Industrial Engineer

Job Title: Industrial Engineer
Job Duration: 6 months Contract on W2 (Possibility to Extension/Hire)
Job Location: Sunnyvale CA 94086

Primary Function of Position:
The Industrial Engineer 3 will participate in efforts to improve the efficiency of physical and transactional processes throughout the organization.
In this position the IE 3 will begin to take a leadership role in proposing and supporting change and advocating for continuous improvement challenging existing processes and leveraging lean thinking to identify better ways.
Individuals in this role should have a strong track record of continuous improvement and be interested in developing technical depth and their project and change leadership competencies.

Roles & Responsibilities:
Support Manufacturing in the review and analysis of manufacturing procedures make recommendations for manufacturing methods and support projects that will result in improved manufacturing costs and/or enhanced quality.
Run routine problem solving investigations including root cause analysis tools such as fishbone diagrams and 5 Why analysis.
Perform duties in the areas of time standards line balancing and process simulation. Work may also include cost estimation Client planning and productivity improvements.
Cross functionally participate and execute on Industrial Engineering and continuous improvement projects for Manufacturing. May lead project of localized scope.
Support the execution of improvements in manufacturing utilizing data analysis and metrics to build a business case and then deliver on execution.
Leverages existing dashboards and available data to support analysis and recommendations.
May maintain existing reports or dashboards as required.
Skills Experience Education & Training:

Base Requirements
Bachelors Degree required in Industrial Engineering or related discipline and 5 years minimum applicable work experience.
Proficient general software and data analysis skills required (e.g. Excel PowerPoint Visio R etc.)
Exposure to simulation software (e.g. Simul8 Arena ProModel etc.)
Track record of owning assigned actions supporting changes and suggests changes within Quality Systems.
Demonstrated experience in implementing Lean Manufacturing principles and techniques.
Ability to manage many projects concurrently and in a timely fashion.
Minimal travel required (10%).

Preferred Requirements
Working knowledge of the fundamentals of statistics and Six Sigma applications.
Advanced analysis skillset (e.g. Tableau SQL VBA).
Simulation modeling experience preferred.
Experience working in medical device manufacturing and knowledge of industry regulations preferred.

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