Industrial Engineer - (89440) - Sanmina

Industrial Engineer – Pleasant Prairie (Kenosha, WI)

Sanmina Corporation (Nasdaq: SANM) is a leading integrated manufacturing solutions provider serving the fastest growing segments of the global Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) market. Recognized as a technology leader, Sanmina Corporation provides end-to-end manufacturing solutions, delivering superior quality and support to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) primarily in the communications networks, defense and aerospace, industrial and semiconductor systems, medical, multimedia, computing and storage, automotive and clean technology sectors. Sanmina Corporation has facilities strategically located in key regions throughout the world.

Job Purpose:

The successful candidate will be responsible forfinding ways to eliminate wastefulness in production processes. Devises efficient ways to use workers, machines, materials, information, and energy to make a product or provide a service.

Nature of Duties/Responsibilities

• Partnering with stakeholders to identify opportunities for area improvements in reference to cycle time, manufacturing efficiency, capacity planning, and productivity
• Using statistical analysis to optimize performance metrics and audit manufacturing capacity information
• Designing and coordinating projects, including developing business processes with other departments
• Partnering with management to develop applications to improve production metrics
• Partnering with stakeholders to support supply and demand changes
• Presenting findings and recommending solutions and gaps
• Serving as data and report consultants with customers and stakeholders
• Driving innovation by researching and using new data modeling techniques or tools
• Driving projects to ensure that deliverables are completed within the required timeframe
• Identifying best-known-methods (BKMs) and sharing them locally and globally
• Developing best practices, reports, dashboards, and other data visualizations 
• Participates in machine run-offs; ensures that designs are followed and discrepancies are resolved.
• Oversees a process of change orders; verifies that process is well-documented and followed.
• Support the Design Team in one new product development initiative per year; providing analysis of costs and design efficiencies.
• Implements a system of drawing standards across the product line
• Work with Supply Chain to standardize major components within defined categories
• Participates in pre-sale process testing to identify requirements and develop process specific to our customer’s needs. Design process-specific solutions when required
• Confers with clients about product specifications, vendors about purchases, management personnel about manufacturing capabilities, and staff about the status of projects.
• Develops cost comparisons of alternate processes, parts, tooling, equipment, or systems within Operation.

Education and Experience

• BS/MS in Industrial Engineering.  
• Requires minimum of 2 years of related experience of solid industrial engineering experience, preferably with machine shops and box build activities.
• 2 years of related experience industrial engineering experience and manufacturing.
• Be good at reworking parts with very small features
• Strong experience with AutoCAD, floor layouts, Facilities knowledge.
• Lean Manufacturing, project management.
• Single piece flow, work cell layout.
• Ability to design, develop, implement and improve integrated systems that included people, materials, information, equipment and cost.
• Capable of performing root cause analysis to determine cause and solutions to various technical manufacturing issues.
• Product costing knowledge and ability to identify opportunities for cost reduction.
• Intermediate skill level with Microsoft Project, Database software/Access, Excel, and Word software.
• This position requires and intermediate to advanced skill level with CAD software or any software dealing with plant layouts and process flow mapping.

In addition, Sanmina Provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

Sanmina is an Equal Opportunity Employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity

This is an ITAR facility and applicant must be a US Citizen or a lawful permanent resident.