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Nortek Air Solutions, LLC · 2 months ago

Lean Manufacturing Engineer

Oklahoma City, OK

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Nortek Air Solutions, LLC is a leading manufacturer of HVAC equipment, committed to innovation and customer value. The Lean Manufacturing Engineer will lead and support productivity initiatives by implementing lean practices and optimizing manufacturing processes to enhance safety, quality, and efficiency.

Machinery

No H1B

Responsibilities

Improve productivity and promote lean implementation and culture change throughout the organization

Drive Lean culture and continuous improvement throughout the facility

Develop and implement lean logistics flow and materials presentation strategies

Optimize facility layout, line balancing and process flow to improve production efficiency

Lead development of lean process flow and material presentation throughout the facility

Optimize the facility layout, line balancing, and process flow to improve production efficiency

Implement workplace organization (5S) and visual management processes to streamline operations

Design ergonomic workstation layouts to support lean assembly processes

Set up Kanban pull systems for material flow within the production facilities

Analyze and improve flow, presentation, and handling of material between processes

Perform Value Stream Mapping of processes to identify and eliminate non-value add activities

Promote one-piece flow and standardized work throughout facilities

Establish process flows, cell layout, staffing planning, material flow and best practices for new and existing processes

Develop optimized workstation layouts to support lean assembly processes, as well as improved ergonomics for production operations

Develop and implement best practices for manufacturing HVAC coils

Collaborate with design engineering and support departments to successfully introduce new products and influence the design of products for ease of manufacturing

Manage projects consisting of relocating existing equipment in a cross-functional team environment

Foster continuous improvement process with leading principles of safety, quality, productivity, and cost; conduct continuous improvement workshops to educate associates on the fundamentals of lean manufacturing

Generate capital equipment requests, along with required support documentation

Drive manufacturing cost reduction initiatives to meet production cost targets

Support operations management to resolve production and quality problems via root cause analysis

Generate project status reports and review with Manufacturing/Operations leadership

Develop production capacity, staffing models, and standard production playbooks

Develop operator standard work and operator work instructions

Conduct training and promote understanding of Nortek production systems

Responsible for the roll-out of the Nortek production system Level 1-4 meeting/communication process

Improve safety issues related to ergonomic and standard work practices

Increase equipment availability by implementing total productive maintenance program

Qualification

Lean transformation5S certificationAutoCADMicrosoft ProjectAnalytical skillsMathematical skillsTeam collaborationCommunication skillsCritical thinking