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About the Role
The Industrial Engineer drives productivity, quality, and cost improvements across PGM machining and manufacturing operations by analyzing processes, identifying waste, and implementing practical solutions to improve throughput, reduce cycle times, and enhance safety. This role involves significant time on the production floor working with operators, supervisors, and maintenance teams.
Responsibilities
- Create current-state and future-state Value Stream Maps (VSMs) to trace material and information flows, highlighting waste and non-value-added steps.
- Develop, implement, and maintain standard work procedures, standard labor hours, cycle times, and takt times.
- Conduct time and motion studies, perform line balancing, and reconfigure workstation layouts.
- Lead Kaizen events and problem-solving projects (e.g., 5S, root-cause analysis) to improve throughput.
- Train shop-floor operators and team leaders on new standard work routines and continuous improvement tools.
- Measure and evaluate production costs and throughput against standards.
- Evaluate the sequence of operations for fabricating and assembling parts or products to ensure efficient utilization.
- Analyze statistical data and product specifications to establish quality and reliability objectives.
- Review production schedules, engineering specifications, and orders to understand manufacturing methods and activities.
- Coordinate and implement quality control objectives, activities, or procedures to resolve production problems, maximize product reliability, or minimize costs.
- Confer with clients, vendors, staff, and management regarding purchases, product and production specifications, manufacturing capabilities, or project status.
- Evaluate the precision and accuracy of production and testing equipment and engineering drawings to formulate corrective action plans.
- Draft and design equipment, material, and workspace layouts for maximum efficiency using drafting tools and computer programs.
- Develop manufacturing methods, labor utilization standards, and cost analysis systems for efficient staff and facility utilization.
- Study operations sequence, material flow, functional statements, organization charts, and project information to define worker functions and responsibilities.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field.
- 2 years of experience in a machining or manufacturing environment (entry-level candidates with strong internships considered), or equivalent combination of experience and education.
- Working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma principles.
- Six Sigma certification (Green Belt or higher) is required; candidates without certification must obtain it with company support.
- Familiarity with machining processes (CNC, milling, turning, grinding) and reading engineering drawings/GD&T.
- Proficiency in time studies, capacity planning, and root-cause problem solving.
- Strong analytical skills with experience in Excel.
- Excellent communication skills (verbal and written).
Skills
- Lean Manufacturing
- Six Sigma
- Machining processes (CNC, milling, turning, grinding)
- Reading engineering drawings/GD&T
- Time studies
- Capacity planning
- Root-cause problem solving
- Excel
- Communication skills (verbal and written)
- CAD (AutoCAD, SolidWorks)
- Value stream mapping
- SMED
- 5S
- TPM
- Data analysis
- Data visualization (Minitab, Power BI, or similar)
- Epicor ERP (or comparable ERP/MES system)
- ISO standards
- ISO auditing
Location
- Manufacturing environment
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Entry-level candidates with strong internships considered
- Candidates with more experience and tenure
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field.
- Six Sigma certification (Green Belt or higher)
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive Pay
- Salary range posted is flexible based on experience.
- The range is meant to encompass pay scale for all levels of experience.
Benefits
- Medical effective on start date
- Dental
- Life Insurance (plus additional supplemental coverage)
- 401(k) program
- Short & Long Term Disability
- Profit Sharing Program
- Vacation Program
- Educational Financial Assistance
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Health Savings Accounts
- And others!
About the Company
- PGM is a process-driven company that is totally committed to customer satisfaction, evident by performance through the prevention of non-conformances at all stages of our relationship with purchasers of our products.
- Accordingly, all employees are empowered to identify problems with system, process or product quality and whenever possible, prevent discrepancies and suggest continuous improvement opportunities.
- PGM’s mission, vision and value statements are published in the Quality Management System (QMS) Policy Manual and posted throughout the building.
- The PGM QMS manual details the responsibilities that all employees share in the overall documented quality system.
Equal Opportunity
- PGM is an EEO employer