Industrial Progress Engineer (Entry Level and Senior)

Michelin • Tuscaloosa, AL

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About The Position

This opportunity is in Tuscaloosa, AL at our BF Goodrich tire plant. Our plant makes passenger car, light truck and competition (racing) tires. Alabama's fifth-largest city, Tuscaloosa is on the Black Warrior River where the Gulf Coastal and Piedmont plains meet. It is home of the University of Alabama. The city has a walkable Downtown with live music, outdoor areas to explore, and local eateries to suit every palette. Michelin has an immediate opening for an Industrial Progress Engineer who will lead and run continuous improvement in productivity and innovation in areas that range from specific work posts to transverse processes. Michelin's purpose is to support everyone's right to move freely to find their better way forward. Our continuous improvement stimulates innovation and allows us to manufacture locally, which in turn, strengthens the local communities. Entry level training is provided by Michelin and will include formal classes and on-the-job mentoring under an expert area guide. If respect for people, teamwork and trust are some values you live by you should consider joining us, the Worldwide leader in Tires!

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience in leading a team or project group by setting clear goals, delegating tasks effectively, providing regular feedback/coaching, leading by example, and fostering a positive work environment.
• Military service (Junior Military Officer or Senior Non-Commission Officer) a plus.
• Minimum of 1 to 3 years of industrial, manufacturing, maintenance, engineering, project, or related technical experience. For Entry Level, this can include internship, Co-op, apprentices, military service, or similar programs.
• Ability to influence and negotiate with others both in verbal and written forms.
• Ability to set and achieve goals with minimum supervision.
• Ability to apply problem solving methodology to identify and eliminate root causes.
• Success in working with other people or a team to meet a common objective.
• Good interpersonal skills to show appreciation, use empathy to understand, resolve disputes professionally, and to practice active listening skills.
• Developed and implemented project plans that met or exceeded expectations.
• BS in Industrial Engineering, Operations Management, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent technical/business major is preferred.

Nice To Haves

• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in an Industrial Engineering role in a manufacturing or similar environment.
• Validated use of computer skills including experience with digital tools like MicroStrategy, Power BI, PI and PowerApps.
• Demonstrated project management skills in implementing process improvement projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and improve manufacturing processes, tools, equipment, and work activities to meet and exceed the company's safety, quality, delivery, and cost objectives by leading improvement projects and facilitating Kaizen/Lean events.
• Analyze and challenge existing procedures in areas of responsibility throughout the facilities, making recommendations, and working with the operational management to integrate solutions to improve the process.
• Make operational teams more autonomous about leading their progress by increasing the teams' skills in organizational change, project management, and employee engagement.
• Build digital tools and dashboards (OSiSoft Pi, MicroStrategy, Power Bi) that bring value for operational teams in getting results and eliminating wasted time and effort.
• Support Capital Projects as an integral team member in providing analysis to support optimized layout, flow, machine cycle, and staffing for new equipment and processes.
• Lead and support industry innovation initiatives that inspire such as Automatic Guided Vehicles, robotics, automation to simplify work, improve productivity and ergonomics, and reduce complexity.
• Additional responsibilities include facility workforce planning, productivity planning, machine capacity analysis, process effectiveness analysis, project management, expansion needs analysis, material flow analysis, developing and maintaining engineered time standards, value stream mapping, process flow and line balancing.

Benefits

• Career advancement through various options, which include skill and career development, training, career exploration and work with cross-functional teams.
• 10 Business Resource Groups (BRGs) which are all-inclusive groups created and led by employees who have shared life experiences across various diversity dimensions.
• Support for employee engagement and professional development.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree