Industrial Engineer

Great Dane LLC; Twin Gates Estates (AL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Great Dane LLC in Alabama is seeking an Industrial Engineer to develop and own trailer manufacturing processes using lean principles. The role focuses on reducing cost, improving productivity, and documenting best practices while providing ergonomic analysis to mitigate risks.

The engineer will apply tools like value stream mapping, analyze labor hours, cycle times, and staffing plans, and drive cost reduction initiatives across the facility. Travel to vendors or other plants may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering required.
• 5-10 years manufacturing experience required.
• Strong communication and organizational skills.
• Project management experience.
• Experience with line balancing, PFMEA, lean manufacturing, and SPC.

Responsibilities

• Implement lean manufacturing to improve operational efficiencies and eliminate waste.
• Improve material flow and workstation design, ergonomics, and continuous improvements.
• Design flow of work to minimize waste and optimize throughput.
• Develop and maintain standard labor hours, cycle time, and move time data.
• Use data, reports to identify waste and improve throughput via value stream mapping.
• Improve flow and storage of material to reduce wasteful movement.
• Develop staffing plans for each facility segment.
• Initiate and implement cost reduction projects.
• Analyze and improve ergonomic risk and ensure safety in processes.
• Support PFMEA and evaluate make-buy opportunities.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Lean manufacturing

Industrial engineering

Time studies

PFMEA

Line balancing

Capacity analysis

Ergonomic risk analysis

Statistical process control

Production simulation

AutoCAD

Project management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD or similar design software

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.