Lean Manufacturing Engineer presso Nortek Air Solutions
Nortek Air Solutions · Oklahoma City, Stati Uniti d'America · Onsite
- Professional
- Ufficio in Oklahoma City
- Improve productivity and promote lean implementation and culture change throughout the organization
- Drive Lean culture and continuous improvement throughout the facility
- Develop and implement lean logistics flow and materials presentation strategies
- Optimize facility layout, line balancing and process flow to improve production efficiency
- Lead development of lean process flow and material presentation throughout the facility
- Optimize the facility layout, line balancing, and process flow to improve production efficiency
- Implement workplace organization (5S) and visual management processes to streamline operations
- Design ergonomic workstation layouts to support lean assembly processes
- Set up Kanban pull systems for material flow within the production facilities
- Analyze and improve flow, presentation, and handling of material between processes
- Perform Value Stream Mapping of processes to identify and eliminate non-value add activities
- Promote one-piece flow and standardized work throughout facilities
- Establish process flows, cell layout, staffing planning, material flow and best practices for new and existing processes
- Develop optimized workstation layouts to support lean assembly processes, as well as improved ergonomics for production operations
- Develop and implement best practices for manufacturing HVAC coils
- Collaborate with design engineering and support departments to successfully introduce new products and influence the design of products for ease of manufacturing
- Manage projects consisting of relocating existing equipment in a cross-functional team environment
- Foster continuous improvement process with leading principles of safety, quality, productivity, and cost; conduct continuous improvement workshops to educate associates on the fundamentals of lean manufacturing
- Generate capital equipment requests, along with required support documentation.
- Drive manufacturing cost reduction initiatives to meet production cost targets
- Support operations management to resolve production and quality problems via root cause analysis
- Generate project status reports and review with Manufacturing/Operations leadership
- Develop production capacity, staffing models, and standard production playbooks
- Develop operator standard work and operator work instructions
- Conduct training and promote understanding of Nortek production systems
- Responsible for the roll-out of the Nortek production system Level 1-4 meeting/communication process
- Improve safety issues related to ergonomic and standard work practices
- Increase equipment availability by implementing total productive maintenance program
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or related discipline
- A minimum 5-year record of successful lean transformation projects in a manufacturing environment
- Lean and/or 5S certification is a plus
- Strong mathematical, analytical, and overall computer skills
- The ability to work collaboratively within a team environment
- Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills and strong analytical and critical thinking skills
- Must be able to read and evaluate mechanical drawings and technical specifications
- Must be proficient in Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, AutoCAD drawing software