Industrial Engineer

Great Dane LLC; Indiana (PA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Great Dane LLC is seeking an Industrial Engineer to develop, document, and own trailer manufacturing processes using lean principles. The role emphasizes reducing cost, improving productivity, and implementing best practices with ergonomic risk mitigation to enhance safety.

Responsibilities include applying Lean tools to improve material flow, designing efficient workstations, and developing standard labor hours.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering required.
• 5–10 years manufacturing experience.
• Strong communication, organizational, and project management skills.
• Proficient with AutoCAD; knowledge of Lean, PFMEA, SPC.

Responsibilities

• Implement Lean Manufacturing to improve efficiency and reduce waste.
• Apply industrial engineering tools to improve material flow and ergonomics.
• Design workstations to minimize waste and optimize throughput.
• Develop and maintain standard labor hours, cycle times, and move times.
• Use data to identify waste and improve operations with value stream mapping.
• Improve material flow and storage to reduce waste from movement.
• Develop staffing plans for facility segments and cost-reduction projects.
• Identify and mitigate ergonomic risks and support PFMEA.
• Evaluate make-buy opportunities and participate in continuous improvements.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Communication

Organizational skills

Project management

Verbal communication

AutoCAD

Line balancing

Manning calculations

Productivity analysis

PFMEA

Lean manufacturing

Statistical process control

Production simulation

Low-volume manufacturing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

Overview

The Industrial Engineer is responsible for developing, documenting, and owning trailer manufacturing and associated processes through the utilization of lean manufacturing principles. The Industrial Engineer is also responsible for evaluating existing manufacturing processes and configuring manufacturing systems to reduce cost, improve productivity and develop best practices within the production process. He/she will provide ergonomic analysis and risk mitigation to improve the safety of defined work.

Responsibilities

• Implement, support, and facilitate Lean Manufacturing principles to improve operational efficiencies and eliminate waste.
• Application of all Industrial Engineering tools to improve material flow, operations processes, workstation design, ergonomics, continuous improvements, etc.
• Design flow of work to minimize waste and optimize throughput.
• Develop and maintain standard labor hours, cycle time, and move time data.
• Use data, information, and reports to identify waste in the system and improve operational efficiency by utilizing value stream mapping and other tools.
• Improve the flow and storage of material into and through the facility to reduce waste associated movement and handling.
• Develop and document staffing plans for each segment of the facility.
• Initiate and implement cost reduction projects.
• Analysis and improve job safety through ergonomic risk identification and reduction.
• Support the facilities PFMEA process.
• Evaluate make-buy opportunities through the facility.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Job Requirements:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering
• Experience: 5-10 years' of Manufacturing experience required
• Skills:
  • Strong communication and organizational skills
  • Project management experience
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Able to use AutoCad or similar design software
  • Deep knowledge in line balancing, manning calculations, productivity analysis/loss analysis, capacity analysis, ergonomic risk analysis, time studies, standardized work, PFMEA, lean manufacturing, and statistical process control
  • Experience developing production simulation models
  • Experience with low volume / high complexity manufacturing
  • Experience using digital tools for motion capture and time studies.
• Desired: Six Sigma certification
• Travel: Potential visits to vendors, other plants, or corporate office

Physical Demands/Work Environment:

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Physical demands: Work solely in plant office. Frequent sitting and operating a computer
• Work environment: Fast paced atmosphere with multiple priorities and constant change. Frequent exposure to production areas.