Industrial Packaging Engineer
KMC Stampings•Port Washington, WI
•Onsite
About The Position
The Industrial/Packaging Engineer is responsible for driving industrial engineering initiatives that improve material flow, labor efficiency, cost performance and on time delivery as well as designing and optimizing packaging solutions.
Requirements
- Conduct time studies and establish standard work (rates) for all key operations
- Maintain and continuously improve labor standards within Plex or internal systems
- Compare quoted rates to actual and refine quote rate algorithms.
- Identify and eliminate non-value-added activities to improve overall productivity
- Work with suppliers and in house team to design packaging solutions for WIP and finished goods that protect product while minimizing cost, handling, and waste
- Standardize container usage, dunnage, and pack quantities
- Develop packaging cost tools for accuracy and consistency
- Work with new product development on costing of packaging
- Develop and manage packaging costing programs for new and existing products
- Design and optimize workstation layouts for efficiency, flow, and operator effectiveness
- Support line balancing and capacity alignment across processes
- Assess jobs for ergonomic risk and implement improvements (lift assists, repositioning, work heights)
- Support and promote a safe working environment.
- Work closely with Operations, Supply Chain and Quality to support MOS continuous improvements
- Interface with Project Engineering on new product launches for manufacturability and packaging
- Support MOS continuous improvement initiatives aligned with KMC pillars
Responsibilities
- Conduct time studies and establish standard work (rates) for all key operations
- Maintain and continuously improve labor standards within Plex or internal systems
- Compare quoted rates to actual and refine quote rate algorithms.
- Identify and eliminate non-value-added activities to improve overall productivity
- Work with suppliers and in house team to design packaging solutions for WIP and finished goods that protect product while minimizing cost, handling, and waste
- Standardize container usage, dunnage, and pack quantities
- Develop packaging cost tools for accuracy and consistency
- Work with new product development on costing of packaging
- Develop and manage packaging costing programs for new and existing products
- Design and optimize workstation layouts for efficiency, flow, and operator effectiveness
- Support line balancing and capacity alignment across processes
- Assess jobs for ergonomic risk and implement improvements (lift assists, repositioning, work heights)
- Support and promote a safe working environment.
- Work closely with Operations, Supply Chain and Quality to support MOS continuous improvements
- Interface with Project Engineering on new product launches for manufacturability and packaging
- Support MOS continuous improvement initiatives aligned with KMC pillars
Benefits
- Culture Forward Work Environment
- PPO Health plan and CDHP Health plan options including NO PLAN PREMIUMS on the CDHP Plan!
- Dental & Vision Insurance
- Generous 401(K) plan with company match
- Educational Assistance, Mentorship program
- Paid Time Off: Vacation Time, Personal time and 10 paid holidays
- Company paid Life Insurance & AD&D Coverage
- Company paid Disability Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Quarterly Employee Lunches, Annual Events
- Employee Recognition Programs
- Summer Hours providing 1/2 day Friday hours!
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
