Manufacturing Engineer

Great opportunity for a Manufacturing Engineer to work for an American manufacturing leader located in Greenwood, MS.

Our client is a premium product manufacturer looking for a Manufacturing Engineer to identify and lead continuous improvement projects relations to all manufacturing equipment, processes, and systems.

Responsibilities

• Improve labor utilization by auditing the current labor standard against the planned labor standard and recommend areas for potential improvement.
• Prepare work standards and operating guidelines by writing or updating policies, procedures, and work methods.
• Make improvements to the manufacturing system by spending time on the plant floor documenting current conditions, analyzing the system for improvements and Kaizen events.
• Assist or lead the project management of the implementation of new equipment on production floor.
• Contribute to the release and manufacture of new products by participating in prototype and pilot builds, design review and work method implementation.
• Help identify areas for improvement. In some cases, the areas will be identified through data and reports (scrap reports; FPY reports, etc.). In other cases, the M.E. will spend time on the shop floor with team members watching, asking and listening to identify opportunities.
• Lead and/or actively participate in improvement projects.
• Responsible for ensuring a methodical, documented process is followed to clearly identify root cause, review all possible solutions, identify the best improvement, fully implement the improvement, and audit.
• Participate & lead select Kaizen Events.
• Champion lean principles by using opportunities to educate the team on lean principles to foster a culture of continuous improvement and removal of all waste.
• Develop and lead special training events, i.e. “5S is more than cleaning”.

Qualifications

• 2-5 years of related lean manufacturing experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related degree
• US Citizen or Green Card Holder