Industrial Engineering Specialist

at  Taco Family of Companies

As a family-owned and operated company, we feel a special obligation to the employees who comprise our Taco family. We are committed to offering employees access to the tools necessary to live long and productive lives. We strive to instill in all of our employees:

• A positive mental attitude that helps us to be a leader in the industry
• A commitment to building strong relationships, both inside and outside the organization
• A desire to learn, grow, and contribute to moving our strategy forward
• A need to create and to innovate

Company Name: Taco Comfort Solutions - Canada
Employment Type: Regular Full-Time Hourly
Shift: 1st Shift
Work Status: Onsite - Milton, Ontario
Salary Range: CAD $29.97/hour – CAD $31.25/hour
NOC Occupation Code: 22302
Position Title: Industrial Engineering Specialist TCA (Taco Canada)

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Industrial Engineering Specialist TCA (Taco Canada) prepares Bills of Operations (BOO) for manufactured parts, including the calculations required to determine operation times and ensuring costing of labor and overheads are accurate. They set up BOO in the Epicor Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system and ensure material and labor are being reported and backflushed accurately. The Industrial Engineering Specialist serves as the subject matter expert on Epicor functionality and features in this area. They also perform time studies on manufacturing operations, write manufacturing process instructions, and develop labor time estimates for product development projects.

Measures of Success:

• Meets deadlines related to projects assigned pertaining to the observations and documentation of manufacturing process
• Effectively presents recommendations from results of time studies to finance and operations managers supporting company-wide initiative to more accurately state standard costs.
• Identifies areas of improvements in the manufacturing process and communicates to operations as well as finance to reduce operating costs.
• Collaborate with buyer/planners on BOMs and Methods so orders get processed in a timely fashion.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required:

• College diploma in Engineering
• 2+ years of manufacturing experience
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Teams) and ERP systems (key knowledge of Bills of Materials and Routings)
• Proven ability to interpret/understand labor, machine set-ups, direct and indirect data.
• Excellent organizational and verbal/written communications skills.
• Must have the ability to work independently as well as track and drive initiatives with limited supervision.
• Travel: none required

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Prepares BOO for manufactured parts, delineating the manufacturing process.
• Determines location, methods, and operations required to manufacture parts, sub-assemblies, and final assemblies through examination of part drawings and Bills of Material (BOM) in Epicor system and through communications with Product Development and Manufacturing Engineers.
• Calculates operational times for run hours, machine hours and set-up hours through the use of either time study data or pre-determined labor standards.
• Works in conjunction with Operations to establish Resource and Resource Groups within Epicor ERP.
• Performs time studies on manufacturing operations and processes for new parts, sub-assemblies, and final assemblies.
• Writes detailed manufacturing process instruction sheets detailing step-by-step manufacturing process at each production work center.
• Supports on-going maintenance of Smart String Method Generator (SSMG) and Part Maintenance fields in Epicor. Frequently requesting Data Migration Tool (DMT) fixes to clean-up mass issues.
• Scrubs BOM/BOO to ensure methods are accurate before being released
• Investigates issues from production pertaining to BOO/BOM errors and fixes job and future methods.
• Requests JIRA tickets for booster submittal drawings or other fabrication drawings.
• Monitors and clears price verification requests (PVRs) by setting up parts in Epicor with correct attributes and pricing.
• Performs other duties as required.