Lean Operations Engineer: Process Improvement & Uptime

Atkore; Merrillville (IN); On-site; USD 76,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, vision, and dental insurance

Life insurance

Short-term and long-term disability

401k

Paid Time Off

Paid holidays

Leave under federal, state, or local 법

Job summary

Atkore is seeking an Operations Engineer to be based in Hobart, Indiana, reporting to the Sr. Engineering Manager. This role focuses on standardizing procedures, defining production rates, ensuring BOM and routing accuracy, and driving efficiency, uptime, and cost improvements.

The ideal candidate has a minimum of 3 years in manufacturing, with lean experience preferred and JD Edwards familiarity; must be authorized to work in the United States without future sponsorship.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of manufacturing experience.
• Lean manufacturing experience preferred.
• Experience with JD Edwards (JDE) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage and oversee continuous improvement projects as a Project Leader or Facilitator, driving Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost.
• Define standard procedures and operating variables throughout Hobart’s manufacturing processes, and implement standard work to sustain improvements.
• Review downtime and rate data and use lean tools to drive improvement.
• Be responsible for time studies, review of rates, and standard changes (BOMs and Routings).
• Take direction from facility leadership to develop and execute Capital Expenditure Requests.
• Manage site productivity improvement projects and project ideation.
• Ownership of routings and routing accuracy in JDE and legacy systems.

Skills

Lean Manufacturing

JDE / JD Edwards

AS400

Project Leadership

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering

Tools

JD Edwards (JDE)

AS/400

Job description

Atkore is seeking an Operations Engineer to be based in Hobart, Indiana, reporting to the Sr. Engineering Manager. This role focuses on standardizing procedures, defining production rates, ensuring BOM and routing accuracy, and driving efficiency, uptime, and cost improvements.

The ideal candidate has a minimum of 3 years in manufacturing, with lean experience preferred and JD Edwards familiarity; must be authorized to work in the United States without future sponsorship.