Industrial Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Position Duties:

• Analyze and improve automotive manufacturing processes to increase productivity, efficiency, quality, and safety.
• Develop and optimize manufacturing layouts, production lines, workstations, material flow, and equipment utilization.
• Conduct time studies, line balancing, capacity analysis, and labor utilization studies.
• Develop standard work instructions, process documentation, and manufacturing procedures.
• Identify and eliminate waste using Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, 5S, and continuous-improvement methodologies.
• Support production launch activities, including new vehicle programs, tooling, equipment, and process implementation.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, engineering, quality, maintenance, logistics, and production teams to resolve process issues.
• Analyze production data and key performance indicators to identify opportunities for cost reduction and productivity improvement.
• Develop capital equipment requirements, business cases, and return-on-investment analyses.
• Coordinate equipment installation, commissioning, process validation, and production ramp-up.
• Optimize material handling, inventory flow, line-side delivery, and plant logistics.
• Perform root-cause analysis and implement corrective and preventive actions for manufacturing problems.
• Apply ergonomics principles to improve workstation design, operator safety, and efficiency.
• Develop and maintain manufacturing process documentation, PFMEAs, process flow diagrams, and related engineering standards.
• Support capacity planning, production scheduling, and manpower requirements.
• Use CAD, simulation, data-analysis, and manufacturing-engineering software to evaluate and improve processes.
• Work with suppliers and equipment manufacturers to develop and implement production systems and tooling.
• Monitor project schedules, budgets, and deliverables to ensure successful implementation.
• Ensure manufacturing processes comply with company standards, safety requirements, and applicable automotive quality systems.
• Lead or participate in cross-functional continuous-improvement projects focused on cost, quality, delivery, safety, and productivity.

• Develop layouts to optimize space and labor requirements.
• Develop material kits with plant IE's, production and production control team.
• Develop material storage area layout.
• Follow up and get buy-off on concepts and layouts.
• Develop facilities requirements.

Skills and Experience Required:

• Must have 2 or more years of Industrial/Manufacturing engineering experience.
• Knowledgeable in Lean Manufacturing principles.
• Must know AutoCAD; Microsoft Access knowledge is preferred.
• Automotive experience is a plus.
• Must be a team player, pro-active and be able to perform under limited supervision.