Industrial Engineer - Experienced

About the role

The Industrial Engineering Organization provides mission-critical support to EB leadership and the functional organizations by developing and managing the organization's improvement strategies, executing improvement initiatives, mentoring and supporting employees in executing improvements, and measuring the impact of an organization's improvement activities.

Support Work Center design

• Partner with Design Build, Operations and Ship’s Management to optimize the build plan and effectively determine what essentials need to be incorporated into the Work Centers to identify improvements in the construction flow, layout, facilities, and Trade specific levels
• Facilitate creation of Work Center playbooks by coordinating with applicable Trades and Operations Leadership
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement at Electric Boat

Support Work Center execution

• Partner with Design Build, Operations and Ship’s Management during execution of the Work Center to identify progress via applicable metrics, capability v. capacity analysis, group code tracking and addressing, etc., with the intention of successful on-time and on-cost completion of the Work Center
• Facilitate implementation of Work Center playbooks by coordinating with applicable Trades and Operations Leadership
• Play an active role in creating standard repeatable and predictable processes within the Work Center
• Partner with Detail Planning and Advance Planning for constant refinement of work scopes at the key event, activity and work order levels
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement at Electric Boat

Responsibilities related to Lean Manufacturing and / or Lean Six Sigma

• Assist organizations to identify, plan, and implement high impact Process Improvements and Lean Six Sigma Projects and ensure they align with company objectives
• Lead teams on projects to improve safety and quality, reducing cost, and improving schedule performance
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement in the organization
• Work with leadership and employees on applying Lean and Six Sigma approaches to help achieve process excellence
• Mentorship to employees when leading change
• Identify and eliminate the barriers that prevent successful attainment of company’s improvement goals

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s of Science (or Higher) Degree in Engineering
• 5+ years of experience working in a manufacturing, production environment OR construction site on the production floor
• Advanced proficiency with MS Office, specifically Excel
• Licenses and Certifications: Lean Manufacturing and / or Lean Six Sigma Black / Green Belt Training

Preferred Qualifications

• BS in Industrial Engineering
• Experience with Lean, Kaizen, or Toyota Production Systems
• Experience with project budgeting, cost estimating and scheduling
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes such as welding & machining
• Experience performing mechanical, fluid, electrical testing