Methods Process Analyst (Entry or Associate) Methods Analysis

Boeing•Renton, WA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Industrial Engineering team within Boeing Commercial Airplanes is seeking Entry Level or Associate Methods Process Analysts (Level 1 or 2) to join our growing team located in either Everett, Renton, Seattle, Auburn, or Frederickson Washington, USA. The ideal candidate will apply business acumen and knowledge to partner with cross functional teams from production operations, engineering, quality, supplier management, materials management, and program management to achieve organizational business goals and objectives. Position Overview: As a member of our Methods Process Analyst organization (under the Industrial Engineering Job Family), you will be responsible for supporting a production team or organization directly integrated with the Boeing Production System. Our Methods Process Analysts will start by learning the production build processes within their team, while developing an understanding of the standards and processes of our function. You’ll be integrated into stabilizing the production system, implementing lean methodologies, assessing and performing to rate readiness requirements, as well as improving quality through root cause analysis. Depending on the internal and external impacts to the team, you may be building disruption recovery plans using resource capacity and constraint analysis to get back to the baseline plan while working to mitigate impacts to the downstream work statement and major milestones. Candidates will be directly engaged with our airplane products and will be collaborating with all manufacturing, engineering, and production-supporting organizations and should be a self-starter as well as a team player. Our team members are very busy focused on stabilizing the current production system while looking ahead at future rate changes and introduction of new derivatives and customers into our build plans. Our business units provide you the opportunity to learn all aspects of the Aerospace Manufacturing environment and allow you to explore and learn the complete production system from supply chain production readiness, to fabrication of raw materials, assembly and installation, and supporting deliveries to our customers around the world. The ideal candidate will have the unique opportunity to learn, stabilize, improve, and transform production systems and processes to achieve world class operational excellence for some of the world’s most sophisticated aircraft and systems. We offer long-term potential for career growth into both technical leadership and/or management positions and highly value the curiosity, tenacity and imagination our analysts bring to our teams each day.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree with an emphasis in business related curriculum such as: Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Business Management, Data Analytics, Marketing, Economics or Math
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite products
The position must meet Export Control compliance requirements, therefore a “US Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.15 is required. “US Person” includes US Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

Nice To Haves

Experience in manufacturing, supply chain, and/or a production environment
Exposure to working in a team environment.
Exposure or application of Lean Manufacturing with knowledge of lean principles
Exposure or application of Project Management skills

Responsibilities

Participates in the analysis of current and future business environment using established guidelines.
Contributes to the forecast, acquisition, and utilization plans to optimize resources in support of company initiatives and program business plans
Assists in the development and maintenance of Business System factory definition to be used for manufacturing planning.
Participates in the development of labor hour estimates for new or revised production and tooling work packages under the guidance of experienced analysts.
Helps monitor performance to established labor hour estimates.
Interacts in the development of integrated tool and production master schedules.
Is introduced to the use of tool and position plan/documents, tool downtimes, rate flow plans, #1 flows, and tool sequencing plans.
Gains knowledge of process improvement methodologies and tools used to maximize the efficiency of equipment and personnel and to support company improvement initiatives.
Support efforts in the development of recovery plans including data gathering, visibility development, and monitoring status to plan.
Working with others, represent Production and Tooling Operations to support schedule commitments or statement of work impacts.
Develops, implements, maintains, and statuses basic integrated shop operating plans to maximize the efficiency of equipment and personnel and to reduce inventory and meet cost and schedule commitments.
Assists more experienced analysts in gathering and analysis of shop performance metrics in order to support a recommend plan of action for Production and Tooling Management.