Industrial Engineer - 1st Shift - Springfield, OH

This position is responsible to lead the company initiative to move towards lean production environment. Acts as a central resource for lean manufacturing and assists with day-to-day production support and improvements.

SUMMARY
Responsible to manage all activities for a lean production philosophy, productivity and safety advantages, environment and implementation. A technical background combined with product/management skills is needed. This position will interact with all areas of the business. This includes but not limited to: engineering, marketing/sales, production, quality control, documentation and sourcing.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop principal work standards and line balancing for productivity.
• Identify manufacturing cost reductions and provide ROI justifications for change.
• Optimize machine processes to reach product quality, efficiency and process repeatability.
• Execute LEAN manufacturing techniques and design.
• Optimize workflow and cell designs and introduce cost-effective automation for productivity and safety advantages.
• Design machines and tools for new products or process.
• Track and execute cost reduction for process improvements.
• Plan, execute and manage projects to complete through product continuous improvement.
• Communicate Lean group’s philosophy, vision and expectations.
• Develop and sustain employees training and development on lean concepts.
• Develop measurement systems supporting lean manufacturing philosophy.
• Lead value stream mapping exercises to determine and record business improvement areas.
• Develop and implement project plans to achieve Future State.
• Plan and reach expense budget objectives and capital items.
• Perform other duties as required.

• Ability to understand production processes and workflows.
• Ability to understand and lead implementation of low-level automation/robotics options
• Ability to follow all the quality standards guidelines strictly
• Work towards increasing the efficiency and safety of the manufacturing system
• Work towards cutting the maintenance and repair cost
• Knowledge of value stream mapping and implementation.
• Ability to analyze complex manufacturing data and propose changes leading to higher efficiency and safety.
• Must be a team player who can motivate fellow team members into lean environment practices.
• Self-motivated to implement goals with little supervision.
• Strong communication, presentation and interpersonal skills needed to interact with all areas of business and customers.
• Strong Analytical & technical skills are needed for all product support activities.
• Multi-tasking skills are required to manage multiple projects and various project activities.
• Strong computer skills.
• Highly hands-on and strong mechanical aptitude needed

• • Associates' degree in Industrial, Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering or equivalent, Bachelors Degree Preferred
  • Experience utilizing Six Sigma and/or Lean Manufacturing initiatives in production is preferred.
  • Work experience with implementation of adaptable robotics/automation.
  • Certification in Six Sigma and/or Lean Manufacturing preferred
  • Computer proficient with Microsoft Office Applications.
  • Experience with Solidworks is a plus.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the e