Industrial Engineering Lead

General Motors•Toledo, OH

2d•Onsite

About The Position

In this role, your work will be of a technical nature with decisions made within the limits of general practices, policies, and standards. Your work will involve complex manufacturing problems, including the need to troubleshoot and follow issues to completion. You will work directly with Production leadership in implementing Lean Manufacturing systems. The main purpose of the Lead Industrial Engineer is to work to eliminate waste of time, money, materials, person-hours, machine time, energy, and other resources that do not generate value. The ability to work in a dynamic, fast-paced manufacturing environment is critical to succeed in this role. In this position, your use of independent discernment is required. You will use substantial independent judgment in complex or unusual situations. Your responsibility may involve training others and assigning work to a small group of employees.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree with major in Industrial Engineering or equivalent experience
Competencies: Proven ability to design work operations that meet safety, quality, and efficiency requirements. Knowledge of Standardized Work (STDS), Assembly Line Balance (APS), Benchmark Calculator (BMC), Simulations, Man-Machine Charts, Indirect Labor Studies, Purchasing Planning & Financial Tracking, and Throughput Improvement Process (TIP)
Manufacturing Engineering or Plant IE experience with a minimum of 5 years

Nice To Haves

Continuous Improvement, Manufacturing Line optimizations, Project Management and Part Presentation
Experience Working on multiple products and processes while collaborating with cross functional teams that are in multiple places.

Responsibilities

Maintain awareness of quality standards, and communicates department quality
Prioritization of workload to enable employees to accomplish all responsibilities
Project management for large projects for equipment
Creation & maintenance of engineering standardized work
Providing technical directions to and oversight of outside vendor sources
Providing technical directions and coordination for less experienced industrial Engineers
Perform People Leader responsibilities for direct reports including but not limited to: CAP – goal setting, mid-year and year-end reviews, managing results and evaluating/coaching individual performance, compensation planning and communication, training and development planning
Support manager with general administrative tasks such as managing budget targets, approving travel requests, expense reports, and purchasing requests, & planning vacation schedules
Direct the design, development, and/or improvement of manufacturing processes for assigned area
Provide technical support for specific plant operations
Interact on a regular basis with production, finance, and manufacturing engineering staff
Evaluate or monitor expenditure for processes and/or equipment
Handle engineering projects with plants and/or Manufacturing Engineering Staffs
Implement common Industrial Engineering business practices and processes
Design work operations that meet safety, quality, and efficiency requirements with high integrity
Maintain accurate time studies through motion analysis and application of standard time data
Maintain accurate routings of parts to their assembly location
Maintain accurate workstation layouts using computer aided drafting software (AutoCAD)
Drive Continuous Improvement efforts in assigned areas through elimination of waste
Evaluate bottleneck areas and support throughput and productivity improvements in assigned areas
Support change management projects by developing line balance plans and participating in production trials
Reduce total cost by improving productivity metrics related to operator work loading and value-added percent
Participate in lean manufacturing through implementation of GM’s Global Manufacturing System
Support implementation and training for standardized work development
Become a coach and teacher of lean manufacturing principles to the production floor team members
Drive problem solving efforts
Work collaboratively as one team with all levels of the organization
Develop relationships with Production department and related personnel and influence cross-functional partners