Sr. Industrial Engineer
Overview:
Build your career. Challenge the process. Collaborate & Engage.
Build your career with Clemens Food Group and be a part of an exciting, collaborative, team environment.
At Clemens Food Group, we want you to constructively challenge and have your ideas heard. We are looking for diverse individuals who push the limits and think outside the box!
Clemens Food Group realizes that our team members are the key to our success. Come be a part of our team and see your ideas in action!
Responsibilities:
Asset Utilization
Develop tools to analyze maximize capacity
Leverage capacity tools to facilitate decision making; identify, recommend and communicate potential solutions
Investigate capacity concerns related to increased sales
Facilitate engineering process change request
Capital justification, return on investment reviews for new processes or equipment
Drive improvement in VA and Fresh margins, absorptions (things driving overhead) - be able to identify inputs driving variances (Yield, Labor)
Lead "Process Change" utilization
Quality/Cost Improvements (Create value of $500k of savings per year)
Make recommendation for portfolio optimization
Support sales initiatives as engineer on new product develop teams
Review and approve area changes including product specification, equipment/process and new products.
Lead cross functional teams for timely resolution of tactical and strategical issues.
Collaborate with Supply Chain team on implementing system improvements
Act as area technical resource to optimize and improve operations performance as related to our kpi's and products
Apply advanced trouble shooting skills utilizing root cause analysis for quality, breakdowns, and process deviations
Implements methods for improving worker efficiency and reducing waste of materials and utilities including restructuring job duties, reorganizing workflow, relocating workstations and equipment, technology and purchase of equipment.
Strong Communicator during change management.
Identify and challenge Operations labor trends for opportunities for improvement i.e. Overtime leading to additional shifts or creative scheduling improvements
Establish relationship with key vendors to leverage and apply their key knowledge and expertise.
Utilize lean manufacturing tools, SPC/Analytics, Kaizen Events, Line Balancing, value stream mapping to drive the development and implementation of cost and quality improvement projects for the plant
Six Sigma green belt certified (or similar)
Provide CI tools training to operations supervisors
Standards Maintenance
Perform standard audit for assigned process area on a yearly basis.
Perform the following studies to develop standards for process changes, new opportunity or product specification changes.
- Time studies for labor standards
- Yield and material standards
- Packaging Standard for film and ingredients
Create and maintain SOP's for IE functions
Perform indirect and PF&D labor analysis
Maintain central location of all IE related information pertaining to inputs of labor utilization
Participate in new item development process - ownership of costing development & minimum pricing expectations, spec optimization recommendations (i.e. trim levels, pump levels, packaging)
Creation and maintenance of performance management tools(DSC, Hourly Production)
Maintain standard crewing for the supply chain
Provide oversight of PE1 standards changes (review and approve)
Team CFG
Staying current with IE best practices and recommend opportunities for implementation
Support safety performance
Participate in CFG sponsored personal development programs
Support company wide initiatives
Participate weekly activity tracking meeting
Qualifications:
Position Qualifications
Bachelor's degree (B. A. or B.S.) is required
Experience in Industrial Engineering, Continuous Improvement, or Analytical role
Strong MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint skills (proficiency in MS Access a plus)
Strong project management skills
MINDSET- CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT… SOLUTIONS PROVIDER: Brings solutions instead of problems. CONSTRUCTIVE CHALLENGER- challenges the status quo. Has the courage to take an unpopular stance.