Industrial Engineer (all genders)

at  GROPYUS

ABOUT THE COMPANY

GROPYUS creates sustainable, affordable, and aspirational buildings for everyone through modular construction and setting a new standard in smart living.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for an Industrial Engineer (f/m/d) to join the implementation team of our Advanced Manufacturing Engineering department in Eppingen-Richen (DE).
As Industrial Engineer in our implementation team located at the factory site, you are taking a key role in detailed planning, implementation, qualification and optimization of our manufacturing solutions for prefabrication of building modules. You are collaborating closely with building system experts, mechanical engineers, the digitalization team (production and material control systems, Industry 4.0) and production. Your work integrates into our development, change and improvement processes while you are especially engaged in the transfer of new products / processes to series production, ramp-up and subsequent optimization.

YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

• Planning, implementation, qualification (acceptance testing) and optimization of production workflows in manual and (semi-)automated assembly areas in our factory. This integrates into our product development procedures.
• Mapping, definition and implementation of material flows incl. control parameters (e.g. Kanban systems) in correspondence with the production flows.
• Transfer of process and logistics planning specifications into our digital production / logistics control systems together with respective experts.
• Compilation and provision of work standards to production & logistics - e.g. work instructions, material handling procedures
• Training of production staff
• Analyses of process and cycle times in order to identify potentials for production improvement and aiming to optimize accuracy of process planning outcomes (time studies, e.g. REFA, MTM)
• Contribution to and/or managing changes to products or respective manufacturing processes in series production (change control)
• Analyses and elimination of deviations in quality, costs, delivery reliability by participating in or leading improvement projects using Lean and CIP methods (Kaizen)