Full Job Description
Position Title: Regional Industrial Engineer
Position Location: 1150 Aviation Blvd, Gainesville, GA 30501
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Summary of Duties:
• Conduct time studies and define labor standards for the production process. Develop, install, and maintain equitable productivity standards.
• Work includes development of standards data, crewing guides, reconciliation reports, and the use of work-sampling techniques to resolve questions of operator utilization or performance.
• Measure variances to standards, identify out of control variances, investigate reasons, and suggest solutions, and follow up for resolve.
• Identify all non-value adding tasks/positions and help eliminate through process improvement, Job combination, or Automation.
• Analyze process flow to establish throughput goals, identify process bottlenecks and help eliminate them.
• Develop and maintain weekly labor efficiency report.
• Educate plant personnel on work measurements and assist corporate with labor initiatives.
• Assist with the development of SOPs for critical positions to support training initiatives.
• Identify ergonomic issues for critical positions and propose a solution to mitigate injury risks.
• Review SPC charts for Redzone and help drive improvement.
• Work as a gate keeper of all labor and volume standards.
• Identify waste throughout the process and support driving kaizen projects to reduce waste.
• Help plants create business case/ROI for all labor related capex projects and track success.
Education requirements: Bachelor's degree in Biotechnology, Engineering, Mathematics with industrial engineering background, or closely related field.
Experience requirements: 2 years of experience production engineer related occupation in the food industry.
Special Skills or Other Requirements:
Must have experience with each of the following:
1. Complex data analysis with Microsoft Office products including MS Project, Word, Excel, and Access.
2. Root cause analysis (5 Whys, Fishbone, A3)
3. Capacity analysis and labor modeling
4. Throughput, yield, and efficiency improvement
5. Statistical analysis and performance tracking
6. Green Belt Lean Six Sigma Certification required.
Travel requirements: 50% - 75% travel required to oversee three domestic plants located in Tyler, TX, Valley, AL, Gainesville, GA.