Manufacturing Engineer, Modules

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

Founded in Norway in 1996, REC Group is an international pioneering solar energy company with a strong footprint in North America, Europe and Asia. We are part of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), a Fortune Global 500 company that shares our passion for bold innovations that empower people with clean energy solutions and drive global energy transitions. A trusted partner for customers, consumers and employees, we are “Solar’s most trusted”

DESIGNATION : Manufacturing Engineer, Modules

RESPONSIBILITIES

**Essential Duties and Responsibilities**:

- End in Mind
- To establish cost-efficient Manufacturing Systems that allow production operators to function independently as a Self-Managed Team (SMT) with good safety practices to manufacture good quality products with high productivity.
- Safety Management
- Perform Risk Assessments and establish safety procedures in assigned work areas that abide to all Environmental Health and Safety related rules in compliance to the Environmental Health and Safety policy and communicate effectively to Production Leaders and Operators. Perform constant job observation to identify areas for improvement and correct personnel that deviates from safety procedures.
- Quality Management
- Establish all work instructions (WI) and standard operating Procedures (SOP) in assigned work areas and update them regularly with the best-known methods. Communicate and train the operators on any new procedures and monitor the compliance of the new procedures and the results of the changes to identify potential optimization and improvement opportunities.
- Cost Management
- Drive and initiate projects in cost reduction, yield improvement and productivity improvement. Identify the potential problems and suggest solutions with follow-ups and data monitoring to ensure projects are successfully completed.
- Throughput Management
- Understand the line bottlenecks and Cycle time to initiate projects to maintain optimum utilization of equipment and resources and constantly review methods of WIP management and production flow. Involved in daily line sustaining troubleshooting on process and quality related issues in assigned work areas.
- Training / Coaching
- Be trained and certified in the required competencies related to your assigned work areas. With the required competency, conduct trainings and assessments for all operators to ensure the competency of our production operators to produce good quality products efficiently with good safety. Project ManagementActively participate in new product / process development, new machine qualification, process optimization, new material evaluation and new line industrialization to achieve good safety, quality, cost and throughput in the shortest time possible.
- Continuous Improvement
- Drive the team of production leaders and operators to participate in projects relating to Safety, Yield improvement, Cost improvement, 5S, Shop Floor Management, Total Preventive Maintenance, and others.
- Perform 5S audits and job observation as part of Shop Floor Management improvements
- Others
- Perform other duties as assigned by Manufacturing Manager. Duties will arise from new requirements of business needs. Duties will vary according to the competence level on individual level.

QUALIFICATIONS

**Technical / Professional**:

- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Mechanical / Electrical / Manufacturing / Chemical / Material Science)
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in the field of manufacturing to be considered for senior position.
- Knowledge in Manufacturing Methodology such as 5S, Cycle time/takt time study, Line balancing, FIFO and Kanban methodology, TPM and Six Sigma/Lean manufacturing concepts will be preferred.

**Technological**:

- Software skills in SAP, Python or AutoCad/Solidworks is advantageous

**General**:

- Highly energetic with drive to get things done ahead of plan
- Strong passion for process improvement, problem solving and data analysis

**People / Relations**:

- Willingness to learn
- Dynamic and committed with proactive working attitude
- A Team player with good communication skills

**Industry Knowledge**:

- Working experience in Solar/Semiconductors/Electronics manufacturing industries is advantageous