Manufacturing Engineer (Solar Cells)

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

Founded in Norway in 1996, REC Group is an international pioneering solar energy company with a strong footprint in North America, Europe and Asia. We are part of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), a Fortune Global 500 company that shares our passion for bold innovations that empower people with clean energy solutions and drive global energy transitions. A trusted partner for customers, consumers and employees, we are Solar's most trusted!

RESPONSIBILITIES

We are looking for highly motivated, hands-on Manufacturing Engineer, who will be responsible for setup, ramp-up, maintenance and improvement of manufacturing systems, with the ability to train and lead a manufacturing team to achievethe company goals such as Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost in the most economical manner possible.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Reports to Senior Manager, Manufacturing
• Responsible for the setup, ramp-up, maintenance and improvement of manufacturing systems by implementing upto-date methods to achieve the department goals set by the management.
• Responsible for leading a manufacturing team to achieve the company goals such as Safety, Quality, Delivery and Costin the most economical manner possible.
• Safety
  • Ensure compliance of safety by team at work
  • Responsible to be the SiC for his/her shift assigned
  • To observe and abide to all Environmental Health and Safety related rules and procedures in compliance to theEnvironmental Health and Safety policy.
• Quality
  • Responsible to ensure that team complies strictly to work methods, procedures and standards.
  • Lead the shift in performing 5S in factory to maintain good housekeeping in work area
• Delivery
  • Shift operations:
    • To work with Shift Supervisor to develop work schedule and prioritizes daily activities within the shift tomeet production schedule.
    • Set and monitor manufacturing KPIs for production operators such as attendance, discipline, and workperformance
    • Drives, tracks and reports shift production performance such as production output, quality, utilization,material usage and yield. Identify causes to shift KPI misses and recommends/propose solutions toimprove shift output performances.o SMT (Self-managed team) operations:
    • Setup and Implement line operational procedures, manufacturing system, and ensure compliance withcorporate requirements and procedures
    • Maintain optimum utilization of equipment and resources and constantly review methods of WIPmanagement/ run mode
    • Involved in daily line sustaining troubleshooting on process and quality related issues. Able to stay backlate or come back at time to recover the production in event of any line hard down or catastrophicfailures.
    • Manage all non-conformance material and scraps disposition as according to the process controlprocedures and quality related procedures.
    • Perform other duties as assigned. Duties will vary according to the project progress and/or the specificgoals of the division.
    • Makes recommendations on improvement to production processes, equipment and material controls toimprove efficiency and effectiveness of work area.
• Training and Competency
  • Coach and motivates subordinates by conducting regular communication sessions and performance reviews.
  • Drive training competency of operators to ensure sufficient coverage in the Shift
  • Identify, Groom and Train Area Leaders, Shift Leaders and Supervisors
• Continuous Improvement
  • Participate actively or lead in projects such as cost reduction, yield improvement, Cpk improvement, newproduct / process development, new machine qualification, process optimization, throughput improvement andnew material evaluation/qualification
  • Drive the team of operators in the SMT to participate in all continuous improvement projects related to cost,quality & service using Six-Sigma, Gemba, Kaizen or similar applicable methodology

Technical / Professional:

• Minimum Bachelor Degree in Mechanical / Electrical / Electronic / Mechatronic Engineering
• Must be highly energetic and have the drive to get things done ahead of plan.
• Skills and abilities to perform job include: Good Leadership skills, Analytical Thought Process, Effectivecommunication and presentation skills. Good problem solving and troubleshooting skills, computer literacy, interpersonal skills. To be able to exercise mature judgment; ability to work in a team, as well as, independently; ability to influence other people
• Willingness to travel / work off shift, long hours and at time comeback to support Line recovery as this is a 24 X 7 factory
• Highly discipline in manufacturing behavior
• High fluency in both spoken and written English and preferably Mandarin to liaise with chinese-speaking counterparts.

General:

• Able to work in diverse environment.
• Ability to work under pressure

People / Relations:

• Able to energize, motivate and inspire people.
• Self motivated, hands on and good team player
• Dynamic & committed with proactive working attitude
• Strong passion for process improvement, organizational, analytical and interpersonal & people skills
• Good coaching, mentoring skills and balancing of manpower resources

WORK LOCATION: REC Solar, 20 Tuas South Avenue 14 Singapore 637312
(Company Transport available to/from selected locations islandwide.)