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Industrial Engineer I
Entry LevelOn-siteFull-time
Location
Blaine, MN
Salary
$54k–$84k/yr
Experience
No experience required
Posted
1 week ago
Skills
industrial engineeringlean manufacturingcontinuous improvementsix sigmaline balancingcapacity modeling5svalue stream mappingkaizenwip optimizationmanufacturing layout designautocad
Job Description
Summary: Resonetics is a global leader in advanced engineering and micro manufacturing, focusing on innovation in the medical device industry. The Industrial Engineer I will analyze information and execute tasks to support business activities, improving manufacturing performance through various engineering methodologies.
Responsibilities:
- Support Manufacturing Optimization & Layout Improvements
- Analyze and optimize manufacturing layouts, work cell design, and space utilization to improve flow, throughput, and space capacity
- Design and implement future-state layouts supporting growth, new equipment, and new product introductions
- Develop standard work and workstation designs based on ergonomic, efficiency, and Continuous Improvement principles
- Analyze Flow, Line Balance, & Capacity
- Perform line balancing using time studies, work sampling, and takt-based analysis
- Improve material flow, information flow, and WIP control across manufacturing operations
- Conduct capacity modeling and labor planning to support demand changes and quoting activities
- Utilize data analytics to support decision-making and continuous improvement tracking
- Deliver Cost Improvement Projects
- Identify and execute cost reduction opportunities through labor optimization, layout improvements, material flow changes, and process simplification
- Support should-cost modeling and margin improvement initiatives
- Quantify financial benefits of improvement projects and track sustained results
- Performs project and Operations support assignments; troubleshoots issues and develops solutions to routine technical problems with well-defined scope
- Uses standard processes, technical principles and concepts within the industrial engineering discipline
- Contributes to the completion of routine and fundamental technical tasks, project and/or program assignments as a member of a team
- Supports planning and improvement activities for new and existing manufacturing processes, equipment, and test methods
- Completes requisite supporting documentation per Quality System requirements
- Perform time studies and data gathering/analysis to model and optimize cell, line, facility layouts for growth
- Measures & model existing and future state scenarios for manufacturing capacity for medical device manufacturing cells, lines and facilities
- Supports the buildout and maintenance of global manufacturing capacity and space scenario planning models
- Develops strong working relationships with internal cross functional team members
- Exchanges standard technical information with colleagues and immediate supervisor, project leaders, and other engineers / technicians
- Maintains and updates detailed site and facility layouts in AutoCAD, ensuring accurate and up-to-date documentation
- Assures safety and regulatory compliance of systems, by alerting manager to potential issues
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in industrial engineering
- Previous hands on experience is strongly preferred
- Developing knowledge of engineering tools, processes, methodologies, and concepts, including lean and six sigma concepts and tools
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Strong organizational, collaboration and presentation skills
- Ability to travel to other Resonetics sites, up to 25%
Preferred Qualifications:
- Familiarity with QSR or ISO 13485
- Prior experience or exposure to Lean/CI Principles, Systems and common tools. Including: Line Balancing, Equipment Capacity modeling, 5S, 8 forms of waste, Value Stream Maps, Kaizen, WIP optimization, manufacturing cell-line-facility layout design & optimization, and data analysis highly desirable
- Prior experience or exposure to the Medical Device Industry and/or contract manufacturing highly desirable
- Experience with AutoCAD, Power BI & Simulation software experience
Required Skills: Industrial Engineering, Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement, Six Sigma, Line Balancing, Capacity Modeling, 5S, Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen, WIP Optimization, Manufacturing Layout Design, AutoCAD