Technical Lead, Manufacturing Maintenance
1 day ago
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Unilever
Full-time
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Technical Lead Engineer
Durban Express Employment Professionals (Durban South)
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor a team of engineers, driving technical excellence and continuous improvement.
- Manage engineering resources, workloads, KPIs and project delivery.
- Lead engineering projects involving wiring harnesses, brackets, sensors, electronic modules and vehicle accessory integration.
- Review and approve engineering designs prior to release.
- Drive technical issue resolution using the 8D methodology.
- Ensure compliance with automotive development standards and processes, including SOR, DFMEA/PFMEA, DVPR, PPAP, APQP and Engineering Change Management.
- Coordinate activities between Engineering, Purchasing, Quality, Manufacturing, Suppliers and Customers.
- Participate in customer technical reviews and Product Development Team meetings.
- Oversee product development from concept through production, including CAD models, drawings, BOMs, prototype builds and manufacturing documentation.
- Review customer RFQs, define technical scope and support quotation development.
- Analyse vehicle electrical architecture, CAN networks and discrete electrical