Industrial Engineering Professional with Process Optimization

Location:

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Posted:

December 07, 2025

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Resume:

Madumetja Phakoago

**** ***** ****** ******, ********, Johannesburg, 2191

062*******, ********.**@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

I am an inquisitive, agile, positive, and hardworking individual who always strives to be the best in everything I get my hands on and achieves it to its highest standard. SKILLS

• SAP

• Syspro

• Leadership skills

• Planning and Organizing

• Verbal and written communication

• Team player

• Time Management

• Method study

• Safety

• Facility layout

• Time study

• Microsoft Office Suite

• Problem-solving Skills such as DMAIC

and GSTD

• Analytical Skills

• Strategic planning

• Presentation

• Quality Control and Assurance

• Data collection and analysis

• Sub – Assembly Design

EDUCATION

Vaal University of Technology - Vanderbijlpark Advanced Diploma Industrial Engineering 2022

Vaal University of Technology - Vanderbijlpark Diploma Industrial Engineering 2021

Mphela A Marumo Secondary School - Apel National Senior Certificate Grade 12, 2016

WORK EXPERIENCE

JUNIOR PROCESS ENGINEER: PROCESS ENGINEERING 05/2024 to Present Hesto Harnesses – Stanger, Kwazulu-Natal

• Process design: Combining two process lines to achieve efficiency in terms of head reduction and optimize space.

• Line Balancing, work and manning allocation to achieve the production target

• Updating schematic layout: Allocating men to the relevant stations to achieve efficiency.

• Project Handover: Preparing data and workstation for the new project and handing it over to production to run.

• Updating Taping Maps to achieve efficiency

• Designing a sub – assembly to achieve the most effective and efficient way of building a harness in terms of time and effort.

• Visual Management: Creating SOP’s, Work Instructions, Standard Work Chart Table

(SWCT) AND Workstation I. D’s.

• Conduct Time Studies to figure out the standard time of performing a task while looking for the inefficiencies to eliminate in the task.

• Poka Yoke: Validating L.E.D programs to ensure mistakes are avoided when building a harness.

• Defining a workstation: Ensuring each operator have their designated workstations to allow smooth operations.

• Evidence Mapping: Doing a visual representation of the duties performed.

• SHE checklists: Ensuring the place is safe, no hazards or risks to injuries for anyone.

• Project management: Ensuring that the new projects are launched seamlessly by implementing all the changes and liaising with production and all supporting departments.

• Analyzing customer technical drawings, DCR’s and PR’s to get more insight of what the changes or requirements are for the production to achieve the targets.

• Conduct audits on the production lines to ensure that the lines are always up to the standards set.

• Continuous improvement activities to improve the quality, efficiency and effectiveness on the processes.

• Reporting accurate data and information for better understanding for cross functional teams to close the gaps in meeting the deadlines and targets

• Improving both the harnesses sub assembly and EOL to reach customer demands effectively and efficiently.

• Designing new process methods to reduce the facility's needed thus, reducing the costs.

GRADUATE PROGRAME: INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING 04/2022 to 05/2023 Wispeco Aluminium - Alrode, Gauteng

• Commissioning new machine and Improving production Output Project

• Eliminating risks and potential hazards through risk assessment Project

• Improving flow and quality through 5s Project

• Ensuring all the departments have adequate skips for production through skip project

• Monitoring production and ensuring the machine is running on its maximum capacity

• Ensuring everyone is trained and competent in performing production activities

• Ensuring quality and safety across the production process thought creating Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) and Safe Working Operating Procedures

(SWOP’s)

• Creating information flow and organizing the dispatch

• Tracking and recording material on Syspro

• Data collection and analysis

• Acting as a quality controller, ensuring all materials produced meet the quality standards

TECHNICAL INTERN: INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING 02/2020 to 02/2021 Nestle - Pretoria, Gauteng

• Collecting data from variable stages of the processes using SAP to measure and analyze the current losses contributing to productivity, efficiency and cost loss.

• Improving customer satisfaction through open flap corrugates project

• Increase of nominal speed to maximize output

• Activity Performance Indicators (Cleaning, Inspection, Lubrication, Tagging and Centerlining)

• Ensuring the relevant information about quality, output, performance, and safety is displayed for the teams through visual management

• Updating labor standards

TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

• 20 Keys to workplace improvement – Organization Development International

(ODI)

• Project Approach - Organization Development International (ODI)

• Sub – Assembly Design – Hesto Harnesses (Internal)

• Workplace Health and Safety – ISOMARK

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