What are the responsibilities and job description for the Industrial Engineer position at AprilAire?
Overview
AprilAire is an industry leading provider of healthy air solutions who is committed to our mission; everyone deserves healthy air. You will join a team of professionals who are passionate, customer focused, adaptable, and leading the way for new HVAC technologies and innovative thinking. We are proud to be in over 7 million homes and look forward to our continued success. Give your career a breath of fresh air today and consider joining our team!
Due to exciting growth in the plant we are looking to add a Process Engineer to the team in our Madison, Wisconsin manufacturing facility. In this exciting opportunity you will make an impact by driving and implementing process improvement projects and supporting future initiatives.
Responsibilities
Keyan Stremikis
AprilAire is an industry leading provider of healthy air solutions who is committed to our mission; everyone deserves healthy air. You will join a team of professionals who are passionate, customer focused, adaptable, and leading the way for new HVAC technologies and innovative thinking. We are proud to be in over 7 million homes and look forward to our continued success. Give your career a breath of fresh air today and consider joining our team!
Due to exciting growth in the plant we are looking to add a Process Engineer to the team in our Madison, Wisconsin manufacturing facility. In this exciting opportunity you will make an impact by driving and implementing process improvement projects and supporting future initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Coordinating and leading continuous improvement projects within multiple facilities elated to process, cost, production, and quality
- Improving the production flow through utilization of labor incentives
- Communicate with union members in group and 1:1 interactions to explain incentive system and changes
- Recommending and leading new projects, improvements, and product design changes applying your knowledge of lean manufacturing and engineering principles
- Engaging and collaborating with New Product Introduction teams, Engineering Change Requests, and other relevant processes that directly impact manufacturing
- Developing and updating FMEA’s & PFMEA’s
- Design and steer execution of qualification plans for new/modified equipment or materials
- Participating in long-range planning, including plant layout and equipment need
- Investigating, justifying, and implementing special packaging projects including tooling and equipment setup
- Preparing documentation and providing metrics, flow charts and diagrams as needed
- Maintaining manufacturing information in our MRP system
- Leading plant Productivity projects to improve cost structure (labor, material and overhead) through process and product improvements
- Applying your knowledge of lean manufacturing and engineering principles which includes Kaizen events, Kanban, 5S, setup reduction, materials flow, and production layout
- Bachelor's degree in Process or Industrial Engineering and manufacturing experience in an assembly environment
- Understanding of Process or Industrial Engineering concepts and principles focused on process efficiencies, quality control, and cost analysis
- 4 years' experience in a similar role with relevant continuous improvement experience
- Curious personality with an ability to adapt to changing priorities
- Initiative to work independently and collaborate across teams
- Values building relationships with others while acting as the subject matter specialist in your role
- Experience with AutoCAD a plus
Keyan Stremikis