Product Introduction Technician

The Great Yellow Brick Company; Richmond (VA); Hybrid; USD 36,000 - 51,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family Care Leave

Life and disability insurance

Headspace app access

Colleague discount

Bonus program

Hybrid work policy

Job summary

LEGO Group in the United States (Virginia) seeks a Manufacturing Engineer to help introduce new packing products, define routings, and support improvements on the factory floor. The role requires 3–5 years in manufacturing and an associate’s degree in a technical field.

The engineer will craft work descriptions, balance lines, and ensure efficient use of equipment and resources, while collaborating with engineering and production teams in a hybrid environment.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years' experience in manufacturing with an associate's degree in technical field or additional experience in lieu of degree.
• Industrial Engineering knowledge including cycle time analysis, standard work, line balancing.
• Experience with production routings and standards.
• Ability to work administratively and line-side support as required.
• Strong problem-solving, written, interpersonal, and technical skills.

Responsibilities

• Assure engineering team in the proper introduction of novelties / first time makes to the operational area.
• Construct work descriptions for new packing products detailing equipment used, time required, sequence of events, and product characteristics.
• Define routings for proper workflow through manufacturing and asset/resource utilization.
• Support Engineering for Improvement projects with technical input on processes and product impacts.
• Identify/document operational control standards to meet production requirements (rates, efficiencies, compatibility).
• Identify opportunities to improve processes or routings.
• Identify risks and deviations in introduction process and assist with mitigations.

Skills

Industrial Engineering

Cycle time analysis

Standard work

Line balancing

Problem solving

Education

Associate's degree in technical field

Tools

SAP knowledge

Job description

Job Description

Starting Pay: $31.60/hour Schedule: Admin (M - F, 8 AM - 4:30 PM)

What You'll Do

• Assure engineering team in the proper introduction of novelties / first time makes to the operational area.
• Construct work descriptions for new packing products - detailing the equipment used, time required, sequence of events, and characteristics of the product as it relates to manufacturing.
• Define routings for proper workflow through manufacturing and the utilization of assets and resources as each product is produced.
• Support Engineering for Improvement projects - provide input from technical side of the process and product impacts.
• Identifying/documenting operational control standards to meet the requirements of production (production rates, efficiencies, compatibility with equipment, etc.).
• Identify opportunity areas to improve processes or routings.
• Identify risks and deviations in introduction process - and assist with mitigations or corrections of these risks and deviations.

Basic Qualifications

• 3-5 years' experience in manufacturing with an associate's degree in technical field or additional experience in lieu of degree.
• Industrial Engineering knowledge - Cycle time analysis, standard work, line balancing.
• Experience with production routings and standards.
• Ability to work both administratively from a computer in addition to line-side support, as the business requires.
• Applies solid problem-solving skills to troubleshoot issues for a substantial amount of overall effort and is relied upon to train and assist junior staff.
• Demonstrates advanced written, interpersonal, technical, quality, internal/external customer service, and/or application skills.
• Independently resolves most issues and complex matters, properly escalating highly complex problems or out of guideline/policy issues.

Preferred Qualifications

• SAP knowledge with experience
• Packaging and packing process experience
• Innovation and creativity skills

Compensation

The salary for this position has a range of $31.60 - $31.60 based on anticipated responsibilities, market benchmarks, and organizational constraints. The LEGO Group carefully considers a wide range of compensation factors, including but not limited to prior experience, skills, expertise, location, internal equity, and other considerations permitted by law. The comprehensive remuneration details, inclusive of benefits, will be communicated upon finalisation of the employment offer.

What's in it for you?

• Family Care Leave - We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.
• Insurances - All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.
• Wellbeing - We want you to be your best self, so you'll have access to the Headspace App and lots of wellbeing initiatives and programs run by local teams where you are based
• Colleague Discount - We know you'll love to build so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.
• Bonus - We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme
• Your workplace - When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.

We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong. The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age, religion and Veteran status) to apply for roles in our team.

We support our employees in being there for the moments that matter in life and celebrate families of all kinds, the loved ones that make us who we are.

Being part of the LEGO Group also means taking part in our annual Play Day, playing a part in building a sustainable future and continuing our mission to "inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow." The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children's Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer. Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children's Rights. We conduct drug screening as a part of our drug free workplace policy and in support of our commitment to the health and safety of our employees.

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