Industrial Engineer

About This Role

This role on the System side is for an Industrial Engineer who will lead efforts to improve the efficiency of physical and transactional processes throughout the organization. The position involves advocating for a continuous improvement culture, executing projects of moderate to large scope across manufacturing operations, and driving lean improvement across numerous processes. The engineer may also mentor junior staff and will be considered a technical subject matter expert.

Responsibilities

• Participate in and may lead multiple Industrial Engineering projects and activities, including value stream mapping, design reviews, new product development and introduction, new line or facility start-up, and facility design
• Run structured technical problem-solving investigations and utilize data-driven analysis to provide recommendations and solutions for improvement
• Evaluate operations and identify improvement opportunities, utilizing data analysis and metrics to build a business case, and deliver on execution
• Monitor operational metrics including labor hours, WIP levels, and productivity, analyze data for trends, and collaborate with process owners to improve
• Review and analyze work cell layout, process flow, material flow, etc., assess best practices, and recommend cost-effective solutions for improving the utilization and efficiency of personnel, equipment, and/or physical space
• Lead projects that will result in improved costs and/or enhanced quality
• Perform duties and train in the areas of time standards, line balancing, simulation modeling, cost estimation, manpower planning, and continuous improvement
• Support large building or multi-cell layout changes, and may lead layout changes of moderate size with minimal oversight
• Upon request, perform strategic analysis and communicate findings effectively to various levels of management, including assessing long-range capacity forecasts from analysis to recommendations and justification for facilities, equipment, and/or manpower requirements for new or sustaining product ramp
• May propose and/or draft reports or dashboards to support data analysis
• May build simple reports or dashboards for analysis and deeper understanding
• May maintain existing reports or dashboards as required
• Gather requirements from teams, understand these requirements, and help roll out solutions

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Engineering or related discipline
• 4 years minimum of applicable, progressive work experience
• Strong verbal communication and group presentation skills
• Proficient general software and data analysis skills (e.g., Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, etc.)
• General project management skills
• Ability to lead small to moderately sized change management initiatives