Industrial Engineer (Shop Engineer) - Final Assembly

Innovation starts with being curious.

At Volvo Cars, we believe that being curious and truly committed to understanding people is the key to future success. We are people who care about other people, working together to create new technologies and innovations for safe, sustainable and convenient mobility. Want to join us?

 

As an Industrial Engineer in our Final Assembly Shop, you will be responsible for both current and future manufacturing processes in part of the final assembly plant. You will be part of a growing team of engineers and technicians where you have your own areas of responsibility but also support each other towards common goals. 

 

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain standardized work and processes.
• Create and maintain plant floor layouts, including material facades.
• Drive efficiency improvements for current processes / new processes under industrialization together with Production / Launch.
• Plan for future car projects deliverables and rebalance manning requirements.
• Responsible for Process Engineering targets (QDFIPS) within time/technique/cost. Continuously streamline and improve the assembly processes within your area.
• Implement lean process improvements and reduce waste.
• Lead Kaizen events with cross functional teams.
• Participate 2nd line process problem analysis (through DMAIC) and participate in the problem-solving process when expertise competence is needed.  
• Consider safety, ergonomics and quality in every aspect of your work.
• Perform return on investment calculations for suggested improvements.
• Perform time studies, capacity analyses, layout / product flow analyses and standardized work.
• Participate in Launch Team Activities and Budget Projects.
• Manage, organize, assist with training and facilitate Kaizen (Process Improvement) and lean thinking implementation workshops to achieve company objectives.
• Develops and maintains the standard labor hours, cycle time and takt time.
• Be the interface towards tooling and commodity ME for the own area regarding tools (lifting devices, support tools etc.) and equipment to secure quality, efficiency and delivery for plant related projects.
• Be the expert in Volvo Car Line Fundamental and make sure to spread that knowledge to other teams and ensure that we secure fulfillment on the shop floor.

 

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
• 2+ years’ experience from manual, highly repetitive and short cycle time assembly processes.
• Six Sigma Green Belt Certification is a plus.
• Excellent skills in MS Office, TeamCenter and preferably simulation software is a plus.
• Experience in project management.
• Good communication skills in a global, cross-functional environment.
• Expert know-how in balancing, manning calculations, productivity analysis/loss analysis, capacity analysis and ergonomics.
• Strong knowledge in Product and Process Engineering.