Industrial Engineer
Company: Siemens Mobility
Location: Sacramento
Posted on: April 15, 2024
Job Description:
Pioneering in America, from the first mile to the last. This is
what drives us.
For more than 160 years, Siemens has been an integral provider of
infrastructure, electrification, and transportation solutions in
the United States. Automation's impact on the railway industry is
second only to the effects of digitalization. Combine them and the
results are transformative! We work at the leading edge of this
movement, applying our proven expertise in digitalization to rail
infrastructure and automation.
Our innovative solutions deliver greater safety, punctuality,
reliability, and sustainability across the line, all while reducing
costs for mass transit and freight transportation systems. We are
continuously developing new answers for rail automation - often to
questions that haven't been asked yet.
Position overview:
As an Industrial/Manufacturing Engineer for our Light Rail
Production line your primary responsibility will be to drive the
continuous improvement of safety, schedule, and budget adherence
through the use of Lean Manufacturing principles both on the
production floor and during the production planning phases. Working
with the production core team members, you will lead the team in
technical problem solving for topics including standard and
non-standard work, tooling, material flow, safety, engineering
drawings and BOMs, and process improvements.
What you will be doing:
- Reviewing engineering drawings, 3D engineering models using
Pro-E or PTC Creo to gain an understanding of manufacturing process
requirements such as job sequence, workflow, and takt time.
- Defining key production work steps, sequences, and durations
and setting up work scope per station or per cell basis.
- Generating and Improving Material Flow Paths and Logistical
needs for each Production Work Order both in an MRP system and on
the production floor (Material Handling).
- Preparing future production floor layouts to meet planned takt
time and schedule.
- Preparing Standardized work instructions
- Setting up stations with proper fixtures, templates (drilling,
small components, mounting), tooling, and equipment
- Development of detailed specifications for jigs and fixtures
for manufacturing processes using takt time, capacity calculations,
engineering product design, and sourcing jigs and fixtures from
vendors.
- Leading manufacturing improvements, complex process changes,
and technology changes including developing a core team, assigning
/ reporting to a steering committee, projecting efforts involved
with implementation, and identifying impacts by generating and
presenting ROI Calculations.
- Providing critical process control guidance to production,
maintenance, and quality control to improve the dimensional
accuracy and overall quality of our products.
- Coordinating and communicating technical information to and
from all levels of the organization including vendors, project
managers, production team members, and operations managers.
What you will need to be successful:
- Bachelor's Degree in Industrial, Manufacturing, or Mechanical
Engineering (Or Equivalent Experience)
- 3 Years' experience in a Manufacturing Environment
- Firm project management skills, including developing project
plans, timelines / schedules, budgets, proposed layouts, resource
requirements, calculating ROI, etc.
- Practical knowledge and experience in the implementation of the
lean toolbox.
- A history of "hands-on" approach to problem solving and
countermeasure implementation within own areas of
responsibility.
- Demonstrated understanding of tooling and fixtures design for
manufacturing and its impact to dimensional accuracy, quality, and
takt time. (Poka Yoke)
- Proficiency in Pro-E, PTC Creo, Solidworks or Equivalent 3D CAD
modeling software.
- Experience using different types of bills of materials between
engineering and production.
We would be impressed if you had:
- 5 + years of experience planning and supporting launch of new
production lines in a low-speed production environment (e.g. rail,
aviation/aerospace, naval, heavy equipment, etc.).
- vehicle production in welding or assembly processes (e.g. rail,
aviation, naval, heavy equipment).
- Work experience in the rail business, preferably in light rail,
heavy rail, or related production, is needed.
- Knowledge of SAP or similar MRP / ERP systems is highly
desired.
- One or more certification (or equivalent coursework) in the
following fields- Six Sigma Black Belt, Lean Certification, OSHA
Safety, Certified Manufacturing engineer, Supply Management, EIT,
or Professional Engineering License
- Practical experience in Customer Service / Maintenance / After
Market businesses and technologies within the rail industry Highly
preferred.
- Relevant experience utilizing and implementing lean methods and
tools such as 5s, 7 Types of Waste (Muda), root cause analysis and
corrective actions, Yamazumi Methods, Kanban, Value Stream Mapping
/ Process Flow Diagrams, ABC-XYZ Analysis, and Lean Shop Floor
Management Model.
- Practical experience training others on Lean topics,
facilitating Lean improvement activities, Kaizen, Root
Cause-Corrective Actions, 5S events, etc. Ability to promote Lean
in Production, Lean in Quality, and Lean in the Office.
- Practical experience using complex Factory Planning Methods
such as defining high level manufacturing plans, identifying /
analyzing new technologies required, creating a value stream
analysis, performing total space needs analysis, performing total
capacity needs analysis, implementation planning, etc.
preferred.
- Practical experience developing technology roadmaps for a range
of automation.
- Bi-lingual German, Spanish, and English
Why Siemens Mobility?
- We are # 9 On Forbes Great Places to Work List
- Health and Wellness: Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision
Insurance, HAS, Commuter Benefits
- Vacation & Time Off: Paid Vacation, Paid Holidays, Personal /
Sick Days, Maternity/Paternity Leave
- Financial & Retirement: Savings Plan, Performance Bonus for Key
Roles, Merit Increases, Relocation
- Professional Development: Tuition Reimbursement, Promote from
Within, Mentor Program, Access to Online Courses, Lunch &
Learns
- Office Life: Flexible Work Hours, Remote Work Opportunities,
Diversity & Inclusion Program
Siemens offers a variety of health and wellness benefits to
employees. Details regarding our benefits can be found here:
https://www.benefitsquickstart.com/siemens/index.html
The salary range for this position in Sacramento, CA is
$96,800-130,700 per year. Siemens offers a variety of health and
wellness benefits to employees. In addition, this position is
eligible for time off in accordance with Company policies,
including paid sick leave, paid parental leave, PTO (for non-exempt
employees) or non-accrued flexible vacation (for exempt
employees).
Our Values :
- We continuously improve, learning directly from those who are
doing the work.
- We welcome programmatic improvements and strategy shifts which
will result in positive results for the world.
- Our people are at the center of our work, and we support their
development by finding their level of potential development through
problem-solving and in collaboration with peers.
- We follow through on our commitments with honesty and
integrity.
- We are a lean organization serving customers who are serving
communities of people.
- We make decisions based on what we believe is best for our
people and the communities we serve as opposed to adhering to a
prescriptive set of immovable practices.
- We believe in the importance of investing in employees in
alignment with our values and honoring every individual story and
unique path.
Join the growing team at our world-class train manufacturing
facility in Sacramento, CA. Siemens Mobility, Rolling Stock
Division is the North American market leader in the production of
passenger locomotives and coaches, and light rail vehicles. See
links below to learn more about Siemens Mobility:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8nddK1NZSk
https://www.mobility.siemens.com/us/en/portfolio/rail/rolling-stock.html
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