Industrial/Management Engineer

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas is looking to add to our Engineering Services team and has an opportunity for an Industrial or Management Engineer. This position will works directly with functional and operational areas to advance change and develop process improvement recommendations to leadership. The engineer completes detailed process analysis and is accountable for determining productivity and cost-effective improvements. The engineer conducts data collection, analysis, information reporting, tactical and strategic planning, and forecasting.

“This position is eligible to work remotely, hybrid or onsite in accordance with our Telecommuting Policy. Applicants must reside in Kansas or Missouri or be willing to relocate as a condition of employment.”

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Why Join Us?

• Family Comes First: Total rewards package that promotes the idea of family first for all employees; including paid time off and family first leave.
• Professional Growth Opportunities: Advance your career with ongoing training and development programs both through our internal Blue University and external opportunities.
• Dynamic Work Environment: Collaborate with a team of passionate and driven individuals.
• Trust: Work for one of the most trusted companies in Kansas.

Compensation

Industrial Engineer

$73,920 - $92,400

Exempt Grade 15

Management Engineer

$85,600 – $107,000

Exempt Grade 16

• Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas offers excellent competitive compensation with the goal of retaining and growing talented team members. The compensation range for this role is a good faith estimate, it is estimated based on what a successful candidate might be paid.  All offers presented to candidates are carefully reviewed to ensure fair, equitable pay by offering competitive wages that align with the individual's skills, education, experience, and training. The range may vary above or below the stated amounts.

What you’ll do

• Provides engineering consulting to include in-house consultation on process improvement, work measurement, strategic planning, lean six sigma, automation, and special projects. 
• Leads and implements corporate and strategic initiatives while utilizing project management tools for timely completion of all projects.
• Develops and recommends solutions to maximize corporate-wide productivity and efficiency through work measurement, methods improvement, procedure analysis, and workflow analysis.
• Creates systems and reports to reduce manual effort, increase user productivity and improve process efficiency. 
• Performs cost analysis to determine cost estimations tied to resources, equipment, and processes.
• Plays a key role in developing corporate robotic process automation (RPA) solutions.
• Contributes to improved productivity and quality through participation in the development of appropriate training programs, incentive programs, quality programs and operational and administrative procedures.
• Develops and recommends short-range and long-range work performance management goals and objectives and when appropriate develops plans to support achievement of these goals and objectives. 
• Assists leadership in organizational re-design of goals and objectives that help to ensure the various divisions/departments are meeting BCBSKS' overall plan. 
• Exercises personnel management functions over assigned engineering staff and any assigned interns. 
• Assists management as requested with corporate-wide initiatives.

What you need

• Requires a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering. A master's degree in engineering, business, finance, or healthcare field is preferred. * The Management Engineer requires evidence of continued enhancement of skills through training and education.
• Industrial Engineer requires 3 months practical experience in business management, production management, industrial engineering, scheduling systems, or business operational research and analysis.
• Management Engineer requires 3 years practical experience in business management, production management, industrial engineering, scheduling systems, or business operational research and analysis.
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