity Improvement

• Monitor and improve labour productivity, machine productivity, and production efficiency.
• Analyze productivity losses and establish improvement actions.
• Track daily/weekly/monthly productivity against targets.
• Implement productivity improvement projects using Lean Manufacturing techniques.
• Support reduction of downtime, waiting time, changeover time, rejection, rework, and material movement.

E. OEE & Machine Utilization

• Monitor and analyze Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).
• Analyze Availability, Performance, and Quality losses.
• Coordinate with Production, Maintenance, Quality, and Engineering teams to improve machine utilization.
• Develop action plans for major machine losses and bottlenecks.

F. Lean Manufacturing & Continuous Improvement

• Drive Kaizen, 5S, Visual Management, Poka-Yoke, SMED, and waste elimination activities.
• Identify and eliminate the 8 wastes (DOWNTIME) in manufacturing.
• Conduct Value Stream Mapping (VSM) where applicable.
• Lead continuous improvement projects and document improvement results.
• Support implementation of Lean Manufacturing practices across the plant.

G. Process Improvement Rubber Manufacturing

• Study and improve processes related to rubber extrusion, curing/vulcanization, cutting, splicing, molding, assembly, and inspection.
• Analyze material yield, scrap, rejection, and process losses.
• Optimize process flow and workstation layout.
• Reduce unnecessary material handling and operator movement.
• Support improvement of rubber compound utilization and reduction of process scrap.

H. Cost Reduction

• Identify opportunities for manpower, material, energy, machine, and process cost reduction.
• Calculate savings from IE improvement projects.
• Monitor actual savings against approved targets.
• Support Value Engineering and Cost Reduction initiatives.

I. Layout & Material Flow

• Develop and improve plant, line, and workstation layouts.
• Optimize material flow from incoming material to finished goods.
• Reduce transportation, handling, WIP, and unnecessary movement.
• Support implementation of FIFO and appropriate line-side material storage.

J. New Product / New Process Support

• Participate in new product development and process feasibility activities.
• Prepare manpower, machine, capacity, cycle-time, and process-flow requirements.
• Support PFMEA, Control Plan, Process Flow Diagram, and work instruction development.
• Conduct capacity and investment analysis for new projects.
• Support APQP activities related to manufacturing feasibility.

Preferred candidate profile

• Automotive rubber sealing systems
• EPDM rubber extrusion
• Rubber profiles
• Weatherstrip / sealing systems
• Rubber molding
• Vulcanization / curing
• Cutting and splicing
• Automotive component assembly
• Lean Manufacturing / Kaizen
• Production capacity and manpower planning