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Role Overview
Production Engineer at Sealy Mattress Middle East (Middle East Mattress Factory Co.), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. A detail-oriented and technically skilled position focused on optimizing and supervising daily mattress manufacturing processes.
Company Overview
Middle East Mattress Factory Co. is the exclusive licensee of Sealy mattresses in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the MENA region. The company operates an advanced production plant in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, manufacturing world-class sleep systems utilizing cutting-edge automated machinery and industry-leading comfort technologies.
Role Purpose
The Production Engineer serves as the technical backbone of the shop floor, bridging the gap between design specifications and physical production. The role focuses on maximizing machine uptime, implementing lean practices, reducing material scrap, and ensuring assembly lines run flawlessly.
Key Responsibilities
Process Supervision & Optimization
- Supervise daily mattress manufacturing workflows including quilting, quilting patterns, pocket spring production, foam cutting, tape-edging, and final inspection lines.
ERP Data Integrity & BOM Management
- Maintain and verify complex Bills of Materials (BOM) and routing protocols within the Odoo ERP system.
- Route shop floor data accurately and audit material variances to prevent discrepancies.
Continuous Improvement & Lean Manufacturing
- Identify bottlenecks on assembly lines.
- Apply time-and-motion studies and lean manufacturing principles to improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).
- Eliminate raw material waste.
Equipment Coordination & Troubleshooting
- Work hand-in-hand with the maintenance team to oversee specialized automated mattress machinery including automated sewing, pocket-coil, and tape-edge machines.
- Troubleshoot process deviations immediately to minimize downtime.
Quality & Standards Compliance
- Monitor shop floor quality control practices.
- Ensure foam, fiber, and spring components meet technical blueprints and premium brand standards before moving to packaging.
Shift & Worker Coordination
- Instruct and assign daily tasks to technicians and line operators.
- Monitor technicians and line operators to ensure shift targets are safely and efficiently achieved.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Industrial, Mechanical, or Production Engineering preferred).
- Exactly 5 years of direct experience in mattress manufacturing or highly specialized bedding or textile production plants.
- High proficiency in engineering concepts and hands-on experience with Odoo ERP or similar manufacturing software modules.
Skills & Competencies
- Professional fluency in spoken and written English.
- Working knowledge of Arabic or Hindi/Urdu highly valued for daily team communication.
Additional Information
- Must currently reside in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
- Eligible Nationalities: Saudi, Yemeni, or Indian nationals only.
- Private Health Insurance.
- Training & Development.
- Performance Bonus.