Industrial, Engineer

Job Description:

• Support Managers by conducting and /or participating in Kaizen events to assess and eliminate waste and non-value-added activities (such as 3P Events, SMED, Line Balancing, Standard Lean Event, etc).
• Develop continuous improvement initiatives to reduce inventory, work in process (WIP), raw materials, and finished goods without affecting customer delivery or decrease in volume.
• Work with plants to plan, coordinate and manage capacity planning to ensure continuous rapid improvements as measured by on time delivery, cycle time, inventory days on hand, inventory accuracy and cost.
• Interface with Operations, Purchasing, Materials, Engineering, Commercial and Supply base teams to obtain support in the areas of implementation, project support, lines balancing, lean packaging, logistics, material flow, inventory planning and control focusing on total cost benefits, etc.
• Support operations to meet the lean principles across the plant with all the members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Manage a project at each of its stages: initiating the project, learning about the needs of a business, engaging people from different parts of business, planning, monitoring, controlling, and closing a project.
• Track and upload savings on time each month – forecasts and actuals.
• Manage Process Audit site for 6S audit schedule and corrective actions.
• Supports month end activities, i.e. EnterProj Lean Savings, eMOS display, Race for Excellence (where applicable), CI Portal data.
• Support End of production activities, decommission of equipment.
• Ensures that processes and product designs meet the customer’s expectations and Cooper Standard financial targets.
• Analyses VCM & Plant Margin to develop actions to improve it.
• Analyses Authorized Head Count based on production releases and looks for efficiency opportunities (including BOM & Routings).
• Help to calculate containerization.
• Promote and supervise the proper use of system procedures and practices described and written in the administration system of Quality IATF16949 in what’s related to CI.
• Complies with ISO 14001 according to FTM-EHS-12.  Matrix of Roles Responsibility and Authority in what’s related to CI.
• Assist and participate in mandatory training sessions.
• Realize the functions within the interior work guidelines and regulations, Code of conduct, follow Security rules and guidelines, comply with having a cleanliness and Hygienic general environment and follow other policies and procedures.
• Promotes and Supports Employee Suggestion Program.
• Not limited to other functions assigned by immediate supervisor.
• All the responsibilities and follow the authority assigned according to the FTM-EHS-12 Roles, Responsibility and Authority Matrix from ISO 14001 /45001
• Complies with policies and procedures pertaining to facility or divisional adopted standards such as IATF 16949.

• EDUCATION
  • Bachelor’s degree.
  • Fluent English spoken and written is a must.
• EXPERIENCE
  • Experience in automotive companies.
  • Experience in management of improvement projects with financial results and approaches.
  • Experience with statistical process control and process optimization.
  • Problem solving tools, such as KT, 8D.
  • Strong Project Management Skills
  • Strong organizational, communication and team skills.
• KNOWLEDGE
  • Knowledge in Process Flow, Ergonomics, CI Tools, Six Sigma, VSM (Value Stream Mapping), Lay- out.
  • Lean Manufacturing tools is required. (5S, VSM, SMED, Error Proofing, Material Flow, JIT, 8 Wastes, etc)
  • 6 Sigma Certification as Green Belt or superior is a plus.
  • Knowledge of MS Office / Stat Calculator / Autocad / Solidworks.

• Pro-active.
• Ability to work as a team member
• Strong leadership skills
• Strong project management Skills
• Strong organizational, communication and team skills
• Commitment and Customer Focus
• Ability to develop and implement manufacturing layout, processes, changes, equipment justifications and ergonomics evaluations.
• Ability to analyse equipment and processes in an industrial environment.
• Ability to perform method and time studies.

Position Type:

Regular

Additional Locations: 

Additional Information:

Remote Status:

On-site