Manufacturing Support

Job Title: Manufacturing Support

Location: Chicago, IL

Job Discription:(Please Ignore if not good match)

Overview:

?      Continually evaluate manufacturing processes to identify opportunities for improvement in order to drive down costs and improve quality. 

?Responsible for work center design and product/process flow including ergonomic considerations, lean manufacturing technology, mechanical design, electrical component usage & system logic, and equipment and tooling usage to optimize the manufacturing process.

? Lead business efforts in the development and implementation of lean manufacturing concepts including developing strategies, training employees, facilitating kaizen events, and auditing areas to ensure sustainability of improvements.

? Coordinate activities in scrap reduction, elimination of rework, material variances, labor variances, safety & ergonomic evaluations, and overall continuous improvement in assigned areas.

? Analyze current capabilities versus future production needs based on expected customer demand and establish machine, tooling, and process requirements.

? Plan, justify, execute, and monitor Capital projects related to manufacturing equipment and tooling implementation and sun-setting.

? Develop and maintain the layout of production and non-production floor space for effective utilization.

? Develop and maintain all production routings, work measurement standards, manufacturing set-up and work instructions, work center descriptions, etc. for operations in assigned areas.

? Provide support to the Maintenance Department to develop detailed instructions for preventative and predictive maintenance tasks for the upkeep of equipment.

? Collaborate with the Manufacturing staff to ensure that all unit performance goals and objectives are supported.

? Establish and maintain a cooperative relationship with all support functions.

? Troubleshoot processes and quality defects in areas of responsibility.

Primary Skills:

Lean manufacturing support, finding NVA & VA (Non Value Added Activities ), shop floor activites.

Keywords -

Manufacturing process engineering, Tooling/equipment design, Lean Manufacturing implementation, identifying and reducing waste, troubleshooting.

Secondary Skills:

Autocad, Creo, Solidworks

Educational Qualifications

BE or Equivalent