Sr Associate, Industrial Engineer
Job Profile Summary
This position is for an established professional in Industrial Engineering, who works autonomously with limited supervision, and supports senior engineers in a range of activities associated with defining and evaluating problems, recommending solutions, and expediting production or logistics operations and processes to ensure quality control and reliability.
Job Description
Applies in-depth knowledge in analytic methods or tools to understand, predict, or control logistics operations or processes.
Compiles operational data and develops cost or time estimates, schedules, or specifications to support the most efficient sequence of operations and workflow.
Prepares management reports to define and evaluate problems and recommend solutions.
Regulates and alters workflow schedules according to established manufacturing sequences and lead times to expedite production operations.
Works closely with workers engaged in product development, completion, measurement, inspection, and testing activities to ensure quality control and reliability.
Is expected to project opportunities, create a plan, track progress, communicate progress, and fully implement from start to finish. Projects are expected to meet deadlines and improve operational efficiency; any setbacks are communicated clearly with mitigation plans to get back on track.
Qualifications
Proficient in various software applications including, but not limited to, the MS Excel, MS Word, MS Outlook, AutoCad
Ability to influence decisions downstream and upstream
Solid understanding of lean principles to effectively create, implement and monitor process improvement initiatives.
Excellent communication skills; candidate must be comfortable providing briefings at all levels of management
Ability to work in a self-directed manner
Shift flexibility required
Fundamentals of line balancing, work cell design, and layouts
Education/ Experience
Bachelor’s degree in the related engineering field
3+ years of relevant work experience