About the position
My client based in Zambia is currently looking for a Production Engineering Manager to join their team on a permanent basis.
Qualifications
- MSc. in Engineering
- Grade Twelve (12) Certificate
- 4 years relevant work experience with Engineering background
- Professional Engineering Certification
Responsibilities
- Develop and implement best practice engineering strategies, policies, and procedures to enhance operational performance
- Design, validate, and maintain production systems to deliver products on time, to cost, and in line with quality standards
- Lead engineering projects, ensuring milestones are met on time and within budget
- Identify, justify, and manage capital equipment investments
- Conduct risk assessments on processes and tasks to ensure safe and reliable operations
- Ensure preventative maintenance targets (90%+) are consistently met
- Drive functional excellence in the production engineering team
- Lead initiatives to improve cycle times, process reliability, and machine availability using lean manufacturing and value engineering principles
- Optimize material usage, critical spares stocking, and energy efficiency to minimize waste and costs
- Deliver improvement in ice plant optimization and cold chain monitoring (95%+ efficiency)
- Manage, supervise, and mentor the production engineering team, ensuring adequate staffing and high performance
- Create and maintain training schedules to build team capability
- Motivate and coach staff to achieve operational and strategic goals
- Monitor performance, ensuring completion of tasks and accurate reporting
- Establish and track KPIs to measure operational effectiveness
- Produce engineering reports and provide management with data-driven insights for decision-making
- Ensure project planning effectiveness and schedule adherence
- Ensure all operations align with health, safety, and environmental standards
- Maintain a safe working environment for employees and visitors
- Monitor lake operations safety configurations and compliance
- Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to support business objectives
- Work closely with management to recommend and implement process and system improvements
Competencies & Skills
- Strong knowledge of production engineering principles and best practices
- Expertise in lean manufacturing, value engineering, and continuous improvement
- Proven ability to manage projects, budgets, and capital investments
- Strong leadership, coaching, and team management skills
- Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and decision-making abilities
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Proficiency in operational technology tools and monitoring systems
- Strong focus on health, safety, and compliance
If you are ready for the next exciting step in your career, and would like to apply, please send us your updated CV to review.
Desired Skills:
- production engineering
- strong leadership
- communication skills.
- Coordination
- quality control analysis
- Technology design
