Industrial Engineer

Position Objective

Overall responsibility for assigned production manufacturing process design and sustainment for Safe, Quality- focused, efficient and cost-effective results.

Required Education and Experience

• 4-year degree from an accredited university in Engineering or related field OR a combination of education and relevant experience

• A minimum of 4 years of related work experience.

Primary Responsibilities

• Create and maintain safe, efficient and accurate layout plan based on local standards.

• Maintain appropriate line balance based on current state demand volumes.

• Drive standard work processes/work instructions. Update for best-known method to drive safety, quality and throughput. Maintain dataset for each discrete operation (cycle times, job difficulty rating, number of workstations, safety score, etc.)

• Understand (at all times) assigned product line capacities at current and future demand volumes. Understand and work to alleviate process and equipment constraints to growth.

• Establish and maintain accurate work content through standard time studies.

• Utilize Lean Principles and Engineering Best Practices to drive continual improvements to manufacturing and supporting processes.

• Urgent response to line disruption issues. Utilize root cause analysis (RCA) to drive solutions and control improvements.

• Drive continual improvement to operational metrics (cycle times, square feet, downtime, OEE/OPE, work content, labor $/unit, material $/unit, units (person, etc.) through process equipment development, material consumption reduction, process improvement, and other personal initiatives.

• Provide communications and/or presentations to customers, suppliers, vendors, and internal stakeholders on problem solving, initiative results, improvement proposals and other topics.

• Capture and deliver feedback and recommendations for cost reductions, manufacturability enhancements to design of product, capital projects and other initiatives.

• Provide manufacturing expertise for product development under Design for Manufacturing methods and standards.

• Input to bid and proposal activities as needed.

• Represent manufacturing in cross-departmental activities such as MBR, design reviews, failure analysis, Kaizen events and Value Stream Mapping.

Required Qualifications

• Ability to work independently but in a collaborative nature.

• Ability to speak or present in front of a group.

• Hands-on experience with drafting software applications.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite including: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams and Outlook