Senior Industrial Engineer

 

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SENIOR INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER

SOUTHFIELD, MICHIGAN

 

NATURE OF WORK: This position encompasses all areas of industrial engineering—including labor modeling, plant layout, costing, and operational efficiency. This position works with the Plant Operations, Sales, Program Management, and Finance.

 

EXAMPLES OF WORK PERFORMED (The following duties are typical for this classification. However, any one position may not include all the duties listed, nor do the examples cover all the duties which may be performed.)

• Work closely with Senior Advanced Manufacturing Engineers
• Perform labor analysis and optimization to improve plant efficiency
• Audit plants for standards alignment
• Work with a collaborative team:
  • To design best in class manufacturing environment
  • To develop automation addressing value add process and material storage and movement
  • To validate concepts by evaluating labor and overhead save to justify automation investment
• Utilize simulation tools to optimize process with focus on throughput, flexibility, and uptime
• Build digital twin models to further evaluate process and optimize material flow
• Work with equipment group to understand financial returns for automation concepts

 

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, and ABILITIES:

• Excel, PowerPoint, Word to perform calculations and present findings in a concise manner
• AutoCAD for 2D layouts
• BasicMOST and MaxiMOST labor evaluation techniques a preferred. Will provide training if other labor techniques are currently used
• Hands on individual comfortable in manufacturing environment
• Knowledge of financial analysis (IRR, NPV, Payback)
• Understanding of cost modeling inputs
• Simulation experience
• Familiarity with equipment specifications and footprint planning

• Motivated to initiate and implement tasks, strategies, and techniques in a goal-oriented manner to increase productivity and profitability