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Senior Process Engineer

🗓️ Posted 2026-09-16 Sydney Hybrid Engineering
💰 Salary Not shared 📊 Market 10,000 EUR–12,500 EUR/mo

About the Company

Effective April 1, 2026, Toyota Automated Logistics brings together Bastian Solutions, Vanderlande's warehousing business, and viastore under one unified brand.

About the Role

As a Senior Process Engineer, based at our MoRDC facility in Western Sydney, you will play a critical role in driving operational excellence within a highly automated warehouse environment. This is a high-visibility leadership role, requiring strong influence across Toyota Automated Logistics teams and customer teams, as well as confident communication with senior stakeholders. Working closely with operations, maintenance, engineering, and customer teams, you will identify improvement opportunities, lead continuous improvement initiatives, and enhance the performance, reliability, and stability of one of our most advanced automation systems.

Responsibilities

  • ● Build deep technical expertise in the ASRS system, including its equipment, controls, software interactions, and operational performance.
  • ● Analyse operational data and system performance to identify opportunities that improve throughput, quality, reliability, and efficiency.
  • ● Lead continuous improvement initiatives from problem identification through to implementation, verification, and sustainment.
  • ● Partner with operations, maintenance, engineering, and customer teams to eliminate recurring losses, optimise site performance, and build alignment across Toyota Automated Logistics and customer stakeholders.
  • ● Develop and maintain a pipeline of improvement opportunities aligned to operational priorities and long-term site objectives.
  • ● Provide technical expertise and leadership during complex investigations, periods of performance instability, Priority incidents, and support structured root cause analysis activities.
  • ● Coach and mentor site teams in problem-solving methodologies, data analysis, Toyota Production System mindsets, and continuous improvement practices, helping leaders and team members develop practical capability in daily management and structured problem solving.

Requirements

  • ● Degree qualified in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
  • ● Experience within automated warehousing, manufacturing, logistics, industrial automation, or other highly automated operational environments.
  • ● Strong technical understanding of automated material handling systems, controls, software interfaces, and system integration.
  • ● Proven track record delivering sustainable performance improvements through structured problem solving and continuous improvement methodologies.
  • ● Strong analytical capability with experience using tools such as Excel, Power BI, and operational performance reporting platforms.
  • ● Demonstrated leadership and influencing skills, with the ability to align cross-functional teams, customer teams, and support functions without relying solely on direct authority.
  • ● Excellent communication skills, with the confidence and clarity to engage technical, operational, customer, and senior leadership stakeholders in a high-visibility environment.