Manufacturing Throughput Simulation Engineer

Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group; Warren (MI); On-site; USD 68,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group is seeking an engineer to perform throughput analysis and simulation for new vehicle programs. You will collaborate with Manufacturing Engineering centers to design and optimize current and future manufacturing systems and support plants in throughput improvement initiatives.

The role requires 2+ years in engineering/manufacturing and hands-on experience with discrete event simulation, Lean principles, and Theory of Constraints. Occasional travel is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in engineering or equivalent.
• 2+ years engineering/manufacturing experience.
• 2+ years discrete event simulation experience.
• Familiarity with Theory of Constraints.
• Strong communication and organizational skills.
• Familiarity with Lean Manufacturing Principles.

Responsibilities

• Implement simulation deliverables for assigned major vehicle programs.
• Run analyses, interpret results, and generate standard reports with improvements.
• Respond to throughput simulation pulls from facilities.
• Support ME optimization and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Coordinate with MSIE, GA, Conveyor, and IE organizations.
• Deliver results to customers and interface with teams to update data sets.
• Travel 5-10% as needed.

Skills

Discrete event simulation

Lean manufacturing

Analytical ability

Cross-plant coordination

Communication skills

Theory of Constraints

Throughput analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

Siemens Plant Simulation

CDraw2

SimTalk

VBA

Job description

This individual will be responsible for throughput analysis and simulation of new Vehicle programs throughout all phases of the Global Vehicle Development Process. This individual will collaborate with Manufacturing Engineering centers in the design and optimization of current and future manufacturing systems and will support plants in throughput improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Implement simulation deliverables for assigned new/major vehicle programs.
• Run analyses & experiments, interpret results, and generate standard reports, including results and potential improvements
• Respond to throughput simulation pulls from assigned manufacturing facilities
• Support ME optimization and continuous improvement initiatives
• Extract necessary inputs from Manufacturing Planning & Engineering documents
• Coordinate with MSIE, GA, Conveyor, and IE organizations
• Utilize and contribute to the improvement of standardized work and lessons learned
• Deliver results to customers
• Interface with Execution and Process Leads to support total plant throughput strategy
• Interface with Execution and Process teams to validate & update Data Sets
• Support development & refinement of station level data
• Occasional travel (5-10%)

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent experience
• 2+ years of engineering or manufacturing experience
• 2+ years of experience with discrete event simulation
• Familiarity with Theory of Constraints
• High level of communication and people skills
• Ability to meet short- and long-term deadlines while keeping organized amidst varying projects and multi-plant assignments
• High level of analytical ability where problems are complex
• Familiarity with Lean Manufacturing Principles

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in vehicle assembly manufacturing facilities
• Experience with CDraw2 or Siemens Plant Simulation software
• Experience with the Throughput Improvement Process, methods and tools
• Experience applying Theory of Constraints to improve manufacturing processes
• Experience with discrete event simulation software
• Experience writing code in VBA or Siemens Plant Simulation SimTalk
• Experience with statistical analysis of data sets