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
- Strong 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.
- Robust 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 a

📌 Manufacturing Improvement Manager (Melbourne)
🏢 Wilson Industries
📍 Melbourne