Lean Engineer

PHINIA•Troy, MI

5d•Onsite

About The Position

PHINIA is currently looking for a “dynamic, results driven” individual to join as a Lean Engineer at our at our Aftermarket Remanufacturing Plant in Troy, MI. This person will primarily be responsible for implementing lean activities for our Troy Meijer Drive remanufacturing site including deploying working with cross functional teams to lead new assembly and/or functional test processes for remanufacturing/re-processing fuel system products or components of commercial vehicles and guide manufacturing engineers on their respective processes.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree Preferred – Type: Industrial, Operations, Engineering, Management or related field.
Proven problem-solver using Continuous Improvement methods and techniques to drive performance.
Experience with using Lean Methodologies (e.g. 5S, Labor Utilization and Efficiency, Value Stream Mapping, PFEP).
Experience mentoring and/or leading structured process improvement activities such as Kaizen events
Experience using data analysis to drive improvements through the application of Lean and/or Six Sigma tools and concepts
Must have a bias for action and a track record of delivering substantial financial results.
Strong situational leadership skills to influence all levels of the organization within the manufacturing factory.
Capable of building strong relationships with Operations leaders in order to effect change.
Self-starter to lead change and make independent and informed decisions.
Personal traits--relentless, agile, high-energy, analytical, strong interpersonal skills, personally accountable.
Must have strong verbal and written communication skills.
Strong PC skills; Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams), and other applicable applications such as Minitab, etc.
Minimum 2 years manufacturing experience, previous project management experience and/or continuous improvement skills training.
Strong analytical background - 7 Quality tools, SPC, Hypothesis Testing, Regression and Correlation Analysis
Good writing and communication skills
Interpersonal skills
Teamwork
Presentation skills
Decision Making
Time-management
Multi-tasking
Problem solving
Driven for results
Action oriented

Nice To Haves

Certification Preferred for Job: Lean/Six Sigma Certification
Kaizen Facilitator certification preferred

Responsibilities

Help organization to implement lean activities, deploy visual standard & CI monitoring tools
Optimize the use of equipment, personnel and material to arrive at the lowest life cycle cost for new programs.
Able to assist plant level support teams in production build data collection and gap closure analysis/activities during the program launch phase of new projects.
Responsible to identify and improve the outcomes of manufacturing and operational processes to improve efficiencies, reduce cost and increase customer quality and satisfaction
Identify and facilitate process improvement projects, training/ workshops to drive cultural change (OEE Improvement)
Create current and future value stream mapping, identify "MUDA" to work on reducing them
Validate workstation concepts through the use of AutoCAD analysis and 3D mock-ups when applicable.
Standardized work development and implementation for all operators in the manufacturing process following the latest divisional procedures.
Develop and implement material handling/movement solutions (flow through FIFO Racks, etc.).
Organize trainings on SPQVC metrics to all workers to facilitate CI
Carrying out advanced data collection and analysis for process mapping and cost analysis to determine project feasibility
Implement Lean techniques such as Single - piece flow, Cell Manufacturing, Kanban, Hiejunka Principles, FIFO, etc. on many CI projects
Lead lost time system data collection and analysis project throughout the plant
Design and develop processes to optimize efficient process flow, improve process capability and employee safety
Implement/maintain electronic version of SPQVC data collection system to remotely monitor production numbers, lost time etc.
Identify at least one cost saving idea to contribute towards CI of organization
Lead many Problems solving A3's to drill down to root causes of a problem and to resolve it efficiently
Responsible for conduct trainings on Business process Improvement, Practical problem solving and Rapid Problem solving
Lead Meijer Dr. cost saving initiative
Mentor/coach lean techniques to technician - Efficient data collection, lost time system
Coordinate the development of plant floor layouts and the installation of new equipment.