Wilson industries are investing in the future of its manufacturing and engineering operations. We are seeking a hands on Manufacturing Improvement Manager to lead the systems, process, engineering and technology improvements that will build a more productive, scalable and data driven factory.

Reporting directly to the General Manager, this is a newly defined senior role with the opportunity to influence how Wilson operates for years to come.

This is not a traditional Production Manager position.

The Production and Manufacturing Manager is responsible for daily production output, labour allocation and shop floor execution.

You the Manufacturing Improvement Manager will focus on building and improving the systems, processes, technology and engineering capability that enables factory optimisation and continuous improvement.

This Opportunity

You will lead Wilson’s manufacturing transformation agenda across:

- Manufacturing productivity and continuous improvement.
- Epicor Kinetic manufacturing and engineering systems.
- Routings, work centres, BOM’s, standard times and manufacturing data.
- Engineering workflow, PDM and drawing/revision control.
- DriveWorks and design automation.
- Robotic welding and advanced manufacturing.
- Laser manufacturing and automated material handling,
- Factory layout, material flow and capacity improvement.
- Capital projects, business cases and benefits realisation.
- Change management, training and technology adoption.

You will directly manage the Manufacturing Engineer and provide functional leadership across manufacturing engineering, engineering systems and process improvement resources.

Key Responsibilities

- Identify and implement practical improvements in productivity, capacity, flow and labour efficiency.
- Establish reliable manufacturing routings, work centres, standard times and work instructions
- Lead the manufacturing and engineering process requirements for Epicor Kinetics.
- Improve BOM, engineering and manufacturing master data accuracy.
- Develop meaningful manufacturing dashboards and shop floor data capture.




- Improve engineering to production workflows and design for manufacture practices.
- Lead and implementation and adoption of PDM and DriveWorks for appropriate product families.
- Improve drawing control, revision management, BOM generation and engineering turnaround times.
- Develop business cases and lead implementation of automation, robotics and capital projects.
- Improve factory layout, material flow, WIP visibility and equipment utilisation.Establish structured continuous improvement practices and measure the financial benefits delivered.
- Lead communication, training and adoption of new systems, processes and technology.
- Work closely with Production, Engineering, Sales, Finance, Procurement and the factory leadership team.

About You

You will be an experienced manufacturing improvement, manufacturing engineering and transformation leader who can combine technical depth with practical implementation capability.

You will bring:

- Significant experience in manufacturing leadership, manufacturing engineering or continuous improvement.
- Experience leading or managing an engineering or manufacturing team.
- Proven ERP or MRP implementation experience in a manufacturing environment
- Robust knowledge of routings, BOM’s, work centres, standard times and manufacturing master data.
- Demonstrated experience improving productivity, capacity, process flow and labour efficiency.
- Experience with Lean manufacturing and structured continuous improvement.
- Strong project management capability including capital equipment and technology implementation.
- Experience leading organisational change and workforce adoption and new systems.
- Commercial understanding of ROI, labour efficiency, capacity and capital justification.
- The ability to communicate credibly with operators, tradespeople, engineers,



managers and senior leadership.
- A practical, analytical and persistent approach to embedding change.

Experience with one or more of the following would be advantageous

- Epicor Kinetics or another manufacturing ERP/MRP system.
- SOLIDWORKS and SOLIDWORKS PDM
- DriveWorks or comparable design-automation software.
- Engineer-to-Order or Configure-to-Order manufacturing.
- Robotic welding, laser cutting or advanced fabrication.
- Automated storage and retrieval systems or automated material handling.
- Pressure vessels, tanks, HVAC, stainless steel fabrication or related engineering manufacturing.
- Industry 4.0 or digital manufacturing technologies.
- An engineering, manufacturing, operations or related tertiary qualification.

What Success will look like

In this role you will help Wilson achieve: -

- Improved labour and machine productivity.
- Increased manufacturing capacity and throughput
- Stronger Epicor adoption and manufacturing visibility.
- Accurate routings, BOM’s standard times and engineering data
- Faster engineering and quotation workflows.
- Improved drawing and revision control.
- Successful implementation and utilisation of automation.
- Reduced rework, scrap and process related errors.
- Improved factory flow and reduced unnecessary handling.
- Less reliance on spreadsheets, manual workarounds and tribal knowledge.
- A sustainable culture of standardisation and continuous improvement.

Why join Wilson

This is an opportunity to join Wilson at the start of a significant manufacturing transformation. You will have direct access to the General Manager and genuine influence over investment, systems, engineering capability, automation and future design of the operation.

You will not simply maintain an established system. You will help design it, implement it, engage the workforce and measure results.

If you are motivated by building better manufacturing businesses and turning improvement opportunities into measurable outcomes this role offers an opportunity to make a significant impact.

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📌 Manufacturing Improvement Manager (City of Knox)
🏢 Wilson Industries
📍 City of Knox