Flow Methods & Process Engineer

1. Role overview

The Flow Methods & Process Engineer provides the technical resources methods process expertise standards and documentation required to optimise operational flows and manufacturing processes across the production and logistics areas of the Felgueiras plant. The role defines maintains and continuously improves manufacturing processes process parameters layouts physical and information flows work-in-progress internal inventory packaging and system configurations. It ensures process capability data consistency and controlled change throughout the serial production lifecycle supporting safe efficient reliable and scalable operations. Working closely with Production Logistics Industrialisation Technical Data and Quality the engineer drives process and flow improvement plans supports product and process qualification manages process changes and captures lessons learned.

2. Proposed mission

Define control and continuously improve manufacturing processes and operational flows throughout the serial production lifecycle. The Flow Methods & Process Engineer designs and optimises process parameters production and logistics layouts physical and information flows packaging work-in-progress and internal inventory; manages process changes and productivity plans; supports qualification capacity planning and equipment ramp-up; and ensures compliance with safety quality cost delivery and Group standards.

3. Main responsibilities

• Define document maintain and continuously improve manufacturing processes operating methods process parameters and associated standards throughout the serial production lifecycle.
• Manage and optimise the implementation of logistics and production areas including layouts storage zones line-side locations equipment interfaces and material-handling routes.
• Analyse and improve physical and information flows to reduce lead times unnecessary movement waiting congestion variability and operational risk.
• Manage process changes arising from product quality equipment or operational requirements assess their impact and ensure controlled implementation and documentation.
• Participate in product and process qualification ensuring that process capability flow quality safety ergonomics and traceability requirements are met.
• Maintain and optimise process parameters routings work instructions cycle times labour standards and related master data.
• Configure or validate systems that support product and process flows ensuring consistency between master data routings locations packaging rules process parameters and physical execution.
• Manage process productivity plans including cycle-time and labour-time improvement initiatives and monitor the delivery of expected benefits.
• Contribute to factory capacity planning by assessing process capability cycle times equipment utilisation labour requirements bottlenecks and flow constraints.
• Define appropriate levels of work-in-progress and internal product inventory in line with just-in-time principles process stability and operational constraints.
• Design and improve packaging solutions in line with product process quality ergonomic transport and sustainability requirements.
• Conduct process and flow studies observations time-and-motion analyses capacity assessments line balancing and simulations to support operational decisions.
• Identify bottlenecks process variation and root causes affecting safety quality cycle time internal lead time inventory service productivity or cost.
• Lead or participate in structured problem-solving activities including 8D and process FMEA and ensure that corrective actions and lessons learned are captured.
• Develop and manage process and flow improvement action plans with clear ownership deadlines indicators risk controls and sustainable implementation.
• Contribute to industrialisation product transfer layout changes new equipment production capacity and ramp-up projects by providing process and flow expertise.
• Participate in product and process design reviews to ensure manufacturability and the early consideration of flow handling cycle time packaging storage quality and data requirements.
• Support the installation commissioning qualification and ramp-up of new or modified equipment and processes.
• Develop visual management tools standards and dashboards to support process control performance monitoring and operational decision-making.
• Ensure that implemented solutions comply with safety quality ergonomic environmental product and operational standards.
• Support change management training and adoption when new processes flows layouts systems standards or methods are introduced.
• Maintain accurate technical documentation including process descriptions parameters layouts flow maps routings control requirements work instructions and change records.
• Work with Production and Logistics teams to test validate and stabilise process and flow solutions under real operating conditions.
• Coordinate with Industrialisation Technical Data Quality Maintenance Supply Chain IT and other stakeholders to resolve cross-functional process and flow issues.
• Benchmark methods technologies and solutions maintain professional expertise and share best practices across the Industrial Engineering community.

