Roles & Responsibilities:
- Lead continuous improvement projects and activities such as new line or facility start-up and facility design.
- Lead value stream mapping (VSM) of operations to identify improvement opportunities
- Run structured technical problem-solving investigations and utilize data driven analysis to provide recommendations and solutions to achieve improvement.
- Support optimization of manufacturing line layouts to implement lean process flows throughout
- Use Lean Six Sigma (LSS) methods to provide data driven recommendations and solutions to implement improvement
- Create dynamic models of the production system to deliver improvements
- Support large building or multi-cell layout changes. May lead layout changes of moderate size with minimal oversight
- Perform strategic analysis and communicate findings effectively to various levels of management. This may include assessing long-range capacity forecasts from analysis to recommendations and justification for facilities, equipment, and/or manpower requirements for new or sustaining product ramp
- Evaluate operations and identify improvement opportunities, utilizing data analysis and metrics to build a business case, and deliver on execution. Monitor operational metrics including labor hours, WIP levels, and productivity, analyze data for trends, and collaborate with process owners to improve.
- Review and analyze work cell layout, process flow, material flow, etc. Assess best practices. Recommend cost-effective solutions for improving the utilization and efficiency of personnel, equipment and/or physical space. Lead projects that will result in improved costs and/or enhanced quality.
Skills, Experience, Education, & Training:
- Minimum Bachelor's Degree required in Industrial or Mechanical Engineering or related discipline
- Minimum 4 years minimum of applicable manufacturing or production systems engineering with complex electromechanical manufacturing
- Lean Six Sigma Experience, preferably Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
- Strong verbal communication and group presentation skills required.
- Software knowledge and skills related to statistical analysis
- General project management skills.
- Ability to lead small to moderately sized change management initiatives.
- Proven ability to manage many projects concurrently and in a timely fashion.
- Advocating for Lean Manufacturing programs within the manufacturing operation.
- Track record of owning and driving changes of medium scope and working with Quality Systems essential
- Minimal travel required (<10%).
- Advanced data analysis skillset (e.g. Tableau, VBA, R, etc.) preferred.
- Simulation modeling experience (e.g. Simul8, Arena, etc) preferred.
- Experience working in medical device manufacturing and knowledge of industry regulations preferred.