Business Improvement Engineer (Port Elizabeth)

In brief

**Overview** This role is for a Business Improvement Engineer at Aspen Pharma Group in Port Elizabeth. The position focuses on leading and supporting Business Improvement and Operational Excellence initiatives. These initiatives aim to achieve measurable improvements in safety, quality, service, cost, and productivity, while also ensuring processes and equipment remain safe, standardised, and compliant. **What you will do** * Set, publish, and communicate departmental targets, measures, and deadlines, and review technical plans to improve production and facility equipment. * Manage continuous improvement, site loss elimination, and lean improvement projects, and provide technical support and specifications to operations. * Troubleshoot, diagnose, and resolve equipment, manufacturing process, and facility issues, engaging operators to surface production problems. * Standardise and improve processes to increase robustness and compliance, and reduce cost, lead time, inventory, downtime, and waste. * Evaluate, justify, and qualify process and equipment changes through change control, ensuring risk assessments are completed before implementation. * Develop and update process documentation, SOPs, and training material covering processes, equipment operation, and operator safety. * Implement and monitor corrective and preventive actions within target dates and design controls to minimise production issues. * Prepare technical reports and present process data, project progress, and issues for review and decision-making. **Requirements (from the original advert)** * **Qualification:** * BSc / BEng in Engineering. * Lean Six Sigma Green Belt advantageous. * **Experience:** * Over 5 years’ relevant manufacturing experience (pharmaceutical / GMP environment advantageous). * Project management experience. * Lean Manufacturing experience. * Business process optimization. **Who should apply** This role is suitable for candidates with an engineering degree (BSc / BEng) and over 5 years of relevant manufacturing experience. Ideal applicants will have demonstrated experience in project management, Lean Manufacturing, and business process optimization, and will be capable of leading continuous improvement initiatives within a manufacturing setting, potentially with Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification and experience in a pharmaceutical/GMP environment. **Deadline** Not specified **Reference** Original posting: https://www.myjobmag.co.za/job/business-improvement-engineer-port-elizabeth-aspen-pharma-group Source: myjobmag

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• At least 5 years of experience.

• Project management

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