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Watershed Consulting

Industrial Engineer

Watershed Consulting

  • R19,000 - R21,000 per month
  • Permanent Junior position
  • Johannesburg
  • Posted 06 Sep 2026 by Watershed Consulting
  • Expires in 34 days
  • Job 2644722

About the position

Our client in the Pharmaceutical space is looking for an Industrial Engineer with less than 2 years experience who can demonstrate strong financial acumen.

Job Spec

Project Management

•            Oversee and manage projects across the organization.

•            Apply agile and waterfall methodologies for project implementation.

•            Conduct project impact assessments using scorecards.

•            Identify and resolve bottlenecks within project workflows.;

Business Process Improvement (KAIZEN)

•            Apply Kaizen principles to enhance business processes.

•            Serve as an internal consultant and process expert for various departments.

•            Identify business challenges and facilitate workshops to define problems.

•            Analyze and quantify issues across departments.

•            Develop and implement efficient solutions to address challenges.

•            Maintain and monitor systems where improvements have been introduced.

•            Redesign business processes to optimize efficiency, save time, and reduce resource usage.

Data Analytics

•            Develop and maintain company scorecards to track organizational and departmental goals using Power BI.

•            Conduct analysis, scenario planning, and simulations using mathematical and management accounting models.

•            Foster a culture of data-driven decision-making across the organization.

Innovation and Research

•            Facilitate workshops for engineers and data analysts to brainstorm and share innovative ideas.

•            Automate business processes using tools like RPA (Power Automate, Power BI, Smartsheet Automation, chatbots).

•            Explore data science opportunities through machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI).

•            Research and introduce emerging technologies and 4IR (Fourth Industrial Revolution) innovations to the business.

Education

  • Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering or Business Process Engineering.
  • Certification in Management Accounting (demonstrating strong financial acumen).
  • Project Management certification or training.
  • Lean Six Sigma certification or knowledge.
  • 0–2 years of relevant work experience.
Experience & Skills

  • Proficiency in data analysis tools, particularly Power BI.
  • Familiarity with project management software, such as Smartsheet.

Desired Skills:

  • industrial Engineering
  • project scoping
  • agile methodologies
  • kaizen
  • business process modeling
  • data analytics
  • power BI

Watershed Consulting

About the agency

Watershed Consulting is a Recruitment Company offering placement opportunities in the following sectors: Banking, Finance, Call Centre, Information Communication and Technology (ICT). We go beyond traditional recruitment by not just a getting a job for you, but a career. We do this by finding the best fit between candidate and the job. Our expertise in compensation, benefits, job evaluation and competency profiling underpins our recruitment process.

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