Industrial Engineer

Job Description

GM DOES NOT PROVIDE IMMIGRATION-RELATED SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE. DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS ROLE IF YOU WILL NEED GM IMMIGRATION SPONSORSHIP NOW OR IN THE FUTURE. THIS INCLUDES DIRECT COMPANY SPONSORSHIP, ENTRY OF GM AS THE IMMIGRATION EMPLOYER OF RECORD ON A GOVERNMENT FORM, AND ANY WORK AUTHORIZATION REQUIRING A WRITTEN SUBMISSION OR OTHER IMMIGRATION SUPPORT FROM THE COMPANY (e.g., H-1B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc.).

This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.

Onsite: This role is categorized as onsite. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Flint Engine on a full-time basis.

The Role:

The Industrial Engineer will be responsible for overall plant Lean Material Strategies including material flow, material routings, storage space requirements, mobile equipment, layout development, container development, storage areas, kitting, small lot strategy, sequence planning, PFEP, etc. Work is of a technical nature focused on complex manufacturing processes that involve understanding the assembly environment. The selected candidate will work with all levels of a cross functional team to drive continuous improvement, support steady state improvements, and drive established best practices into the assembly plant.

What You'll Do (Responsibilities):

• Standardize material flow and material handling processes and measure plant compliance

• Standardize Internal Benchmarks for material flow and material handling processes

• Calculate HC opportunity-based plant and regional gaps to IBM

• Institutionalize best practices and measure plant and regional compliance 

• Route Planning, Dock Strategies, Material Flow, etc.

• Support the Manufacturing Launch and Program Team

• Develop and apply Lean Material Strategies (LMS) to design standards

• Drive & execute common standards, processes, and lean designs

• Integrate Lean Manufacturing and GM-Global Manufacturing System (GMS) principles

• Support PFMEA process

• Drive problem solving issues for throughput and quality issues

• Support BIQ objectives

• Analyze existing operations and propose continuous improvements (CI)

• Optimize floor space, materials, personnel, and equipment

• Monitor adherence to recommended safety procedures and ergonomic guidelines

• Facilities design, layout, and processes that reduce cost/ achieve operational efficiencies

Additional Job Description

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications):

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent experience (4 years)

• 3 years of Industrial Engineering experience

• Experience optimizing the flow of materials and processes within a manufacturing environment

• Proficient with AutoCAD, Factory CAD or equivalent

• Excellent level of analytical ability, communication and interpersonal skills required to build relationships with team members and customers to solve problems and resolve issues

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple and difficult projects and assignments with high level of autonomy and accountability for results

• High level of analytical ability & problem solving where problems are unusual and difficult

• Knowledge of basic manufacturing and assembly processes

• Knowledge of supply chain process

• Ability to work off-shift and over-time as needed

What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications):

• 3+ years of Industrial Engineering experience

• Experience working in a manufacturing environment

• Proficient in GMOS and GM Standard Time Data

• Launch experience

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