Process Engineer – Lean Manufacturing & Productivity

Cornerstone Building Brands; Rocky Mount, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision benefits

401k

PTO

Job summary

Cornerstone Building Brands in Rocky Mount, VA, seeks a Process Engineer/Industrial Engineer to improve labor utilization, work balance, capacity and productivity on the Rocky Mount Model Line.

The role collaborates with Operations to identify losses, develop engineered solutions, validate improvements and establish sustainable operating standards on the shop floor, including Yamazumi and takt/capacity analyses.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent manufacturing experience.
• Experience with data analysis, work measurement, capacity analysis or process improvement.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability.
• Ability to work effectively on the manufacturing floor with hourly employees and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Conduct time studies, work-element observations and work measurement.
• Establish cycle-time, labor and capacity baselines.
• Calculate takt time, capacity, labor requirements and production constraints.
• Develop current- and future-state Yamazumi/work-balance analysis.
• Identify bottlenecks, workload imbalance and capacity constraints.
• Support standard work and ergonomic improvements.
• Analyze operator walking, reaching, handling and motion.
• Evaluate layouts and process flow for improved future-state configurations.
• Support material flow analysis including routes, buffers and replenishment.
• Establish credible before/after measurements for improvements.
• Partner with Finance to validate productivity, labor, overtime, inventory and measurable benefits.

Skills

Time study

Line balancing

Yamazumi analysis

Takt/capacity analysis

Ergonomics

VSM

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Equivalent relevant manufacturing/industrial-engineering experience

Tools

Excel

Job description

Cornerstone Building Brands in Rocky Mount, VA, seeks a Process Engineer/Industrial Engineer to improve labor utilization, work balance, capacity and productivity on the Rocky Mount Model Line.

The role collaborates with Operations to identify losses, develop engineered solutions, validate improvements and establish sustainable operating standards on the shop floor, including Yamazumi and takt/capacity analyses.