Industrial Manufacturing Engineer

Job Title : Industrial Manufacturing Engineer

Customer : Pierce Manufacturing Inc.

Location : Appleton, WI 54914, United States

Visa Requirement : US Citizens / Green Card holders only

Key Skills Required

• Mandatory shop floor experience
• Time Study
• Line Balancing
• Continuous Improvement
• Value Stream Mapping (VSM)
• Lean Manufacturing

Job Description & Skill Requirements

• Study assembly lines and manufacturing processes to identify improvement opportunities based on Lean principles.
• Perform detailed time studies and line balancing activities, including:
• Elemental breakdown
• Video-based time studies
• Analysis across all processes, stations, and operators
• VA / NVA / RNVA analysis
• Development of current-state line balancing
• Muri (overburden) analysis
• Develop Value Stream Maps (VSM), including:
• Current-state VSM to identify bottlenecks, waste, and inefficiencies
• Capacity analysis and baseline performance metrics
• Future-state VSM and gap analysis between current and future states
• Identify process and productivity improvement opportunities across the entire value stream and provide:
• Level 1, 2, and 3 improvement recommendations
• Detailed improvement roadmap and reports
• Develop and revise standard work instructions, including video-based work instructions.
• Conduct root cause analysis for quality issues, defects, and downtime; support corrective actions and Kaizen initiatives with detailed implementation plans.
• Support fixture design activities as per manufacturing and process requirements.