Industrial Engineer II — Lean & Process Improvement

Abbott; United States; On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott is seeking an Industrial Engineer based in Alameda, CA to analyze, design and implement manufacturing and business process improvements. The role requires onsite attendance Monday-Friday and collaboration with cross-functional teams to increase capacity and reduce lead times.

You will apply Lean tools such as 5S, standard work and value stream mapping, conduct capacity analyses for headcount and equipment, and drive continuous improvement projects across the business.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in any relevant study.
• Min 2-3 yrs of overall and industry-specific experience required.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, creates and implements manufacturing and/or business process improvements that increase capacity, reduce lead time, reduce work in process and improve quality, cost and delivery performance.
• Complete capacity analysis internally for headcount, equipment and space requirements using simulation software or other effective tools.
• Identify opportunities and drives incorporation of appropriate Lean tool usage such as 5S, time study, line balancing, standard work, material flow and value stream mapping, process mapping and Kaizen event into the daily functions of continuous improvement.
• Make recommendations to teams, which drive higher yielding, lower cost, more manufacturable products.

Skills

Lean principles

Capacity analysis

Continuous improvement

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree in any relevant study

Tools

Simulation software

5S

Value stream mapping

Line balancing

Job description

Abbott is seeking an Industrial Engineer based in Alameda, CA to analyze, design and implement manufacturing and business process improvements. The role requires onsite attendance Monday-Friday and collaboration with cross-functional teams to increase capacity and reduce lead times.

You will apply Lean tools such as 5S, standard work and value stream mapping, conduct capacity analyses for headcount and equipment, and drive continuous improvement projects across the business.