Industrial Engineer

Acutec Precision Aerospace • Meadville, PA

14h

About The Position

The employee will lead cross-functional teams and project managers to optimize cell design, plant flow, individual work cells and manage projects to minimize waste and maximize utilization of resources. Essential Duties and Responsibilities Cell design/layout and optimization: Works with production to optimize part families based on forecast load and process within production cells Works with automation engineering team on unattended plan for existing product families Works with programming and process engineering teams on load balancing, workholding to optimize takt time Works with other departments to develop design and production standards to meet price, inventory, throughput and utilization targets Plant flow optimization: Optimizes lot sizing for flow and customer demand cadence to maximize throughput at minimal cost Prepares inventory analysis to ID optimal build sizes and safety stock to order volatility Works with production planner to set targets for production schedules and coordinate services to maximize productivity Collaborate with supply chain and production to solve variability on input material and part handling opportunities For individual work cells: Works with production and engineering to design efficient production processes and workflows Monitors operations with an eye toward improving utilization, productivity and efficiency Implements controls to monitor costs and minimize production issues Ensures that processes are designed to ensure that products meet quality standards. Reduces waste and addresses production issues Utilizes Vimana and tool monitoring and management to identify areas of opportunity to minimize production losses Project management: Coordinates cross-functional Dynamic Continuous Improvement teams to assign focus, monitor progress Assists Continuous Improvement team with projects as needed Completes and coordinates time studies as needed Works with Quality Continuous Improvement on process variability, cost of poor quality, and scrap Coordinates cross-functional Kaizen events to involve wide ranging perspectives in process improvement Coordinates widespread implementation of successes from pilot cells and areas Works with account management, process planner, manufacturing teams, and engineering Identifies training gaps and mentors team leaders in foundations of Lean & Wastes Key Roles · Evaluates current manufacturing practices and identify those needing improvement · Minimizes losses within each production process · Identifies procedures and tools to improve productivity · Optimizes processes to minimize inventory Requirements To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Education & Experience Requirements: Prior experience in a manufacturing environment and understanding of quality systems, preferably in aircraft manufacturing, is required. A Bachelors’ Degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Manufacturing, or related Engineering field, or equivalent experience, is recommended.

Requirements

• Prior experience in a manufacturing environment and understanding of quality systems, preferably in aircraft manufacturing, is required.
• A Bachelors’ Degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Manufacturing, or related Engineering field, or equivalent experience, is recommended.
• The employee must possess the ability to communicate effectively with all internal personnel and external customers in both written and oral form.
• The employee in this job must be knowledgeable in regard to the safety policies and procedures of the Company as described in the company safety manual.
• The employee must adhere to all said policies and procedures while supporting the goals and objectives of the organization and recognize the Company’s need to achieve its business objective.
• Employee is responsible for complying with Company hazardous waste disposal procedures.

Nice To Haves

• Computer aided drafting (CAD), Microsoft Project and Office literacy, strong computer skills, prior experience with customer resource management systems, and a strong mechanical aptitude is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Cell design/layout and optimization
• Plant flow optimization
• For individual work cells
• Project management
• Evaluates current manufacturing practices and identify those needing improvement
• Minimizes losses within each production process
• Identifies procedures and tools to improve productivity
• Optimizes processes to minimize inventory

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level