Production Engineer

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Together, we are Toyota.
Toyota Motor Corporation Australia is well-recognised for offering:
Fully maintained motor vehicle including insurance.
Significant family vehicle lease and purchase discounts
Flexible hours and workspaces, with a hybrid of working from home and in the office.
Wellness facilities – free onsite gym, end of trip facilities
Free car parking and discounted onsite cafe.
Free onsite primary school holiday program
10 days paid domestic and family violence leave.
Genuine career development: promotions, rotations, study assistance, paid study leave and paid professional membership.
Paid volunteer days to support your community and matched giving program.
26 weeks paid primary carers leave, 8 weeks paid parental leave for secondary carers and superannuation paid on unpaid parental leave.
What you’ll contribute to
An exciting opportunity became available for a Production Engineer to join the Toyota Production System (TPS) Operations Division in the Toyota Conversions department. Toyota Conversions is a production facility whereby vehicles are converted with accessories for the domestic market.
The Production Engineer is primarily responsible for developing and maintaining production systems, providing technical analysis and solutions to production issues, and ensuring production requirements, for example, tooling, equipment and production aids, are suitable to achieve divisional Safety, Quality and Production targets in order to achieve customer satisfaction.
This is a Permanent role based in Altona North.
How you’ll make an impact
Implement initiatives identified in hazard registers, safety walks, and risk assessments to strengthen the safety culture.
Conduct in depth analysis to prevent recurrence of production issues, implementing countermeasures to enhance production processes, tooling, equipment and production aids
Support to maintain shop floor systems of work, using visual control tools to generate new Kaizen opportunities that improve safety, quality and production
Participates in scheduling and planning activities, liaising with contractors for production Kaizen projects, manages Kaizen project budgets and monitors performance against targets
Manages changepoint introduction and supports production preparation for product changes through coordination of responsible activities and ensure compliance with necessary requirements and regulations.
Your attributes – If you’ve got one or more, we’d love to hear from you!
Degree qualification in Engineering, preferably in the field of Mechanical or Manufacturing
4+ years of cumulative Engineering Experience, recognised by the Australian Institute of Engineers
Experience in Automotive Production, with a focus on safety, process optimisation and quality improvement
Excellent problem solving skills and lateral thinking, with a focus on root cause analysis, identifying solutions, mitigating risks, and ensuring smooth project delivery of solutions
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, able to engage and collaborate effectively with both internal teams and external partners
Ability to maintain all relevant safety processes and compliance documentation consistently to a high standard.
Make your impossible, possible & apply today!
Application close on the 8th of May 2025
You’re welcome to find out more by visiting our careers page:
www.toyota.com.au/careers
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Primary Location
Altona North - 4+4 Grieve Parade
We are an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Australia
Victoria
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