Summary of Position
Our client, Woojin IS, is excited to announce they are recruiting for a permanent
Industrial Engineer/Methods - both Electrical and Mechanical, for their manufacturing facility located in the Los Angeles, CA area. They were recently awarded the Metro A650 heavy rail car refurbishment contract.
As an
Industrial Engineer/Methods for our Heavy Rail Production line, your primary responsibility will be to drive the continuous improvement of safety, schedule, and budget adherence through the use of Lean Manufacturing principles both on the production floor and during the production planning phases.
Working with the production core team members, you will lead the team in technical problem solving for topics including standard and non-standard work, tooling, material flow, safety, engineering drawings and BOMs, and process improvements.
What you will be doing:
- Reviewing engineering drawings, 3D engineering models using Pro-E or PTC Creo to gain an understanding of manufacturing process requirements such as job sequence, workflow, and takt time.
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Defining key production work steps, sequences, and durations and setting up work scope per station or per cell basis.
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Generating Material Flow Paths and Logistical needs for each Production Work Order both in an MRP system and on the production floor (Material Handling).
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Preparing future production floor layouts to meet planned takt time and schedule.
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Preparing Standardized work instructions.
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Setting up stations with proper fixtures, templates (drilling, small components, mounting), tooling, and equipment.
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Development of detailed specifications for jigs and fixtures for manufacturing processes using takt time, capacity calculations, engineering product design, and sourcing jigs and fixtures from vendors.
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Leading manufacturing improvements, complex process changes, and technology changes including developing a core team, assigning / reporting to a steering committee, projecting efforts involved with implementation, and identifying impacts by generating and presenting ROI Calculations
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Providing critical process control guidance to production, maintenance, and quality control to improve the dimensional accuracy and overall quality of our products
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Coordinating and communicating technical information to and from all levels of the organization including vendors, project managers, production team members, and operations managers
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Industrial, Manufacturing, or Mechanical/Electrical Engineering (Or Equivalent Experience)
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5 + years of experience planning and supporting launch of new production lines in a low-speed production environment (e.g. rail, aviation/aerospace, naval, heavy equipment, etc.). vehicle production in welding or assembly processes (e.g Work experience in the rail business, preferably in light rail, heavy rail, or related production, is needed)
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Project management skills, including developing project plans, timelines / schedules, budgets, proposed layouts, resource requirements, calculating ROI, etc
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Practical knowledge and experience in the implementation of the lean toolbox
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A history of "hands-on" approach to problem solving and countermeasure implementation within own areas of responsibility
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(Poka Yoke) Proficiency in Pro-E, PTC Creo, Solidworks or Equivalent 3D CAD modeling software
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Experience using different types of bills of materials between engineering and production
For further information or to apply directly, please contact:
Sandie Cossa
Practice Leader, Western Canada
sandiec@cadrestaff.com
Cadre is committed to providing equitable treatment and equal opportunity to all individuals. We welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. We thank all those who apply; however, only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.
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