Specialist Manufacturing Engineering

The Specialist, will have strong knowledge of Industrial Engineering and Project Management. In this role you will communicate within and outside of the department / function to gain cooperation and coordinate activities required to complete assigned initiatives. This role will manage large complex projects, including standing up new programs, analyzing engineering problems and implementing effective solutions to mitigate issues.  This role includes working across multiple value streams and employing lean methodologies to improve product flow and increase throughput.

Essential Functions:

• Performs a variety of industrial engineering tasks that are planned to provide experience and familiarization with the manufacturing operations staff and company programs, methods, and practices.
• Performs operation analysis, variance analysis, and method improvements studies.
• Assists in auditing labor standards for accuracy.
• Assists in the economic evaluation of suggestions and method improvement studies.
• Prepares work flow, layout, sequence, manpower and other related charts, graphs and reports.
• Assists in capital expenditure analysis, justification, and forecast.
• Assists in plant and office space planning for efficient and effective utilization.
• Assists in developing LEAN implementation plans and process improvement.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant industrial engineering experience.
• Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related industrial engineering experience.
• In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related industrial engineering experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Proficiency in Capacity Simulation Software. (example – ProModel)
• Experience in the development of excel based capacity models.
• Proficient in the use of MS Project. 
• LEAN and Six Sigma