Job Description BAE Systems, one of the world’s largest defense contractors and a Top 10 prime contractor to the Department of War, is hiring a Senior Industrial Engineer at our Louisville site, which specializes in the fabrication and assembly of major Naval shipboard components. We work a 9/80 schedule with every other Friday off.
- Identify the most efficient sequence of operations and workflow
- Establish methods for maximum utilization of facilities and personnel
- Reduce waste, rework, and cycle times
- Conduct studies pertaining to cost control, cost reduction, and the purchase/lease/maintenance of equipment
- Design factory layouts that align with the plan and vision for safe delivery
- Collaborate with various internal departments that include Program Management, Production Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Facilities, Purchasing, Finance, and Operations to develop a world class manufacturing facility
- Develop and deploy a framework to sustain the utilization of lean concepts
- Ability to create a process improvement roadmap for assigned value stream focusing on lead time and cycle time reductions
- Engage in regular communications with production support, planning, logistics, quality, manufacturing supervisors, Safety, and direct labor workforce to assess operations performance
- Summarize and present findings to internal customers to gain buy-in for improvement efforts
- Discuss the status of metrics and key performance indicators with Site Leadership
- Participate in projects outside of day-to-day scope to broaden knowledge of the business and add value by working cross functionally
