Industrial Engineer - Automotive

Our Offering

• Eligible for medical and dental benefits the 1st of the month following date of hire;
• Regular increases, dependent upon performance, until top rate is reached;
• Opportunities for advancement into varying positions with higher pay scales;
• Up to 6% in Pension Matching Contributions, effective 60 days from benefits activation;
• An annual Defined Profit-Sharing Plan (dependent upon company performance);
• Employee Discount programs are available for all employees.

Your Key Responsibilities

Calculation 

• Create and maintain standardized quotation values (SAW) and calculations for the Customer Quotation (RFQ) process and Product Development Process (PEP).
• Create analysis and measures for setup and cycle times, materials, etc. with the goal of reducing costs.
• Support the annual capital investment budget planning process as requested.  
• Provide costed bills of material for annual budget planning (KHK/STK).
• Complete cost comparisons (make or buy) and weak point analysis (e.g. value analysis, margin optimization, etc.) for different product variants.
• Provide, support and maintain the calculation system, method, master data and calculation process guidelines. The guidelines are used for: comparison of costs, weak points analysis, budget planning, RFQ/PPA, SAW series calculation, and relocation calculation.

Order Independent Master Data

• Create and maintain manufacturing process master data including routings, bills of material, and production version in appropriate system (e.g. SAP). 
• Maintain material master data including material status, batch size, type of procurement, etc.
• Create and maintain manufacturing master data including work center, work center hierarchy, allocation of capacity models in appropriate system (e.g SAP). 

Workplace Design

• Perform ergonomic inspections (ErgoMap), support of risk analysis, resolve documented ergonomic risks, and support of Ergonomic Workshops. Approve ergonomic designs.
• Provide communication, knowledge transfer, and professional support of ergonomic network (according to defined interfaces).

Work Methods 

• Define and communicate methods and key figures for cycle time and setup time analysis and optimization. 
• Execute target-performance comparisons to derive needed countermeasures.
• Define and evaluate the methods and key figures to define, analyze and optimize production specifications with regards to costs, quality and scheduling.

Product Development (PEP)

• Support product development projects (PEP 2 and PEP 3 per procedure P170112) as assigned

Investment

• Perform and maintain machine utilization calculations and forecasts
• Prepare Business Case proposals for machine and building investments

Your Qualifications

Education: Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or Manufacturing Engineering university degree or equivalent level of education in related discipline.

Experience

• Minimum 4 years manufacturing support
• Basic bearing design, e.g.: bearing spreadsheet, design guidelines, T158, T241
• Blueprint/ CAD reading
• Process planning – creation/ maintenance
• Material Master (SAP) item file, BOM – creation/ maintenance
• SAP number registry, material order review
• MS Office, MS Access

Skills: Meets training requirements as set out in the training matrix