Manufacturing Excellence Engineer

As a Manufacturing Excellence Engineer you'll be responsible for developing, implementing, and continuously improving Manufacturing Excellence standards across the plant, in close collaboration with Production, Maintenance, Engineering, and Quality teams.

You will play a key role in driving Operational Excellence, improving OEE, reducing losses and downtime, and embedding Lean / TPM methodologies across all production areas, with a strong focus on operator engagement and capability building.Main Activities:* You will lead the deployment and continuous improvement of Manufacturing Excellence methodologies (TPM / Lean / WCM) across the plant, ensuring alignment with production and maintenance teams.* You will drive Autonomous Maintenance (AM), Professional Maintenance (PM), and Focused Improvement (FI) activities, ensuring structured execution and sustainability.* You will monitor and analyze key production KPIs (OEE, downtime, MTBF, MTTR), identifying losses and defining improvement actions.* You will support daily production meetings by analyzing the last 24 hours of performance data and coordinating immediate corrective actions.* You will lead weekly performance reviews, identifying long-term improvement opportunities and supporting the OEE governance process.* You will facilitate and lead structured problem-solving activities (8D, 5 Whys, Ishikawa), ensuring cross-functional involvement and root cause elimination.* You will support and standardize operational practices (5S, CIL, SMED, OPL, CBA, Technical Cleaning, Process Controls).* You will coordinate AM planning activities, including structured maintenance sessions and operator involvement programs.* You will contribute to capability building by supporting training programs for operators and team leaders in Lean / TPM methodologies.* You will ensure proper KPI tracking and reporting, supporting management in decision-making and continuous improvement priorities.