Industrial Engineer

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What we offer:

At Magna, you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies. We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed. As a member of our global team, you can expect exciting, varied responsibilities as well as a wide range of development prospects. Because we believe that your career path should be as unique as you are.

Group Summary:

The Magna Exteriors portfolio of products includes access systems such as liftgates, exterior trim, modular systems, front-end modules including fascia, active aerodynamic systems and other lightweight structural components for automotive, commercial truck and other industrial markets.Recognized globally as an innovator in all aspects of vehicle exteriors, Magna provides everything needed, from materials development and design through manufacturing and assembly, to help automakers create sleek, state-of-the-art vehicles across the world.

Job Responsibilities:

About the Role

The Industrial Engineer supports divisions to accelerate cost optimization through application of Lean / Mafact Principles. The Engineer is responsible for multiple projects, contributing knowledge, performing analysis, developing solutions, justifying investment, managing implementation projects, integrating systems with processes, providing training, and measuring results. Initiatives will focus on improving current process efficiency, material flow, labor productivity, Failure Cost of Quality, safety and space utilization in alignment with Operational Excellence initiatives including but not limited to WCM – Mafact and Lean Manufacturing methodologies. This position can be based out of Troy, MI or Canada Group Office. 

Your Responsibilities

• Provide support and project—based leadership to divisional management teams to facilitate significant improvement activities during periods of plant underperformance, critical launches, special projects, resource shortages, etc. to ensure productivity, efficiency, quality and profit objectives are met. 

• Utilize improvement and analysis methods, such as process, inventory and shipment data analysis, PFEP (plan for every part), time and motion studies, Value Stream Mapping, Lean Thinking, facility and work cell design, performance measurement, benchmarking, financial analysis, and cost justification.

• Conduct and facilitate workshops with plant personnel to understand current processes and challenges, to encourage input and jointly develop solution options, to provide training, and manage change.

• Define and manage thru follow up of activities multiple operational improvement initiatives concurrently.

• Share best practice documentation, tools and key learning inside/ outside Exteriors Group and across the Magna organization.

• Document and present logistics solutions to divisions and senior leadership for review and agreement. 

• Support Global Divisions onsite during action driven implementation and with results oriented continuous improvement projects in existing facilities.

• Schedule and perform annual assessments at all North American manufacturing plants

• Present assessment results along with recommendations for improvement to Senior Plant Management

• Coach manufacturing plants in the development of improvement plans for Magna Factory Concept (MAFACT) / World Class Manufacturing implementations

• Monitor progress of improvement plan implementation at each manufacturing plant

• Identify benchmark systems at manufacturing plants and share throughout the Exteriors Group

• Record and track improvements noted in internal MAFACT assessments performed by the plants 

• Visit and support plants requesting assistance to improve MAFACT / World Class Manufacturing performance / implementation

• Develop, update and modify MAFACT / World Class Manufacturing training material as required

• Participate with other Magna Groups on Magna-wide MAFACT / World Class Manufacturing implementation 

• Participate with other Magna Groups on annual MAFACT calibration audits and support Magna Corporate strategy development and deployment

• Regular reviews of the MAFACT guidelines and standards in the plants, on the shop floor, with the plant lean experts

• Maintain MAFACT / World Class Manufacturing information and standards on the company intranet

• Continuously improve skills, knowledge of leading practices and aware