Industrial Engineer

Industrial Engineer

Title: Industrial Engineer

Location: MI - Portage, MI 49002

Reports to: Engineering Manager

Department: Engineering

Salary: Commensurate with Experience

Shift: 1st Shifts

Supervises: N/A

This position is responsible and accountable for all process improvements and associated cost reductions. This position is responsible for all time studies and keeping the integrity of the time study process.

Duties to include but not limited to:

• Develop routings and methods to improve current processing and reduce costs.
• Conduct time studies using the standard WKW system and feedback information to SAP
• Execute project work associated with new product launch, quality control, tooling, samples and process development
• Manage the formal cost reduction process with regard to continuous improvement and regular reporting / tracking
• Produce, update & review plant layouts in CAD, optimize as necessary.
• Optimize material flow, WIP using lean principles
• Design efficient systems that integrate workers, information, machines, energy and materials to make products or provide services
• Participate in problem solving and customer complain resolution using quality tools; including root cause analysis, design of experiment, FAI, PPAP, capability studies, etc.
• Potential leadership role in lean, continuous improvement teams

Qualifications:

• Functional G,D & T capabilities
• Lean manufacturing training or experience
• Three or more years experience in automotive manufacturing facility
• Background in aluminum processing a plus
• Demonstrated track record of process improvement and cost savings
• Experience with ISO9001 requirements
• Familiar with Quality Management System (QMS) for IATF requirements and Environmental Management System (EMS) for ISO 14001 (2015)
• Working knowledge of the MS Office Suite including MS Project
• Ability to use CAD programs such as AutoCAD and 3D modeling programs
• Able to advise on effective measures to improve process
• Must be able to troubleshoot the process to aggressively problem solve
• Able to schedule necessary changes with minimal impact on production
• Must be detail-oriented
• Bachelor's degree in an Engineering discipline or equivalent work experience with an Associates degree
• Any relevant education and/or training will be considered a plus
• Must be willing to work in a manufacturing environment and areas with ovens

Physical Demands:

• Must be able to frequently walk
• Must be able to stand for long periods of time
• Must be able to perform repetitive movements.
• Must be able to spot visual defects. (Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.)
• Must be able to hear alarms and variations in the sounds of running machinery
• The team member is occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; squat; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk and hear effectively.
• The team member must be able to regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 30 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Ethical Responsibilities:

WKW expects honest and ethical conduct from all of its team members. Operating with absolute integrity is a WKW's core value and integral to WKW's Code of Conduct. The trust and respect of everyone with whom we work -- WKW's team members, customers, suppliers, shareholders, governments and the general public -- are assets that can only be sustained through our continued vigilance on ethics and integrity.

Team members are responsible to monitor and report any unlawful or unethical conduct or activities by others that violate WKW's Code of Business Conduct to the Business Conduct Officer, provide truthful information and testimony, cooperate fully in any investigation, and hold others accountable for any violation of honest, fair, ethical, and accurate commitment, execution, and representation of business activities and reported results.

Team members who violate our Code of Business Conduct may be disciplined including severe consequences, such as termination of employment, suspension from employment without pay, demotion, transfer, withholding of promotion and requiring reimbursement of damages caused.