Industrial Engineer – Equipment Development & Layout Optimisation

Hungry Lion

Stellenbosch, South Africa
On-site
Problem-solving
Systems thinking
Analytical reasoning
Hungry Lion is seeking a motivated early-career Industrial Engineer to join their team in Stellenbosch. The role focuses on optimizing equipment and restaurant layouts to enhance operational efficiency and customer experience within the quick-service restaurant sector

Job Summary

  • The role will focus on developing and optimising equipment and restaurant layouts to reduce cost, improve speed of service, and enhance product quality, with the ultimate objective of elevating the customer experience.
  • Engage with internal stakeholders and local and international equipment suppliers to identify new equipment, document specifications of existing equipment, and identify, define, document, and manage the implementation of change requirements for existing equipment.
  • Identify and analyse kitchen layout improvement opportunities through desktop studies, implement and test proposed changes against controlled baselines, and quantify the impact on workflow efficiency, movement, congestion, speed of service, and product quality.

Matching Summary

Match Score: 85

Hungry Lion is seeking a motivated early-career Industrial Engineer to join their team in Stellenbosch. The role focuses on optimizing equipment and restaurant layouts to enhance operational efficiency and customer experience within the quick-service restaurant sector.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • problem-solving
  • systems thinking
  • analytical reasoning
  • stakeholder engagement
  • Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets

Nice-to-have

  • proactive
  • detail-oriented
  • solution-focused mindset
  • resilience
  • confidence
  • initiative
  • independent work

Key Requirements

  • BEng, BSc (Eng), or BTech in Industrial Engineering
  • solve unstructured, poorly defined problems
  • work independently
  • make decisions
  • analyse processes, equipment, and layouts
  • Data analysis and problem structuring

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Not specified

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