Senior Industrial Engineer Jobs

This role in summary

Whirlpool is currently seeking qualified candidates for a Senior Industrial Engineer opening to join our KitchenAid organization. This role is located at our Greenville, OH plant.
You will serve as a project leader and technical resource in the development and implementation of a New Product for our KitchenAid Plant. You will be responsible for safety, cost, and quality improvements and supporting operations to achieve division goals.

Also, you will Support the Greenville operation by identifying the main losses to attack, using problem solving and industrial engineering tools, as well as supporting the implementation and expansion of the WO (Workplace Organization) pillar and the implementation of the focused improvement pillar using the WPI tools for the full development and implementation of the new product.

Your responsibilities will include

• Determine immediate and future manpower, tooling and equipment requirements/ working with external suppliers
• Safety, ergonomic and quality requirements.
• Improves manufacturing efficiency by analyzing and planning workflow and improving layout and work stations.
• Prioritize, scope and define projects (Own and other’s projects)
• Performance Indicators (KPI) at each station, such as Non Value Added Activity (NVAA) reduction, Golden Zone achievement, % Unbalanced, etc. The WPI process also provides a forum used to identify unknown or open issues and assign responsibility for follow-up and resolution prior to Station Readiness (SR).
• (Prioritization, systematic, logical and detailed deployment of objectives, problem description with sketches, 5W+1H with 5G principles, Root cause analysis (4M+1D and 5 Whys), phenomena description with sketches, TWTTP (The way to teach people) and HERCA (Human Error Root Cause Analysis), 3M (Muri, Mura, Muda), line balancing.
• Demonstrate leadership through the development of team Leaders in the area to help drive daily work and long term
• Analize work stations using the MODAPTS methodology and create and update work instructions in ProPlanner
• Use different methods and tools like problem solving tools, time studies, Kaizen, SMED, Tags, SOP, OPL, 7 WCM Tools
• KPIs results for Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and People.
• Responsible for managing the continuous improvement building area where we design and build our racks, fixtures,
• Prototypes, etc.
• Develop and implement New Product utilizing the WPI (Workplace Integration) Tools focusing around achieving specific key
• Support the implementation of new products, designing and implementing lines and workstations in order to meet all the
• Improvements.
• Provides manufacturing decision-making information by calculating production, labor, and material costs
• Identify, analyze and solve manufacturing process issues and equipment related problems to continuously improve business

Minimum requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• 3+ years of experience with process improvement implementations (including all types of kaizens)
• 5+ years of Manufacturing experience

Preferred skills and experiences

• Knowledge of lean principles and the ability to apply them in order to establish and/or improve processes
• ProPlanner and MODAPTS experience
• Detail-oriented and organized with excellent analytic and problem-solving abilities. RSRWH
• Experience with computer skills including MS Office, Autocad, SAP and Google.
• WCM Knowledge (World Class Manufacturing), TPS or similar
• Master Degree
• Excellent interpersonal skills, decision-making, planning, project management and leadership skills