4. Performance indicators

• Safety quality delivery and cost indicators related to manufacturing processes and operational flows.
• Process capability and stability and compliance with approved parameters and standards.
• Cycle time labour time productivity and equipment or line utilisation.
• Internal product throughput time across the site measured in hours.
• Work-in-progress and internal inventory levels against defined targets and just-in-time principles.
• Process-related defects scrap rework and recurring product or process issues.
• Delivery of process productivity capacity and continuous improvement plans.
• Completion and effectiveness of process change and flow improvement action plans.
• Space layout and storage capacity utilisation.
• Material flow productivity and the reduction of non-value-added movements.
• Data accuracy and consistency across process documentation systems and physical execution.
• Sustained performance following qualification ramp-up or the implementation of process and flow changes.

5. Target recruitment profile

The ideal candidate is a structured field-oriented industrial or process engineer who can translate product and operational requirements into capable manufacturing processes and practical flow solutions. The candidate combines process engineering fundamentals with direct shopfloor observation and understands production equipment quality and internal logistics constraints. They must be comfortable working with process parameters qualification cycle times layouts data systems work-in-progress packaging change control and improvement plans. Strong candidates demonstrate technical expertise in methods analytical rigour autonomy team spirit and the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders from diagnosis through implementation and stabilisation.

Qualifications :

Essential requirements

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Industrial Engineering Process Engineering Manufacturing Engineering Mechanical Engineering Production Engineering or a related technical field.
• Experience in manufacturing process engineering industrial methods production flows internal logistics or continuous improvement within an industrial environment.
• Ability to define document control and improve manufacturing processes parameters cycle times routings and work instructions.
• Experience in process qualification process change management and the ramp-up and stabilisation of new or modified processes.
• Knowledge of process FMEA structured problem-solving and corrective action methods such as 8D.
• Ability to analyse and optimise production and logistics layouts material flows information flows packaging and work-in-progress.
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and process improvement principles including waste reduction standard work pull flow just-in-time visual management and line balancing.
• Competence in process mapping data analysis root-cause analysis capacity assessment and structured improvement planning.
• Understanding of manufacturing performance indicators relating to safety quality cost delivery cycle time labour time capacity lead time and inventory.
• Ability to work with ERP MES or WMS data and ensure alignment between process documentation system parameters and physical operations.
• Strong analytical and synthesis skills with the ability to convert technical observations and data into sound decisions and recommendations.
• Ability to manage priorities assess risks and implement change with Production Quality Logistics and technical teams.
• Intermediate proficiency in English; Portuguese is required for effective communication at the site.

Valued skills and experience

• Experience in value-stream mapping spaghetti diagrams line balancing capacity studies Kanban pull systems or supermarket design.
• Practical knowledge of process capability control plans statistical process control measurement systems or design of experiments.
• Experience in product and process qualification equipment commissioning industrialisation or production ramp-up.
• Knowledge of MTM or comparable time measurement and labour productivity methods.
• Knowledge of SAP MES WMS or other industrial information systems that support manufacturing and product flows.
• Experience with AutoCAD or comparable layout design tools as well as data analysis or visualisation applications.
• Knowledge of packaging engineering ergonomics material handling and warehouse or line-side design.
• Training in Lean Six Sigma continuous improvement project management or change management.
• Ability to facilitate technical reviews workshops and training and to maintain process standards and knowledge.
• Rigour autonomy curiosity pragmatism initiative and a strong field orientation.

6. Main interfaces

The role interacts regularly with Production Logistics Industrialisation Technical Data Quality Supply Chain Planning Maintenance HSE IT ERP/MES/WMS key users R&D or Product Engineering Procurement Packaging stakeholders equipment suppliers and external service providers. Close collaboration is required to ensure that manufacturing processes and flow solutions are capable technically sound supported by consistent data properly qualified and successfully adopted in serial production.

Additional Information :

What We Offer

• The chance to be part of a high-impact global transformation journey.
• International exposure through collaboration with diverse teams and stakeholders worldwide.
• A supportive environment that fosters professional growth knowledge sharing and innovation.
• Long-term career opportunities within a global leader committed to excellence and sustainable growth.

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time