(Automotive) Industrial Engineer

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for the overall success of the Industrial Engineering department to launch production processes for new customer projects that are on time and cost competitive.
  
• Regular reporting of industrialization department and project status to upper management.
  
• New processes or improving current processes must be either to internal standards or must demonstrate internal best practice.
  
• Focus on training personnel from different areas following principles of the organization s production System
  
• Maintain and support functions involving the plant layout, product costs, labor standards, Process Flow Diagrams, Work Instructions, etc.
  
• Must be able to identify opportunities of improvement, bring the Team and run Kaizen on the Value Stream according to the needs to improve costs and productivity.
  
• Work with the Industrialization team to improve work and material flow, increasing plant throughput.
  
• Provide input for developing new manufacturing cell layouts.
  

Requirements

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

• B.S. in Engineering required; M.S. in Engineering preferred.
  
• 5+ years of Industrial Engineering experience, preferably in the automotive industry.
  
• Experience heat exchanger core building, brazing, welding, and leak testing processes a plus (heat exchanger processing experience).
  
• Experiences with lean manufacturing, TPM, Takt Time, SMED, VSM, Kanban, JIT, 5s
  
• Proven ability to lead major plant layout changes.
  
• Experience working with Auto cad.
  
• Strong interpersonal and organizational aptitude.
  
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
  
• Must possess strong computer skills (Excel, Powerpoint, Word, CAD programs, Visual Basic, etc.).
  

Benefits

Our client, a very successful supplier to the automotive manufacturing industry, seeking a dynamic Industrial Engineer to join their Charleston, South Carolina facility.

The successful candidate will be a part of a globally recognized company that offers technologically innovative solutions for automotive and industrial applications. The company attributes their success to having diverse, competent teams of innovative, out of the box thinkers who want to reach their full potential, and by giving back to their community through various social engagement activities.

As the Industrial Engineer, you will provide leadership for continuous improvement teams and technical expertise for solving all types of process problems. The primary goals of this role are to support the improvement of plant metrics such as productivity, defect rates, scrap, and customer PPM.