Lean Practitioner

Insight Global; McMinnville (OR); Presencial; USD 65.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Insight Global is hiring a Lean Practitioner II for a Fortune 250 manufacturing client in McMinnville, OR. You will study how work is performed on the floor, identify bottlenecks, and drive improvements to make production more efficient.

You will conduct time studies, analyze capacity and labor utilization, and apply Lean methods to reduce waste, improve quality, and control costs while collaborating with production, engineering, and maintenance teams.

Formación

• 2+ years of experience in a manufacturing, operations, or industrial engineering environment preferred.

Responsabilidades

• Observe production processes and talk with teams to identify bottlenecks and wasted time.
• Conduct time studies to set realistic labor and production standards.
• Analyze production data to understand capacity, productivity, and labor utilization.
• Apply Lean principles (Kaizen, 5S, Six Sigma) to improve processes, reduce waste, and increase throughput.
• Recommend reorganization of workstations, lines, layouts, or material flow for smoother production.
• Collaborate with production, engineering, maintenance, and other teams to implement improvements.
• Create and update standard work instructions, process documentation, and training materials.
• Track KPIs and report on productivity, efficiency, utilization, and cost savings.
• Support equipment/capital projects by analyzing processes and benefits and assisting with implementation.
• Assist with automation projects by identifying repetitive tasks and coordinating with vendors and engineers, testing, and training.
• Ensure changes meet safety, quality, and operational requirements.

Conocimientos

Lean manufacturing

Process improvement

Time studies

Production analysis

Microsoft Excel

Data analysis tools

Cross-functional teamwork

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in Industrial/Manufacturing/Mechanical Engineering

Herramientas

CAD

ERP/MRP systems

Simulation software

Statistical analysis tools

Descripción del empleo

Schedule: Monday - Thursday, 4 10 Hour Shifts

Must-haves:

• 2+ years of experience in a manufacturing, operations, or industrial engineering environment preferred.
• Experience with Lean manufacturing, process improvement, time studies, and production analysis.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and data analysis tools.
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams in a manufacturing environment.

Plusses:

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
• Basic understanding of automation concepts, manufacturing equipment, robotics, or control systems
• Experience with CAD, ERP/MRP systems, simulation software, or statistical analysis tools

Day to day:

Insight Global is looking to hire a Lean Practitioner II for one of our Fortune 250 manufacturing clients to sit in McMinnville, OR. This person will spend a lot of their time looking at how work is currently being done on the manufacturing floor and finding ways to make it more efficient. Their day-to-day will include:

• Observing production processes and talking with teams on the floor to identify bottlenecks, wasted time, downtime, or inefficient processes.
• Conducting time studies to understand how long jobs and processes should take and helping establish realistic labor and production standards.
• Looking at production data to understand capacity, productivity, labor utilization, and overall efficiency.
• Using Lean principles like Kaizen, 5S, and Six Sigma to improve processes, reduce waste, increase throughput, improve quality, and control costs.
• Helping determine whether workstations, production lines, plant layouts, or material flow could be reorganized to make production run more smoothly.
• Working closely with production, engineering, maintenance, and other teams to troubleshoot manufacturing problems and put improvements into place.
• Creating and updating standard work instructions, process documentation, and training materials so employees have a consistent way of completing the work.
• Tracking KPIs and reporting whether the changes they've implemented are actually improving productivity, efficiency, utilization, and cost savings.
• Supporting larger equipment/capital projects by helping analyze the process, understand the potential benefit, and assist with implementation.
• Providing some support around automation projects, such as identifying repetitive manual processes that could potentially be automated, coordinating with vendors and engineering teams, assisting with testing and training, and tracking results afterward.
• Making sure any changes they recommend still meet safety, quality, and operational requirements.