Job description

Position Title: MANUFACTURING ENGINEER 2/Industrial Engineer 2

Location: Sunnyvale, CA

Role Type: Long term contract

Description

Primary Function of Position:

Roles and Responsibilities:
The Industrial Engineer 2 will participate in efforts to improve the efficiency of physical and transactional processes throughout the organization. In this position, the IE 2 will begin to take a leadership role in proposing and supporting change and advocating for continuous improvement, challenging existing processes and leveraging lean thinking to identify better ways. Individuals in this role should have a strong track record of continuous improvement and be interested in developing technical depth and their project and change leadership competencies.
Roles & Responsibilities:

• Support Manufacturing in the review and analysis of manufacturing procedures, make recommendations for manufacturing methods, and support projects that will result in improved manufacturing costs and/or enhanced quality.
• Run routine problem solving investigations including root cause analysis tools such as fishbone diagrams and 5 Why analysis.
• Perform duties in the areas of time standards, line balancing, and process simulation. Work may also include cost estimation, manpower planning, and productivity improvements.
• Cross functionally participate and execute on Industrial Engineering and continuous improvement projects for Manufacturing. May lead project of localized scope.
• Support the execution of improvements in manufacturing, utilizing data analysis and metrics to build a business case and then deliver on execution.
• Leverages existing dashboards and available data to support analysis and recommendations.
• May maintain existing reports or dashboards as required.

Skills, Experience, Education, & Training:
Base Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree required in Industrial Engineering or related discipline, and 2 years minimum applicable work experience.
• Proficient general software and data analysis skills required (e.g. Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, R, etc.)
• Exposure to simulation software (e.g. Simul8, Arena, ProModel, etc.)
• Track record of owning assigned actions supporting changes and suggests changes within Quality Systems.
• Demonstrated experience in implementing Lean Manufacturing principles and techniques.
• Ability to manage many projects concurrently and in a timely fashion.
• Minimal travel required (?10%).

Preferred Requirements

• Working knowledge of the fundamentals of statistics and Six Sigma applications.
• Advanced analysis skillset (e.g. Tableau, VBA).
• Simulation modeling experience preferred.
• Experience working in medical device manufacturing and knowledge of industry regulations preferred.

Thank you

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $52.88 per hour

Benefits:

• Health insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Experience:

• Continuous improvement: 2 years (Required)
• simulation software: 2 years (Required)
• Industrial engineering: 2 years (Required)

Work Location: One location

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