Senior Industrial EngineerPosted: October 17, 2009
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) is the world leader in serving science, enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. With annual revenues of $10.5 billion, we have more than 34,000 employees and serve over 350,000 customers within pharmaceutical and biotech companies, hospitals and clinical diagnostic labs, universities, research institutions and government agencies, as well as environmental and industrial process control settings. Serving customers through two premier brands, Thermo Scientific and Fisher Scientific, we help solve analytical challenges from routine testing to complex research and discovery. Thermo Scientific offers customers a complete range of high-end analytical instruments as well as laboratory equipment, software, services, consumables and reagents to enable integrated laboratory workflow solutions. Fisher Scientific provides a complete portfolio of laboratory equipment, chemicals, supplies and services used in healthcare, scientific research, safety and education. Together, we offer the most convenient purchasing options to customers and continuously advance our technologies to accelerate the pace of scientific discovery, enhance value for customers and fuel growth for shareholders and employees alike. All of our employees share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement. Our ability to grow year after year is driven by our ability to attract, develop and retain world-class people who will thrive in our environment and share in our desire to improve mankind by enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. If you share in our values and if youre looking for an employer who is strongly committed to developing talent and rewarding achievement, come grow with us at Thermo Fisher Scientific. Thermo Fisher Scientific is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. Senior Industrial Engineer Job ID: JHF20092309-67295 Requirements: Expertise Engineering Education Bachelors Job Type Full-time Location United States - New York - Rochester Job Level Experienced Description: General Summary Statement: Under the general direction of the Director, Engineering, LSP this position manages the Industrial Engineering aspects of Lean Enterprise for Thermo Fisher Scientific LSP division. Key responsibilities include studying and planning operations for the effective utilization of personnel, material, machines and facilities where decisions are made within the limits of general practices and policies. Perform activities related to teaching & implementing lean concepts, designing manufacturing systems, cell layout, ergonomic designs to reduce factors, labor routing & capacity documentation servicing multiple areas within the organization. Must be technically competent, using independent judgment, and capable of handling all projects within this discipline and with some direct guidance and supervision. Specific Responsibilities: 1. Design & development of manufacturing systems for new processes or revisions to existing processes. This includes cell layouts, ergonomic designs, labor utilization, line balancing, etc. 2. Establish operational methods and work standards using various measurement techniques utilizing extensive knowledge of method analysis, time studies, work sampling and delay studies. 3. Develop & implement operator methods for standard work while increasing productivity and reducing bottlenecks to meet production needs. Identify and create opportunities for flow in manufacturing. 4. Analyzes existing operations and proposes cost justified improvements. Documenting people, machine & equipment capacity and determine & implement actions to improve productivity by optimizing the use of floor space, materials, personnel, and equipment. Perform complex capacity analyses in a mixed model environment. 5. Lead Kaizen events and develop Value Stream Maps to establish optimal manufacturing processes, methods and procedures to assure quality and cost effectiveness. 6. Provide technical assistance and expertise to manufacturing in problematic situations, striving for process improvements, implementing corrective action and training as required. 7. Evaluates, recommends, and selects equipment for secondary operations, assembly, packing, and material handling operations. Prepares Capital Appropriation Request for related projects. 8. Interacts with Lean PPI Teams, providing assistance as required for implementation of 5S, Lead-time reduction, one-piece flow, optimum plant layout, etc. 9. Support Practical Process Improvement (PPI) and Cost Improvement Projects (CIP) as a regular practice in day-to-day operations. 10. Monitor adherence to recommended safety procedures and good housekeeping. 11. Establishes and maintains manufacturing specifications, i.e. BOM, routings, and other related technical input and documentation. 12. Assists in planning new facilities, operations and/or relocation of same. 13. Stay current on new process technologies and techniques. Applying these ideas to new and existing processes, as appropriate. 14. Provide information and recommendations for various management systems. Please refer to job code 113966 when responding to this ad.
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