Junior Engineer (Emirati National)

About AkzoNobel

Since 1792, we’ve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people’s lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. We’re active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It’s what you’d expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that’s dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today – while creating an even better tomorrow. Let’s paint the future together.

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AkzoNobel Junior Engineer role is designed to give Emirati graduates the opportunity to rapidly develop within the organization. During the course of your employment, you will receive on-the-job training across diverse assignments in different areas: continuous improvement, project engineering, process engineering, production planning and/or reliability engineering.

• Actively participate in all site health, safety, environment, quality and sustainability activities.
• Support the production manager and Quality in charge to achieve compliance with day to day operations. 
• Actively involved in the continuous improvement activities on site to improve the operational efficiency. 
• Lead various resource productivity initiatives as part of AkzoNobel’s 2030 ambitions. 
• Use of statistical analysis and appropriate business excellence project management processes to identify areas of significant improvement and develops plans to realize the benefits
• Investigate root cause of process failures, develop solutions for non-conforming products and implement improvement plans.
• Understand and improve Manufacturing strategy and input into site development plan based on current capabilities.
• Utilise the integrated asset management program within the sites lean operating principles, including the use of Work Management, Tactics, Condition Monitoring, Defect Elimination, Operate for Reliability, Core Competencies and Metrics.
• Generate and utilise charts and graphs to identify and analyse losses to prioritize opportunities for improvement
• Analysis and improvement of material efficiencies.

• Fresh graduate with a positive attitude – From Bachelor (or Master’s degree) in any of these engineering disciplines (electrical, mechanical, chemical, mechatronics, industrial, etc.)
• Maximum one-year experience
• Exhibit high initiative and leadership in student organizations/extracurricular activities
• High learning agility and high adaptability
• Excellent communication skills in English language
• Logical thinking. Analytical skills

At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.

Requisition ID: 40429