Industrial Engineer/Analyst

Specific Responsibilities

• Analyze reports to improve productivity and overall quality
• Use existing data systems to allow technical analysis of each process
• SPC (Statistical Process Control)
• Conduct data analysis systems with Automation Engineers
• L2 development data collection
• Provide training and support to end users
• Continuously investigate new technologies and understand how they could help add value to operations
• Troubleshoot, and improve existing databases and software
• Occasional off-hour and fill-in support
• Support all departmental personnel plant wide in observing, researching, obtaining, recording, and producing required data
• Ensures a culture is in place that puts the safety and welfare of our employees ahead of all other goals
• Effectively apply all aspects of Lean manufacturing in assigned manufacturing facilities and in related support functions
• Partner with Plant Leaders to develop Continuous Improvement strategies that close key business gaps identified in Plant, then implement those strategies on the shop floor including the tools and processes required to sustain the improvements in the future
• Facilitate kaizens and focused C.I. events to implement improvement strategies on all shifts working closely with Manufacturing Supervisors and Operators
• Support building a Lean culture by providing training and coaching to plant personnel on Lean theories, methodologies, and standards, with an emphasis on “Learn by Doing”
• Utilize Train-the-Trainer techniques to transfer knowledge to department resources to enable self-sufficiency to launch future Lean improvements
• Utilize Lean principles and Best Practices to establish new work standards for Machines, Processes, and People, to generate productivity savings, improve quality, and increase OTD
• Develop metrics and dashboard measures that enable the entire plant population to understand key performance indicators and business gaps and take necessary actions to improve results
• Reviews project proposal or plan to determine time frame, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing projects, staffing requirements, and allotment of available resources to various phases of projects
• Establishes work plan and multi-disciplinary staffing for each phase of project, and arranges for recruitment or assignment of project personnel
• Confers with project staff to outline work plan and to assign duties, responsibilities, and scope of authority
• Directs and coordinates activities of project personnel to ensure project progresses on schedule and within prescribed budget
• Reviews status reports, prepared by project personnel and modifies schedules or plans as required
• Prepares project reports for management, client, or others
• Confers with project personnel to provide technical advice and to resolve problems

Essential Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Bachelor degree Engineering with 2 years of related experience
• 2 years of manufacturing experience
• Lean Manufacturing — Knowledge of theories, methodologies, standards, and tools
• Leadership/Management of Personnel Resources — Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job
• Training and coaching plant personnel to achieve productivity savings using Lean principles and tools
• Team Management – Superior interpersonal and teaming skills
• Systems Evaluation — Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system
• Production and Processing — Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods
• Safety — Ensure personal compliance with safety policies and rules, including PPE requirements, and report any issues not immediately resolvable to appropriate manager

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree Engineering with 2 years of related experience
• 2 years of manufacturing experience