Industrial Engineer
Baader Linco
Kansas City, KS
Full-time
Engineering
Posted on June 14, 2020
Industrial Engineering Manager positions available at Baader Linco, Inc. in Kansas City, Kansas. To apply, mail resume and cover letter to: Tara Laws, HR Manager, 2955 Fairfax Trafficway, Kansas City, Kansas 66115. Job Duties: Manage and supervise, train and develop engineers and technical personnel. Hire and evaluate engineers and technical personnel. Plan, direct, and coordinate all of Baader's industrial engineeringactivities and resources necessary for manufacturing products in accordance with cost, quality, and quantity specifications. Direct development and implement continuous improvement methods such as lean manufacturing, Six Sigma to enhance manufacturing quality, reliability, or cost-effectiveness. Direct analysis and develop and plan processing schedules or production orders to make decisions concerning inventory requirements, staffing requirements, work procedures, or duty assignments, considering budgetary limitations and time constraints. Develop budgets or approve expenditures for supplies, materials, or human resources, ensuring that materials, labor, or equipment are used efficiently to meet production targets. Evaluate and provide recommendations to executive management for facility or equipment maintenance or modification, including capital investments. Analyze design plans from perspective of industrial engineering and confer with research and development engineers to develop new products or processes. Direct the negotiation of raw material and component prices with suppliers. Direct the setup and maintenance of material masters, work routings, bill of materials and VC machine structures. Determine root causes of failures and direct changes in designs, tolerances, or processing methods, using statistical procedures. Plan and manage outsourcing of manufactured parts and raw materials for outsourced work order operations when needed. Identify opportunities or implement changes to improve manufacturing processes & products to reduce costs, using knowledge of fabrication processes, tooling and production equipment, assembly methods, quality control standards, or product design, materials and parts. Review product designs for manufacturability & completeness. Estimate manufacturing setup and run times, maintain material routing accuracy by reviewing manufacturing data and evaluating time change request from production. Take complete corrective measures to update WIP and standard routing information. Initiate, discuss and follow up on engineering change requests (ECR) in cooperation with R&D. Assist with capacity planning and support shop floor control in order to meet production due dates. In coordination with IT continuously analyze and further develop the utilization of manufacturing related KPI. Evaluate major equipment cost and estimate production times in context of the master production schedule. Providing technical expertise and support related to manufacturing, will assist in developing manufacturing methods and tooling specifications as required to reduce product cost and lead time. Minimum Education Requirement: Bachelor's Degree or foreign equivalent in Engineering or related field. Minimum Experience Requirement: 36 months experience as manufacturing or industrial engineer, including 24 months in food processing machinery manufacturing.