Industrial Engineering Manager _ EES

Key Responsibilities:

Process and Equipment Improvement:

• Enhance serial life equipment and process quality.

• Reduce equipment and process downtime, scrap rates, and other waste factors.

• Use Big Data and analysis to identify performance issues early.

Efficiency Enhancement:

• Apply statistical methods to increase process efficiency.

• Integrate operator activities with machines, materials, information, and energy on the shop floor.

Research and Testing:

• Research and test design ideas for feasibility.

• Utilize Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, Six Sigma, and root cause analysis to support innovation, corrective actions, and continuous improvement activities.

Documentation and Maintenance:

• Create, update, and maintain manufacturing process documentation, including process flow charts, process parameter sheets, capacity and utilization studies, time and motion studies, standard work, cycle time analysis, and line balancing.

• Define efficient concepts and equipment, robust processes, and optimal quality based on customer demands.

• Meet SMT OEE targets for each line.

Collaboration and Improvement:

• Work with Design Engineering and New Products on Change Management and Document Control.

• Collaborate with Vitesco Tech Nets on improvements and knowledge sharing.

• Partner with Production Management and Maintenance Groups to enhance new line performance.

• Review equipment and process performance across locations, considering scrap rate, OEE, MTBF, FPY, etc.

• Implement and transfer improvement measures to similar processes and VT standards.

• Update process parameter sheets for robustness in series.

• Enhance work instructions and conduct related training.

• Support launch projects in the industrialization of new, unknown, and challenging manufacturing processes.

• Drive DoEs to identify interactions between equipment, environment, operator, material, and design.

• Identify and improve non-robust equipment, processes, and designs for future applications.

Technology and Knowledge Management:

• Maintain knowledge of state-of-the-art manufacturing technology for related areas.

• Continuously analyze technology fields and related areas for performance and quality improvements.

• Attend technical congresses, fairs, and supplier meetings for knowledge exchange and partnerships.

• Provide recommendations to management and team members to enhance product and process technology.

• Develop and coach the current IE team in structured problem-solving, statistics, and IE-related methods (e.g., Six Sigma, DoE).

Statistical and Data Science Skills:

• Utilize statistical methods and Data Science for data analysis and AI solutions.

• Use MES data for process control and improvement.

• Ensure process data reporting.

Requirements:

• 5-8 years of process engineering experience.

• Proven ability to drive change and meet goals.

• 3-5 years of SMT process experience.

• 3-5 years of supervisory experience.

Working Time: Full time

Your Contact Partner: Daniel Cable

EEO Statement

Vitesco Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We welcome and encourage all qualified candidates to apply, including but not limited to people with disabilities, members of the LGBTQ+ community, people from all ethnicities and creeds, working parents, or people with long unemployment periods. All qualified individuals will receive consideration without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by law. To be considered, an application must be submitted to a specific position for which Vitesco Technologies has a current posted job opening. Qualified applicants will be considered only for the specific opening(s) to which they apply. Further, Vitesco Technologies provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with a disability. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to careers_usa&canada@vitesco.com. This email address is reserved solely for job seekers with disabilities requesting accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process.

Vitesco Technologies is a leading international developer and manufacturer of cutting-edge drive systems for sustainable mobility. With intelligent system solutions and components for electric, hybrid, and internal combustion drive systems, Vitesco Technologies is making mobility clean, efficient, and affordable. The product portfolio includes electric drives, electro20nic controls, sensors and actuators, and exhaust gas treatment solutions. In 2023, Vitesco Technologies generated sales of around €9.23 billion and employs a workforce of around 35.500 employees at 50 locations. Vitesco Technologies is headquartered in Regensburg, Germany.