Position: Industrial Manufacturing Engineer
Location: Mapleton, IL 61547 (Fully Onsite)
Duration: 12 Months contract
Client Industry: Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
Pay Rate: $47-50/hour
Summary:
- The main function of a supply chain engineer is to work on New Capital Introduction (NCI) projects supply chain activities.
- The candidate must have solid decision-making skills and be a critical thinker while working on various tasks.
Job Responsibilities:
- Material Flow studies and proposals.
- Storage studies and proposals.
- NCI checklist alignment and completion.
- Logistics documentation (Standard Work, PFMEA, Control Plan, SFMEA etc.).
Experience:
- Work in factory environment to support supply chain / logistics operations (minimum 5 years)
- Work as Supply Chain / Logistics / Industrial engineer (minimum 5 years)
- Engineering degree (Mechanical / Manufacturing / Industrial / Supply Chain)
Positions Contributions to Work Group:
- The role provides critical support to ongoing New Capital Introduction (NCI) within Client Mapleton facility to be success.
Reason/motivation for request:
- Customer Focused We have reliable on-time delivery, meeting quality expectations to ensure a positive customer experience.
- One Team Working together safely, we make all decisions with our team, partners, and customers in mind.
- Results Driven Without safety, our results dont matter. We drive continuous improvement to exceed expectations.
- Experts in Casting Manufacturing We have grit, and we honor our legacy by investing in the development of our team, seeking new technology and processes to strive for excellence in our capabilities.
Typical task breakdown:
- Follow NCI (New Capital Introduction) Process Flow / Checklist and Gate Reviews.
- Collaborate with customer groups, Facilities / Maintenance, Manufacturing Operations, Engineering, EHS, accounting and purchasing are involved in the approval process.
- Be responsible to achieve desired outputs on multiple concurrent individual and team projects.
- Develop plans for facilities projects, prepare and establish priorities for cost effectiveness, manage budgeting and purchasing matters pertaining to these projects.
- Work with Internal / External Suppliers to plan & implement facility wide projects to assure efficient and cost-effective systems and processes to produce quality products.
- Coordinate compatibility of existing and new assets and/or systems.
- Provide direction and guidance to other project owners to assure the most efficient and sustainable effect on the facility.
- Ensure implementation of modern technology and verify the effectiveness related to facility processes modifications.
Interaction with team:
- Interactions with daily in person meetings with peers and suppliers.
- This is a very much team role as it has dependencies tied with a wide group of stake holders from Advance Planning, Current Manufacturing and Operation, Facility Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality and Safety.
Work environment:
- Client office, foundry / machining factory.
Technical Skills:
(Required)
- Full time work experience of minimum of 5 years in heavy machinery manufacturing.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills with a customer service focus
- Product knowledge of engine block casting and machining processes,
- Project Management, Negotiating skills, Analytical Thinking.
- Good knowledge of Windows Office 365 applications - excel, advanced excel, PPT, Word etc.
- Previous experience with process improvement, layouts, flow, PPAP, and Advanced Manufacturing process
- Thorough understanding of company policies and procedures, especially those with supplier impact
(Desired)
- Candidates located in the Midwest (~600 miles from Peoria metro).
- Able to start at Client Mapleton IL ASAP.
Soft Skills:
(Required)
- Very good written and verbal communication
- Very good negotiation skills and able to respond in short turnaround times
- Able to work with multiple stake holders in a matrix team structure.
Disqualifiers/Red Flags:
- If it is ex-Client employees, need to get input from previous Client work director.
- NO previous work experience in heavy machinery manufacturing.
- NO previous work experience in logistics / supply chain operations.
- NO degree.