Process Engineer

Faurecia
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape
Full-time
Posted 1 day ago
Full-time Engineering
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Job Description

  • The role of a Process Technician is to support process development and improvement, validate product innovations; Ensure development and deployment of process standards, design checklist and guidelines, best practices; and support programs, plants and suppliers for process issues; and maintain a tooling and equipment database.

Main Missions are to: 

  • Contribute to continuous improvement of processes, tooling and equipment
  • Support production or parts suppliers to solve problems related to his/her field of expertise.
  • Maintenance of series production: engineering change management: analyse, validate and implement process modifications related to his/her field of expertise.
  • Maintain a local database of tooling and equipment to support capacity management.
  • Programs: feedback existing status and plant’s recommendations for process issues; participate to tooling and equipment follow-up and validations and support reception and start-up of tooling and equipment.
  • Standards and best practices: ensure application of process standards; identify best practices for his/her expertise network.
  • Simultaneous Engineering: ensure that checklists and guidelines for product design are applied; validate technology choices; ensure product manufacturability
  • Process development: define process solutions and ensure that process standards are applied; follow-up prototypes build (when applicable); Identify available capacity; release tooling and equipment specifications
  • Tooling and equipment procurement: support the purchasing organization during suppliers selections and negotiations; follow-up tooling and equipment at suppliers; manage tooling and equipment reception.
  • Generic processes: Simultaneous Engineering and product innovation - define and maintain checklists and guidelines for product design; Prepare process inputs and participate to the M3 gate Review of the product innovation process. 
  • Process improvement and innovation; develop and improve processes related to his/her field of expertise; develop cooperation with equipment suppliers, universities, etc…
  • Standardization: define, maintain and improve process standards in his/her field of expertise (tooling, equipment), create and maintain related specifications, ensure that process standards are applied (plants and programs) 
  • Best practices: Identify and validate best practices in his/her perimeter; Integrate best practices in process guidelines and/or standards; Promote and ensure deployment of best practices
  • Capacity management: Maintain and update a database of tooling and equipment related to his/her field of expertise.
  • Purchasing: Support the purchasing organization in developing and assisting tooling and equipment suppliers for all issues related to his/her field of expertise

Your profile and competencies to succeed

Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience: The ideal candidate will have/be:

  • Education : National Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical engineering or Tool maker trade.
  • Knowledge of full assembly lines.
  • At least 3-5 years’ experience in an industrial environment (automotive preferred)
  • Skilled problem solver, Strong Communication Skills. Proven Technical skills in process and product.
  • Computer literate 

Behaviours: 

  • Ability to handle pressure; deadline orientated
  • Disciplined self starter; Analytical, systematic and logical thinker
  • Good attendance is essential

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You'll apply on Faurecia's own site before 28 November 2026. Put your most relevant experience at the top of your CV first.

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Job details
Job TypeFull-time
LocationPort Elizabeth, Eastern Cape
CategoryEngineering
Experience3+ years
Posted29 October 2026
Closing Date28 November 2026
Faurecia
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape

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