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RJE Global delivers engineering, electrical, construction, commissioning and maintenance solutions across Australia's renewable energy, power, resources, utilities, infrastructure and defence sectors. As a Symphony Infrastructure Partners company, we bring together technical expertise, practical experience and a commitment to delivering successful project outcomes.

With projects delivered across the full lifecycle, from design and procurement through to construction, commissioning and maintenance, RJE Global continues to play a key role in supporting Australia's critical infrastructure and energy transition.

Position: Manufacturing Engineer

About the Role

The Manufacturing Engineer develops, improves and sustains manufacturing processes, equipment, layouts and systems that enable safe, efficient, high-quality and predictable production at Lonsdale.

The role supports production and manufacturing teams through hands-on technical problem solving, lean manufacturing, design for manufacture, waste elimination, standardisation and disciplined implementation of improvements and lessons learned.

Key Responsibilities

Manufacturing Engineering Function Deployment

- Support the Manager – Lonsdale Projects and Lean Manufacturing to define, document and progressively deploy the manufacturing engineering function, including scope, priorities, service interfaces, measures and governance.

- Develop a prioritised implementation roadmap based on production needs, safety and quality risk, capacity constraints, recurring losses and achievable business value.

- Establish baseline performance and demonstrate perks through controlled trials, documented outcomes and sustainable handover to process owners.

Production and Manufacturing Support

- Provide practical, responsive engineering support to production and manufacturing teams to resolve process, equipment, tooling, quality, flow and buildability issues.

- Work at the point of manufacture to understand constraints, engage operators and supervisors, and implement solutions that are safe, practical and maintainable.

- Develop and maintain work instructions, process specifications, standard work, visual controls and technical records for recurring manufacturing activities.

- Develop and maintain high-level process maps to define end-to-end manufacturing workflows, identify interfaces and improvement opportunities, and support process standardisation through clear, controlled and accessible process documentation.

Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement

- Apply lean manufacturing methods such as 5S, value stream mapping, standard work, visual management, flow, pull, takt and error proofing where appropriate.

- Identify, quantify and eliminate non-value-add work and waste opportunities, including defects, rework, waiting, motion, transport, over-processing,



excess inventory and underused capability.

- Lead throughput analysis and improvement activities with production teams, identifying constraints and implementing actions that improve flow, cycle time, output and delivery performance while tracking agreed safety, quality, cost and productivity outcomes.

Structured Problem Solving and Lessons Learned

- Lead or support structured problem solving using fit-for-purpose methods such as 5 Whys, cause-and-effect analysis, Pareto analysis and corrective action reviews.

- Validate root causes, implement countermeasures, confirm effectiveness and prevent recurrence through updated designs, controls, standards, training and maintenance requirements.

- Capture, communicate and implement lessons learned across relevant products, projects, processes and work areas.

Process, Tooling and Equipment Development

- Design, specify, trial, commission and improve manufacturing processes, fixtures, jigs, tools and equipment in consultation with users and support functions.

- Prepare requirements, business cases, risk assessments, acceptance criteria, operating documentation and training for new or modified equipment and processes.

- Apply change control and ensure modifications comply with WHS, quality, engineering, electrical, environmental and other applicable requirements.

Design for Manufacture and Product Standardisation

- Review designs for manufacturability, assembly, inspection, material handling, repeatability, cost and safe execution before release or as products mature.

- Work with relevant stakeholders on Design for Assembly and Manufacture activities to improve buildability, standardisation, quality, safety, throughput and whole-of-life cost outcomes.

- Introduce and embed the Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA) concept with the Lonsdale team, facilitating cross-functional assessments for priority manufacturing processes and integrating agreed controls into standard work and process documentation.

- Interface with the product/design standardisation team to provide manufacturing feedback and support common components, preferred details, modular solutions and controlled manufacturing standards.

- Translate production issues and lessons learned into clear design improvement requests and verify that approved changes deliver the intended outcome.

Facilities, Layouts and Material Flow

- Generate and maintain facility, work-cell and equipment layouts that support safe access, efficient flow,



capacity, ergonomics, material handling and future growth.

- Undertake time, motion, capacity, throughput and flow studies to inform layout, labour, equipment and process decisions, and provide manufacturing engineering input into capacity and resource planning studies.

- Coordinate layout changes with production, safety, quality, maintenance, projects, warehouse and facilities stakeholders.

Preventative Maintenance and Equipment Reliability

- Support the development and improvement of preventative maintenance systems for manufacturing equipment, tooling and relevant facilities.

- Define equipment registers, criticality, maintenance tasks, frequencies, inspection standards, records, spares requirements and escalation pathways with asset owners and maintainers.

- Analyse downtime and recurring failures, progress corrective actions and improve equipment reliability and availability.

Data, Performance and Safety

- Develop practical measures and reporting for productivity, cycle time, first-pass yield, rework, downtime, maintenance completion, capacity and improvement benefits.

- Work with the Lonsdale Quality team to define, track and improve manufacturing quality performance, including relevant measures, trends, recurring issues and improvement priorities.

- Use reliable data to prioritise work, verify improvement outcomes and support evidence-based decisions.

- Comply with RJE Global WHS, quality and environmental requirements and apply risk management and consultation to all process, equipment and layout changes.

About you

- Tertiary qualification in mechanical, manufacturing, industrial, mechatronic or a closely related engineering discipline.

- Practical experience in manufacturing engineering, process engineering, industrial engineering or production improvement within a fabrication, assembly or engineered-products environment.

- Demonstrated ability to develop and improve manufacturing processes, tooling, fixtures or equipment from concept through implementation.

- Working knowledge of lean manufacturing, waste elimination, standard work and continuous improvement principles.

- Demonstrated structured problem-solving and root-cause analysis capability.

- Ability to interpret engineering drawings and specifications and provide design-for-manufacture feedback.

- Experience preparing process documentation, work instructions, layouts, technical reports and improvement proposals.

- Robust communication and consultation skills, with the ability to work effectively with tradespeople, operators, supervisors, engineers and managers.

- Sound understanding of WHS, risk management, quality controls and engineering change requirements.

- Competence with Microsoft Office and relevant CAD, data analysis or engineering applications.

- Current driver licence.

📌 Manufacturing Engineer (Lonsdale)
🏢 RJE Global
📍 Lonsdale