Industrial Engineer General

at  Altair Engineering

JOB SUMMARY:

Our client in Sterling Heights, MI is looking for an Industrial Engineer General. This is a contract position.

• Drive development and/or installation of direct and indirect labor standards and methods.
• Track labor.
• RTO’s, off standards, efficiencies, etc. Help generate presentations to Global IE to request labor authorizations.
• Conduct Job Ergonomics evaluations; support workstation and packaging design reviews.
• Analyze process constraints and conduct equipment cycle time analysis. Provide input to constraint decks; actively support constraint working-meetings and leadership report outs.
• Analyze plant work methods and standards and recommend improvements / efficiencies.
• Support cost estimates of new or revised methods and standards.
• Review proposed changes in plant layout, processes, material handling, routing, etc. and help make recommendations.
• Conduct time and motion/MODAPTS/GSPAS studies and review employee proposals and suggestions.
• Ensure work processes are correctly documented in APT / time studies, especially when changes take place.
• Develop headcount maps for current and future models. Lead job methodization and process allocations.
• Interface with Production Supervision and the UAW to help work through concerns.
• Report out over-cycles and document plans for cycle time improvement.
• Report out line efficiencies and HPU (Uptime, JPH) - lead and/or support glidepath file updating.
• Prepare input for annual budget; support manning/RTO and capacity/demand forecasts.
• Help maintain capacity planning documents - capacity strategy, capacity statement, volume worksheets.
• (During Plant Led Launches) Support preparation of Launch budget and launch curve. Support ergo, headcount, and rate of climb JPH assessments.
• Support Benchmarking and other special assignments as they are requested.
• Pull together cross functional teams when working on more complex projects - be a positive leader and change agent.
• Demonstrate OS behaviors.
• Excellence, Focus, Collaboration.