Product Introduction Technician

1025 LEGO Manufacturing Virginia Inc.; United States; Hybrid; USD 37,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family Care Leave

Life and disability insurance

Headspace app access

Colleague discount

Bonus scheme

Job summary

The LEGO Group in the United States is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to help introduce new products to the line and define work instructions for new packing items. You will plan routings, support improvements, and ensure production standards are met while balancing assets and workforce.

You will work hybrid with office and line support, applying problem-solving skills and collaborating with engineers and operators to optimize flows and output.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of manufacturing experience with an associate's degree or equivalent.
• Industrial engineering knowledge including cycle times, standard work and line balancing.
• Experience with production routings and standards; strong problem solving.
• Ability to work admin tasks on a computer and on the line when needed.

Responsibilities

• Assure engineering team with new novelties and first-time makes to operations.
• Construct work descriptions for new packing products detailing equipment, time, sequence, and product characteristics.
• Define routings for workflow and asset utilization during production.
• Support engineering on improvement projects with technical input.
• Identify operational control standards for production, e.g., rates and equipment compatibility.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes or routings.
• Identify risks in the introduction process and assist with mitigations.

Skills

Industrial Engineering

Cycle time analysis

Standard work

Line balancing

Education

Associate degree in technical field

Tools

SAP

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.

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. Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date.

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.

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