Industrial Engineer
Optimal Inc.
- Sterling Heights, MI
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Drive development and/or installation of direct and indirect labor standards and methods.
- Track labor - RTO's, off standards, efficiencies, etc. Help generate presentations to Global IE to request labor authorizations.
- Conduct Job Ergonomics evaluations; support workstation and packaging design reviews
- Analyze process constraints and conduct equipment cycle time analysis. Provide input to constraint decks; actively support constraint working-meetings and leadership report outs.
- Analyze plant work methods and standards and recommend improvements / efficiencies.
- Support cost estimates of new or revised methods and standards.
- Review proposed changes in plant layout, processes, material handling, routing, etc. and help make recommendations.
- Conduct time and motion/MODAPTS/GSPAS studies and review employee proposals and suggestions.
- Ensure work processes are correctly documented in APT / time studies, especially when changes take place.
- Develop headcount maps for current and future models. Lead job methodization and process allocations.
- Interface with Production Supervision and the UAW to help work through concerns.
- Report out over-cycles and document plans for cycle time improvement.
- Report out line efficiencies and HPU (Uptime, JPH)
- lead and/or support glidepath file updating.
- Prepare input for annual budget; support manning/RTO and capacity/demand forecasts.
- Help maintain capacity planning documents.
- capacity strategy, capacity statement, volume worksheets.
- (During Plant Led Launches) Support preparation of Launch budget and launch curve. Support ergo, headcount, and rate of climb JPH assessments.
- Support Benchmarking and other special assignments as they are requested.
- Pull together cross functional teams when working on more complex projects.
- be a positive leader and change agent.
- Demonstrate Ford OS behaviors.
- Excellence, Focus, Collaboration
- Labor Analysis / Time Studies
- Constraint / Productivity Analysis
- Confident in Excel, PowerPoint
- Clear written and verbal communication
- Self-driven, collaborator, balance many priorities, Ford OS Behaviors
- MODAPTS -Ford Ergo analysis tools -GSPAS / APT
- Minimum is none but be able to represent the listed skills well.
- 3-5 years
- Bachelor's degree
- Bachelor's degree in industrial engineering