What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lean Manufacturing Engineer position at FPC of Savannah?
Great opportunity for a Manufacturing Engineer to work for an American manufacturing leader located in Greenwood, MS.
Our client is a premium product manufacturer looking for a Manufacturing Engineer to identify and lead continuous improvement projects relations to all manufacturing equipment, processes, and systems.
Responsibilities
- Improve labor utilization by auditing the current labor standard against the planned labor standard and recommend areas for potential improvement.
- Prepare work standards and operating guidelines by writing or updating policies, procedures, and work methods.
- Make improvements to the manufacturing system by spending time on the plant floor documenting current conditions, analyzing the system for improvements and Kaizen events.
- Assist or lead the project management of the implementation of new equipment on production floor.
- Contribute to the release and manufacture of new products by participating in prototype and pilot builds, design review and work method implementation.
- Help identify areas for improvement. In some cases, the areas will be identified through data and reports (scrap reports; FPY reports, etc.). In other cases, the M.E. will spend time on the shop floor with team members watching, asking and listening to identify opportunities.
- Lead and/or actively participate in improvement projects.
- Responsible for ensuring a methodical, documented process is followed to clearly identify root cause, review all possible solutions, identify the best improvement, fully implement the improvement, and audit.
- Participate & lead select Kaizen Events.
- Champion lean principles by using opportunities to educate the team on lean principles to foster a culture of continuous improvement and removal of all waste.
- Develop and lead special training events, i.e. “5S is more than cleaning”.
Qualifications
- 2-5 years of related lean manufacturing experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related degree
- US Citizen or Green Card Holder