Job Description Job Description Position Duties:
- Analyze and improve automotive manufacturing processes to increase productivity, efficiency, quality, and safety.
- Develop and optimize manufacturing layouts, production lines, workstations, material flow, and equipment utilization.
- Conduct time studies, line balancing, capacity analysis, and labor utilization studies.
- Develop standard work instructions, process documentation, and manufacturing procedures.
- Identify and eliminate waste using Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, 5S, and continuous-improvement methodologies.
- Support production launch activities, including new vehicle programs, tooling, equipment, and process implementation.
- Collaborate with manufacturing, engineering, quality, maintenance, logistics, and production teams to resolve process issues.
- Analyze production data and key performance indicators to identify opportunities for cost reduction and productivity improvement.
- Develop capital equipment requirements, business cases, and return-on-investment analyses.
- Coordinate equipment installation, commissioning, process validation, and production ramp-up.
- Optimize material handling, inventory flow, line-side delivery, and plant logistics.
- Perform root-cause analysis and implement corrective and preventive actions for manufacturing problems.
- Apply ergonomics principles to improve workstation design, operator safety, and efficiency.
- Develop and maintain manufacturing process documentation, PFMEAs, process flow diagrams, and related engineering standards.
- Support capacity planning, production scheduling, and manpower requirements.
- Use CAD, simulation, data-analysis, and manufacturing-engineering software to evaluate and improve processes.
- Work with suppliers and equipment manufacturers to develop and implement production systems and tooling.
- Monitor project schedules, budgets, and deliverables to ensure successful implementation.
- Ensure manufacturing processes comply with company standards, safety requirements, and applicable automotive quality systems.
- Lead or participate in cross-functional continuous-improvement projects focused on cost, quality, delivery, safety, and productivity.
- Develop layouts to optimize space and labor requirements.
- Develop material kits with plant IE's, production and production control team.
- Develop material storage area layout.
- Follow up and get buy-off on concepts and layouts.
- Develop facilities requirements.
- Must have 2 or more years of Industrial/Manufacturing engineering experience.
- Knowledgeable in Lean Manufacturing principles.
- Must know AutoCAD; Microsoft Access knowledge is preferred.
- Automotive experience is a plus.
- Must be a team player, pro-active and be able to perform under limited supervision.
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This position is listed as full time and onsite.