PI OTR Bias Construction Engineer

Product Industrialization OTR Bias Construction Engineer 

Ensure the introduction, industrialization and optimization of Off-the-road (OTR) bias products and specifications in the plant with consideration for customer requirements, R&D, local quality standards and plant targets. Responsible for OTR bias tire building/construction products.

1. Production / Quality / Efficiency Improvements:

▪ Ensures Productivity - Implement processes that produce efficiently to the required output and to specification.
▪ Ensures Production Quality - Implement and maintain processes that produce products to required quality objectives.
▪ Supports root cause analysis activities in Scrap VI, CTDE, tyre weight, wheel test, yield and audits. 
▪ Ensures Equipment, Tooling & Process requirements are aligned and suitable for achieving product requirements and specifications.
▪ Product allocation & cycle optimization 
▪ Execute process related corrective actions & CI activities related to scrap, rework, tyre weight, cured tyre dimension and yield.
▪ Propose Control Plan to QM plant on new construction, materials and processes.

2. Plans / Strategy / Projects:

▪ Corrective & Contingency Plans for achieving stable and capable processes
▪ Support LEAN manufacturing principle implementation
▪ Advice to CBT2 team regarding processes
▪ Execute new or alternative raw materials/compound/products/processes/construction on time for ETO to production with consideration for the manufacturing process, quality and cost aspects
▪ Evaluation of Release Notes (RN) for new or alternative raw material/compound/process/construction

3. Agreements/Reports / Documentation:

▪ Process Performance - Report KPI's i.e. Process Excellence and Process Sustainability Audits
▪ Archived records, reports, surveys & justifications related to process trials and assessments
▪ Implement and maintain workplace specifications
▪ Regularly reporting of results of current testing and planning of further activities

4. Costs

▪ Realization of product improvement measures (PIP) for material, process and technology including standardization and consolidation.

5. Health, Safety and Environment

▪ Ensure compliance with all EHS policies & procedures
▪ Ensure good housekeeping practices
▪ Support 5S program

6. Recipe/Specification Management

▪ Inserting of recipes into equipment
▪ Maintaining of recipes
▪ Optimization of recipes
▪ Documenting of recipes
▪ Ensure the actual plant specification in correlation with GUTS system

7. Process Excellence

▪ Implement and maintain capable, efficient and stable production processes that satisfy the Process Excellence objectives.
▪ Process stability
▪ Implementation of process improvement
▪ Reduce process variation
▪ Process risk assessment with continuous improvement
▪ Owner of Process Excellence

8. New technology introduction

▪ Lead the feasibility and research activity on new process/equipment evaluation for bias construction
▪ Plant subject matter expert for global technology/process development on bias construction topic
▪ Ensuring the introduction and industrialization activity on new process/equipment fulfill all minimum/customer requirement

9. CST Manufacturing/R&D support

▪ Provide support to R&D on product request/demand/construction/technological development
▪ Provide support to CST Manufacturing on (regional) external site communication/coordination 
 

B.Eng. (Mechanical/Chemical/Polymer/Rubber/Manufacturing/Process)
BSc. (Chemistry/Applied Science) 

1-3 years experience in manufacturing environment preferably in tyre/rubber/polymer/automotive/R&D sectors.

1 year involvement in project management or equivalent as added advantage

PJ CST plant is an ever-growing and developing commercial specialty tire manufacturer for worldwide Off-the-road application with fast-paced and challenging work environment

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