Lean Industrial Engineer

About the Role

This position utilizes lean manufacturing and industrial engineering thinking with quantitative analytical methods to drive improvements in safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, and capacity throughout our organization in both manufacturing and business processes. These improvements will enhance customer satisfaction, resulting in future revenue growth, and reduce costs to improve profitability. The role also supports the planning of new technology tools and equipment acquisitions, including plant layout planning and machine capacity studies.

Responsibilities

• Conduct time/delay studies on machines and operators.
• Perform quantitative analysis of manpower, equipment, downtime, material use, OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness), and other operations-related resources.
• Create, implement, and assist in the sustainment and improvement of Industrial Engineering practices, including:
  • Standardized work instructions
  • Direct and Indirect Labor studies
  • Plant Layouts, including measurement of current machines
  • Machine Capacity/Capability analysis
  • Quick die change/changeover reduction
  • PDCA (Plan, Do, Check, Act) and A3 Problem Solving techniques, including root cause and 5-why analysis
  • 5S and Visual factory tools to communicate shop performance
  • Detailed downtime analysis of machines with plant team members to determine cost and improvement opportunities
  • Customer-requested machine capacity verifications in coordination with the Sales Team
  • Sustainment and audit systems
• Conduct and participate in training of employees for new processes and Lean Manufacturing methodology.
• Participate in the annual budgeting process.
• Assist in the development of plant operational metrics (OEE, MTTR-MTBF, Avg. Hours/Setup, Machine Parts Per Minute, etc.).
• Other duties as assigned by manager.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering.
• At least three to five years of Industrial Engineering/Continuous Improvement experience.
• Proficient in time/delay studies.
• Experience implementing Lean Manufacturing techniques.
• Experience preparing detailed cost-benefit analysis reports to support project requests.
• Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Proficient in spreadsheets (Excel/Sheets).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in plant layout and facilities planning.
• Advanced training and experience in operations research, including the ability to analyze and solve mathematical models using mathematical programming.
• Experience with process technologies and designing/implementing process improvements.
• Knowledge of fastener manufacturing equipment and processes.
• Experience dealing with outside equipment suppliers.
• Experience preparing documentation and training materials.
• Experience using Google for Work.

Travel Requirements

Approximately 20% of work time will entail travel within Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and Tennessee.

Benefits

We believe our employees are the reason for our success, and our compensation and benefits are designed to reflect that belief.