Australia
**Position Description**
The Primary purpose of this position is to provide daily support to the production assembly lines in order to improve quality and assembly costs while meeting Area KPI targets.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide support to the Production Assembly lines and Cross Functional Team
- Update and maintain assembly instructions for Production in regards to DCN and other changes in assembly that may affect the assembly instructions;
- Improve quality and assembly costs in area of responsibility
- Implement design changes as required
- Support cross functional teams in continuous improvement projects and root cause analysis activities.
- Support process change implementation using the Project Steering Model
- Support the New model Introductions
- Conduct time studies in doing so identifying and removing process bottlenecks
- Support the creation of shopfloor layouts ensuring Lean Manufacturing Principles are not compromised
- Assist the Production Engineering Manager with relevant activities as required.
- Ensure compliance with VCVA's Environmental Policy, Workplace Health & Safety requirements, and in general take any reasonable steps and precautions to protect or minimise harm to the workplace, its employees and the environment.
Other Responsibilities
Health & Safety
- Ensure a culture of safe working and a safe work environment for all staff
- Raise concerns or actively address any health & safety issue identified
- Follow all instructions given for working safely
- Identify and report all hazards, incidents, injuries & near misses immediately
- Report for work in a safe manner, unaffected by drugs and/or alcohol
- Protect own safety and health and not adversely affect the safety and health of others
- At all times wear safety equipment provided for the job task or area
- Do not misuse or tamper with the safe use of equipment
- Promote wellbeing and health in your team by supporting positive work/life choices, having an awareness of mental health and other health issues, and understanding support networks
Risk Management and Compliance
- Manage risk and compliance in area, including ongoing identification of material risks
- Monitor and ensure adequate risk management and compliance processes are in place
- Contribute to strategic risk management and compliance activities, including ongoing risk identification and mitigation
- Ensure that senior management and your team have a good understanding of the material risks
- Implement and monitor controls to manage risk
- Maintain and oversee all systems of internal control in risk management and compliance systems
- Ensure key legislative requirements are met and changes to legislation are communicated
- Promote a company-wide risk aware culture
Educational Qualifications
- 0 to 2 years' experience within a Production / Production Engineering environment
- Relevant degree or engineering qualification would be highly regarded
Business skills & attributes
- Excellent communication and people skills
- Maintains a customer focus at all times
- Good understanding of Lean Manufacturing principles
- Sound knowledge of the Volvo. Mack products an advantage
- Sound computer skills including Microsoft Office packages, Kola, AS400.
- Ability to learn quickly and adapt to change
- Experience in using Root Cause Analysis tools to identify root causes and prevent re-occurrence
- Demonstrated ability to work within a cross functional team environment.
**COMPANY BENEFITS**:
- Additional superannuation payments*
- Loyalty is valued with VGA Service Recognition Program
- A dedicated Health & Wellbeing program including Employee Assistance Program and discounted Private Health Insurance & Dental
- Purchase leave policy
- Educational Assistance
- VGA Scholarship Program
- Income Protection
- Workplace Giving
- Personal Computer Program
- Volvo and Nissan Car new vehicle discount
- A workplace that offers you the opportunity to do truly meaningful work in a supportive, constructive culture that encourages you to make the most of your talent
- additional 1% when you invest with the company superannuation fund.
With Volvo Group Australia you will be part of a global and diverse team. We work with passion, we trust each other, and we embrace change to stay ahead. We make our customers win
**About us**
A new era is here. Technologies such as big data, automation and artificial intelligence are changing the way we look at manufacturing and logistics. Volvo Group Trucks Operations is the organization responsible for truck manufacturing and logistics within the Volvo Group and is shaping future industries.
**Volvo Group Trucks Operations** encompasses all production of the Group's engines and transmissions as well as the production of Volvo, Renault and Mack trucks. The organization is also responsible for spare parts supplies to the Group's customers and for designing, operating and optimizing logistics and supply chains for all brands. Toget