GF Industry and Infrastructure Flow Solutions, a division of GF, is the world's leading supplier of piping systems. We enable the safe and sustainable transport of fluids. Our business is driven by industry-leading sustainability levels, innovation through digital solutions and investment in a culture based on performance, learning and caring.
If you're passionate about technology, sustainability, and global collaboration — you’ll feel right at home with us.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:     

• Responsible for manufacturing production cell design using lean manufacturing principles and single-piece flow methods. Responsible to design, fabricate, and troubleshoot production fixtures and equipment.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (design, production, quality, supply chain, etc.) to determine root cause of supplier and production defects.  Lead the design and deployment of corrective actions and verify implementation and effectiveness.
• Support Site, Focus Factory, and cell KPI (+QDIP) improvements including but not limited to: Safety, OEE, OTD, labor/troubleshooting efficiency and production capacity management.  Lead production job hazard analysis and process FMEA to determine top safety and quality risks. Mitigate risks in order from the highest to lowest probability and severity.
• Responsible for designing, implementing, and sustaining production processes.  Train production operators on and publish proper assembly techniques for New Product Introduction (NPI) and changes or errors within the current process.
• Ownership of production routings in SAP.  Utilize kaizen events and lean tools to continuously improve production lead times & operator cycle times as well as overall labor productivity.
• Design and implement data collection processes for relevant manufacturing information.  Analyze and create improvement plans to drive continuous improvement. 
• Lead company-strategic Capital Expense and department-level projects from proposal to Release-to-Production (RTP). Evaluate and prioritize by impact.
• Complete Role Standard Work and deliver all other duties as assigned.

Required Skills/Abilities:

Level 1:

• Ability to work in teams and communicate on project team level.
• Perform root cause and counter measure (RCCM) to improve processes.
• Electro-mechanical aptitude and hands-on approach to solving issues.
• Knowledgeable in Lean Manufacturing skills including Kanban, Standard Work and Value Stream Mapping.
• Ability to create production tooling in CAD; NX or SOLIDWORKS preferred.

Level 2:

• Experience leading kaizen events including single piece flow, cell design, process mapping, cell setup and root cause and counter measure (RCCM).
• Project leadership including initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure of a project.
• Demonstrated cost savings through productivity initiatives.
• Ability to build teams and communicate on international level.
• Work with outside vendors and suppliers for application support and process expertise.
• Ability to design production fixtures in CAD; NX or SOLIDWORKS preferred.

Level 3:

• Experience leading kaizen events including single piece flow, cell design, process mapping, cell setup and root cause and counter measure (RCCM).
• Project leadership and mentoring including initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure of a project.
• Ability to build teams and communicate on international level.
• Demonstrated cost savings through developing a project road map, prioritizing and executing productivity initiatives.
• Researching and partnering with outside vendors and suppliers for application support and process expertise.
• Ability to design production fixtures and model assembly operations in CAD; NX or SOLIDWORKS preferred.

Education and Experience:

Level 1:

• Bachelor of Science degree Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing, or Industrial engineering

Level 2:

• Minimum Bachelor of Science degree Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing, or Industrial engineering with minimum 5+ years related work/project experience.  MS degree preferred. 

Level 3:

• Bachelor of Science degree Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing, or Industrial engineering with minimum 10+ years related work/project experience or MS degree with 5+ years related experience.

Working Conditions / Physical Requirements:

• The employee is regularly required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear
• The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus
• Employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, or caustic chemicals and risk of electrical shock

Salary Range: $80,000/yr - $100,000/yr

Contact person:

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