Production Engineer at ALAF | June 2024

• Overall production and quality management at CCL.
• Oversee the Colour Coating process and ensure cost effective production.
• Ensure production targets are met through daily execution of Production Programmes at CCL.
• Monitor product standards and implement quality-control programs to ensure timely production and acceptable quality.
• Ensuring optimum equipment capacity utilization against requirements; analyse quality and quantity of production and initiate corrective actions to eliminate deficiencies.
• Monitor order priorities/ backlogs, equipment breakdowns, and other aspects affecting planned schedules; initiate solutions for repetitive equipment failures and product complaints.
• Drive the implementation and usage of systems of production tracking (SAP) and inventory Control including bar code system.
• Schedule and organise the repair and routine maintenance of production equipment.
• Support Maintenance programmes to ensure CCL and other allied equipment are healthy.
• Cost and consumption control of Paints, gas, electrical energy, APR, etc. at CCL to ensure that they conform to the Budget targets.
• Manpower management ensuring discipline across the shop floor and reduction of avoidable costs. (working out the human and material resources needed)
• Supervising and motivating a team of workers; reviewing worker performance, appraisal of subordinates and identifying training needs.
• Ensure compliance to Quality, Environmental, Health and Safety policies and guidelines.
• Maintain system conformance to ISO 9001, 14001 & 18001 standards at and CCL.
• Implement and support 6 K activities.
• working with other managers to implement the company’s policies and goals
• Ensure Preparation and circulation of daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual MIS reports for information and corrective actions
• Performing other duties as assigned by the management from time to time.

Budgetary responsibility

• Monitor and Control of colour coating line variable cost as per set targets.
• Manage plant productivity to ensure volume achievement as per set targets.

Procurement responsibility

• Monitor and control of consumables
• Raising purchase requisitions for replenishment of required items.

Ensure desired quality of the procured materials and give feedback to the suppliers in the case of 

Qualifications required:

1. Minimum academic qualification: University degree in Engineering or equivalent
2. Qualifications as an added advantage:  SAP knowledge and computer suit
3. Professional registration: Be a registered member of engineering professional body

Experience required:

1. General work experience (years): Minimum 5 years
2. Specific to the position (level/discipline/years):  Minimum of 7 years of relevant manufacturing engineering and supervisory experience.
3. Industry: Manufacturing /Engineering

Key competencies and skills:

1. Team leadership,
2. Technical skills
3. Organization skills
4. Interpersonal skills
5. Problem solving skills
6. IT and numerical skills
7. Communication skills

Language requirements:

1. English
2. Kiswahili

Computer literacy:

1. Proficiency in computer software applications; MS Word / Excel/ Power point.
2. Knowledge in SAP ERP PP module.

Personality profile:

• Strong willed individual able to drive through organizational action plans with minimum supervision. Ability to take up challenging assignments under pressure and deliver to promises.

  Additional/specific work requirements

• Knowledge and experience in coated products Process: Production & Quality ISO Systems: EHS & OSHA Systems

Presentation Skills