Industrial Engineer II

At a Glance

Legrand has an exciting opportunity for a Industrial Engineer to join the Lighting Sector Team in Kenosha, WI. The successful candidate will be responsible for identifying and leading continuous improvement efforts within Operations and will plan and execute operational launch-related activities required for successful product releases and engineering change implementations. This role requires close collaboration across engineering and operations to ensure alignment and buy-in on key initiatives and process changes.

What Will You Do?

• Proactively identify and address areas of opportunity and collaborate across the organization using lean techniques to improve safety and ergonomics, eliminate bottlenecks, increase quality, and reduce cost across the Operations department.
• Partner with product engineering to plan and drive launch-related operational activities. This includes, but is not limited to, layout redesigns, design verification build (DVB) management, manufacturing cell development, creation and maintenance of standard work, product costs, and throughput analysis.
• Technical production lead for the launch of new products and changes on existing products with a focus on process and quality.
• Review bill of materials and labor costing to establish routings for new and existing products; report and perform regular maintenance to keep information current.
• Own the creation and maintenance of Standard Work and Visual Aids for assembly.
• Lead business efforts in implementation of lean manufacturing concepts including executing strategies, training employees, facilitating kaizen events, and auditing areas to ensure sustainability of improvements.
• Extract and analyze process data to develop strategies to drive process improvement. Monitor trends in performance indicators to evaluate efficiency and effectiveness.
• Coordinate activities in scrap reduction, elimination of rework, material variances, labor variances, safety and ergonomic evaluations, and overall continuous improvement.
• Analyze current capabilities versus future production needs based on expected customer demand and establish machine, tooling, and process requirements.
• Troubleshoot processes and quality defects in areas of responsibility.
• Keep up to date on changes and advances in technology and best practices, incorporating new techniques and tools where appropriate.

Education: Bachelor’s degree in relevant Engineering or Science discipline is required. 

Experience:

• 3 -5 years of experience as an Industrial or Manufacturing Engineer, preferably with Operational Excellence or related experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Lean Manufacturing tools and technologies. Working knowledge of ISO 9001 problem solving and root cause analysis techniques.
• Experience in project management with successful and timely implementation of project and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Must have a working knowledge and experience with ISO9001 requirements related to documentation, quality controls, training, product segregation requirements, and continuous improvement.
• Lean or Toyota Production Systems certifications are preferred, but not a requirement
• Proficiency with SolidWorks or similar modeling software, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and written, with all levels of work force including operators, supervisors, value stream managers, engineers and upper management. Must have the personality to run meetings and appropriately motivate others to action and alignment.
• Team player – demonstrated history of building rapport and quickly integrating with a new team

Preferred Skills

• Customer-focused with a high sense of urgency.
• Proven track record of leading through influence. Able to build strong team relations with peers and work collaboratively with people across all levels and departments.
• Strong communication and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated tenacity for identifying opportunities for improvements and developing solutions.
• Ability to adapt to new situations and quickly learn new processes and technologies.
• Detail-oriented, with a desire to “roll up your sleeves” to help the team get the job done.
• Strong project management; can set priorities and meet deadlines
  
• Bilingual in English and Spanish is desirable.

About Legrand

Legrand is the global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructures. Our comprehensive offering of solutions for residential, commercial, and data center markets makes us a benchmark for customers worldwide. We harness technological and societal trends with lasting impacts on buildings with the purpose of improving life by transforming the spaces where people live, work, and meet with electrical and digital infrastructures and connected solutions that are simple, innovative, and sustainable. Legrand is a global, publicly traded company listed on the Euronext (Legrand SA EPA: LR). For more information, visit www.legrandgroup.com/en

About Legrand North and Central America

Legrand, North & Central America (LNCA) is a leader in the AV, Lighting & Controls, Electrical, and Data Center markets. LNCA offers comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, as well as distinctive benefits like a high employer 401K match, paid time off (PTO) and holiday pay, short-term and long-term disability benefit plans, above-benchmark paid maternity and parental leave, bonus opportunities in accordance with the Company’s incentive plans, paid time off to volunteer, and an active/growing Employee Resource Group network. For more information, visit legrand.us 

About Legrand’s Lighting Sector

Legrand’s Lighting Sector consists of five lighting brands; Pinnacle, Finelite, Focal Point, and OCL which focus on architectural, decorative, and downlighting and Kenall which focuses on lighting for demanding environments.  We employ a talented group of employees that love lighting to design and manufacture high performance, energy efficient LED lighting solutions for applications in commercial, educational, healthcare, as well as challenging environments such as tunnels and correctional facilities.  With an eye toward sustainable design, our focus is on specification-oriented products and solutions that meet the functional needs of spaces while working in harmony with the designer’s vision for those spaces. We work with architects, engineers, and contractors to supply lighting built specifically for their client’s projects.   

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