Industrial Engineer

Our client in Columbus, OH is looking for a Lean Process Engineer to join their growing team!

This is an on-site/full-time/direct-hire position.

Salary based on experience: $80k-$110k

Role Mission & Overview

In this role, you will primarily support lean and continuous improvement efforts to reduce lead times, reduce cost, and improve profitability. Expect to allocate 90% or more of your time to these projects for your first 1-2 years with the company. In the other 10% of your time, you may support engineering projects focused on quality compliance with external and internal product standards and qualify vendor-supplied components. Examples of these projects could be: maximizing efficiency through re-configuring processes or introducing new technologies, verifying dimensional compliance of components to their engineered drawings, providing specifications to vendors, conducting performance testing on materials or components, establishing statistical sample testing thresholds to meet quality goals, or determining the root causes of product test failures by significance. A successful Industrial Engineer will accomplish this while exercising strong interpersonal skills to build relationships and collaborate with all departments. You will report to the Engineering Manager.

Other Duties as Needed:

Assist with failure analysis and resolution of any product failures.

Assist with any engineering associated with refining product Bills of Materials.

As needed, assist with creating work instructions for production line processes.

Assist with Safety, Environmental, and Quality audits.

Work with Production to engineer equipment and processes to support KPIs associated with First Pass Yield, Daily Throughput, and On-Time Delivery.

Assist Purchasing with supplier visits, sample testing, material analysis, and the QA/QC program.

Support safety program improvements where engineering input may be required.

Maintain engineering drawings as required; work through the Purchasing Department to ensure material changes are provided to suppliers.

Support Quality during the approval process for certifications/approvals for new and existing products, including applications, material testing, performance testing, and all documentation.

Key Competencies and Personal Characteristics:

Dependable, accountable, responsible, ethical, highly organized

S. education in engineering (Industrial, Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, for example) – Industrial Engineering preferred

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification preferred

Capable of training lean fundamentals and championing lean projects

Experienced with at least 3 years of successful lean projects in a manufacturing organization

Passionate for details and factual-based evidence

Proven history of continuous improvement projects improving safety, quality, and costs

Preferably experienced with start-up production operations and/or new product manufacturing

Driven with a true “can do” attitude and genuine intellectual passion for innovation and positive change, knowing that the status quo is not acceptable

Able to demonstrate remarkable persistence in the pursuit of progress and not overly risk-averse

Able to inspire and influence the team to embrace a culture of continuous improvement and safety

Collaborative in team problem solving but with confidence to execute a course of action

Equipped with strong quantitative skills that enable a granular understanding of product quality, component quality, and process deficiencies

Able to communicate an engineering analysis in an understandable fashion

Able to find and employ problem-solving resources beyond the organization when needed, including additional staff, consultants, and support from vendors

Resolved that decisions should be based on observation, experimentation, and reason, and not because of common practice

Does not suffer from “not invented here” or “not invented by me” narrow-mindedness

Compensation & Benefits

10% of salary performance-based bonus opportunity

The company contributes 75% of employee medical, dental, and vision; life insurance

4% 401K match

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.

We are an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or employment against any individual on the basis of race, color, gender, national origin, ancestry, religion, physical or mental disability, age, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, pregnancy, citizenship, or any other factor protected by anti-discrimination laws.