Industrial Engineer

Industrial Engineer
Fayetteville, AR 72701
$130-150K

Position summary:
· Responsible for aligning Manufacturing Engineering team, processes, measurements, standards, and efforts with the primary focus areas of safety, delivery, quality, and cost.
· Uses a strong analytical approach to problem-solving and create cost effective solutions.
· Oversees installation, process improvement projects including productivity and technology improvements.
· Completes all project assignments within established scope, budget, and schedule.
· Uses critical thinking and problem-solving skills to drive operational excellence.
We are looking for:
· Floor time… 80% of day will be on the factory floor understanding problems and driving results, real-time.
· Forward-thinker… able to quickly develop a holistic understanding of problems to develop innovative solutions.
· Ownership… accountable for creating a business plan and taking responsibility of assignments, activities and resolving business pain points.
· Value engineering… seek out optimal value through short-term and long-term solutions.
· Organization… coordinate and communicate information, ideas, expectations that may contain technical material.
· Documentation… create requirements, standard operating procedures, work instructions, that are easy reference and update.
· Prioritize… ability to organize, own, and drive multiple, and at times competing priorities to realize results, raise the bar.
· Influential… evaluating complex decisions and process improvements, educate and motivate others to gain alignment through effective storytelling.
Everyday impact:
· Becoming an invaluable strategic partner by working across various internal teams, discuss business performance, identify opportunities improvement, and collaborate on solutions.
· Providing data-driven insights to influence the deployment of business strategies, and impact business decisions.
· Establish scorecards and KPI reporting that represent mutually defined annual goals, drives throughput and productivity performance. Maintain engineering standards.
· Communicating effectively to achieve leadership support and influence cross-functional stakeholders to understand the Value Stream and how your projects impact this.
· Partnering with supply chain teams on development of new tools and processes to further enhance operational efficiencies and deliver on-time and in-full for the customer.
· Ensure the right tooling, equipment, and processes are compatible with the entire value stream. Modern work cell development.
· Work cell and methods optimization, design equipment, people, and processes to improve throughput and productivity.
· Promoting and supporting company mission, values, & standards of ethics and integrity by training and providing direction to others in their use and application; ensuring compliance.
Minimum qualifications:
· Bachelor’s degree in Industrial or Mechanical Engineering, required.
· 5+ years’ hands on & relevant experience with automated manufacturing equipment and processes.
· Leadership experience with a sizeable Manufacturing Engineering team.
· Willing to “roll up sleeves and do what needs to get done” to consistently deliver results.
· Ability to navigate ambiguous situations, influence peers and drive execution.
Preferred qualifications:
· Experience with one or more of the following: Machining, Metal Fabrication, 3D printing, Plastics (Primarily injection molding), and Vision systems.
· Experience with Robotic work cell development