Job Description Summary

The Plant Industrial Engineer is part of the Plant Lean Operations Group. This person is tasked with the analytics and industrialization management at the plant level, as well as managing the plant’s capacity mapping, layout development, automation roadmap and OEE management.
A successful candidate will be able to manage the site requirements, interface with multiple central teams including industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, sourcing, and lean, and to deliver to an industrial timeline and budget targets as well as analyze data that is utilized in understanding the site bowler metrics.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Develop competency in wide range of Industrial Engineering Methods and Lean tools, and coaches associates in the use and implementation of Lean principles.
• Work on Plant Analytics such as OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness), DLP (Direct Labor Productivity), Machine Capacity and Mapping, and analyze other plant data as needed.
• Improves workflow by studying process flow charts, recommending modifications in workflow and workstations, and developing new procedures.
• Develop and manage the industrial project timeline, and ensure the tasks are accomplished timely.
• Partner with the Lean Specialists in development of the plant’s transformation roadmap, based on site’s future state VSM and layout planning.
• In conjunction with the Lean Specialists create a lean layout with operators that delivers safe, quality part flow realizing least lead time from order to cash.
• Experienced in operator line balance / time studies creating true industrial labor standards to achieve customer takt time.
• Able to design optimal material flow part family combinations across the site through PQPR (part quantity part route) analysis.
• Interface with the manufacturing engineering team and participate in the plant’s technological roadmap, including the automation projects.
• Material storage strategy maximizing use of space while designing an efficient pick and delivery of material between processes.
• Packaging design that provides least waste across the extended supply chain for operator, material handlers, and logistics.
• Use Lean Process Improvement methodologies, expertise, and judgment to creatively address complicated and/or interdependent processes, develop execution plans and communicate benefits/risk.
• Utilize problem solving methodologies to find new solutions to difficult technical challenges that impact both yield and cost.

Required Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree accredited college or university (or a high school diploma / GED with a minimum of 4 years of experience in Industrial Engineering ) Minimum of 3 years of project management experience.

Desired Characteristics and Experience

• Master’s Degree in Industrial Engineering is desired.
• Ability to accurately analyze key business metrics and situations from a leader perspective and leverage lean to drive improvement.
• Knowledge of lean manufacturing processes.
• Models the GE Behaviors (Humility, Transparency, Focus): this is mission-critical for all GE leaders as an enabler for continuous improvement.
• Results orientation – must deliver sustainable results.
• Able to influence others – must be able to inform, convince, and persuade other using lean to drive sustainable results. Highly credible.
• Collaborative, team orientation – knows when to lead and when to follow. Customer focused and demonstrated a high sense of urgency.
• Impactful communicator from the shop floor to the Boardroom.
• Knowledge of and experience applying lean in transactional and shop floor situations (standardized work, material & information flows, level production and pull systems).
• Humble: respectful, receptive, agile, eager to learn
• Transparent: shares critical information, speaks with candor, contributes constructively
• Focused: quick learner, strategically prioritizes work, committed
• Leadership ability: strong communicator, decision-maker, collaborative
• Problem solver: analytical-minded, challenges existing processes, critical thinker

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.

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