Process Improvement Engineer

Whelan Machine; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Whelan Machine & Tool, part of Ajax Defense, seeks a Process Improvement Engineer to own product routings, time standards and capacity, and to lead continuous improvement across machining, welding, assembly and offload.

You will build and maintain routings in the ERP/MRP system, measure actual times, model capacity, and justify equipment purchases through cost data. Regular floor presence required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial or Manufacturing Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of industrial/manufacturing engineering in machining, fabrication or assembly.
• Experience setting time standards and routings in an ERP/MRP system.
• Must be a U.S. Person as defined by ITAR (export-controlled data).
• Lean or Six Sigma certification (nice to have).
• Experience in an AS9100 defense or aerospace job shop (nice to have).
• Office-based with regular time on the production floor.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain routings and time standards in the ERP system for machining, welding, assembly and offload.
• Measure actual times against standards and keep them current.
• Support quoting with labor and machine time estimates.
• Model capacity by work center and flag bottlenecks to Operations and Production Control.
• Lead continuous improvement: layout, setup reduction, standard work and 5S.
• Justify equipment and tooling purchases with cost and capacity data.

Skills

Process improvement

Time standards

Continuous improvement

Layout optimization

5S

Kaizen

Lean/Six Sigma (nice to have)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Industrial or Manufacturing Engineering

Tools

ERP/MRP system

Capacity modeling tools

Simulation tools

Job description

Whelan Machine & Tool, an Ajax Defense company, builds precision components and assemblies for defense and commercial customers. We're hiring a Process Improvement Engineer to own product routings, time standards and capacity, and to lead continuous improvement across machining, welding, assembly and offload.What you'll doBuild and maintain routings and time standards in the ERP system for machining, welding, assembly and offloadMeasure actual times against standards and keep them currentSupport quoting with labor and machine time estimatesModel capacity by work center and flag bottlenecks to Operations and Production ControlLead continuous improvement: layout, setup reduction, standard work and 5SJustify equipment and tooling purchases with cost and capacity dataWhat you needBachelor's degree in Industrial or Manufacturing Engineering, or equivalent experience3+ years of industrial or manufacturing engineering in a machining, fabrication or assembly environmentExperience setting time standards and routings in an ERP/MRP systemMust be a U.S. Person as defined by ITAR (the job involves export-controlled technical data)Nice to haveLean or Six Sigma certificationExperience in an AS9100 defense or aerospace job shopExperience with capacity modeling and simulation toolsOffice-based with regular time on the production floor.Ajax Defense, Inc. and its subsidiaries are an Equal Opportunity Employer.You should be proficient in:Continuous ImprovementKaizenAS9100 ExperienceITAR Registration Experience