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Industrial Engineer

Brandenburg, Germany (On-site)

Industrial Engineer

1 Hour ago • 1 Years + • Manufacturing • Undisclosed

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Job Description

Tesla seeks an Industrial Engineer to join its Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg team. Responsibilities include identifying and executing production process improvements to enhance safety, quality, and efficiency; evaluating and documenting process time requirements; defining headcount budgets; creating line balancing plans; implementing cost reduction tools; defining operational metrics; and proposing new methods and processes. The ideal candidate possesses a B.S. in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Engineering Management (M.S./M.Eng. preferred), strong analytical and communication skills, and experience with process improvement methodologies like Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma. Collaboration with various departments (production, design, quality, finance, etc.) is crucial. This role involves a balance of short-term tactical improvements and long-term strategic enhancements.

Must have:

B.S. in Industrial Engineering or related field
Process improvement experience
Strong analytical & communication skills
Experience with Lean Manufacturing/Six Sigma
Proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Visio)

Good to have:

M.S./M.Eng. degree
Experience with A3, ATS, UPS methodologies
Time/motion study analysis experience
Leadership/project management experience

What to Expect

A successful industrial engineer willuse his/her process improvement experience to quantitatively assess currentproduction/business system performance and execute change to reduce cost andoptimize capacity. This role demands excellent communication and interpersonalskills as well as a holistic understanding of manufacturingoperations. Industrial engineers will not only execute onchange, but also prioritize projects based on opportunity. Industrialengineers will work independent across departments with production, design,quality, finance, supply chain, demand planning, production planning, andvarious engineering teams to improve factory operations and reduce cost. Asuccessful IE team member will balance short-term tactical improvement withlong-term business process and systems improvement.

What You’ll Do

Identify, quantify, compare, and executeproduction process improvements to drive safety and ergonomics, quality (firstpass yield), availability (uptime), performance (cycle time variability),capital utilization, and demand attainment.
Evaluate and document value-add (VA),non-value-add (NVA), and non-value-add-but-necessary (NVABN) time requirementsof manual and automated processes utilizing standard templates, software, and methods.
Define required to operate (RTO) Headcountbudget and On-Roll targets by shop.
Provide line balancing plans toProduction management; gain acknowledgement from Process Engineering thatcritical to quality and sequence dependencies remain in-tact.
Create and implement tools to audit efficiencyand identify cost reduction opportunities across Tesla.
Define and manage operational metricsfor current and future production systems.
Calculate, propose, and implement newmethods and processes for existing production systems.
Educate and engage cross-functionalteams in importance of continuous improvement.
Manage and communicate improvementopportunities and implementation plans to all relevant levels and functions inthe factory.
Support in economic feasibility studiesand make or buy decisions by analysis and preparation of necessary facts incooperation with various departments

What You’ll Bring

B.S. in Industrial Eng., MechanicalEng., Engineering Management (M.S./M.Eng. Preferred) with first years of work experience.
Outstanding critical thinking andcommunication skills, with a very high level of emotional intelligence,autonomy, and servant leadership.
Innate ability to fully comprehend newprocesses and systems quickly, with high attention to detail.
Industrial costcontrol/reporting/analysis experience in high volume manufacturingenvironments.
Advanced-level MS Office skills(primarily Excel and Visio).
Leadership/management experience and/orend-to-end project management experience.
Experience with industry-standardproblem solving methodologies (A3, ATS, UPS), preventive and autonomousmaintenance concepts, time/motion study analysis (MTN, MODAPTS, MOST),continuous improvement (6 sigma techniques, lean manufacturing), and changemanagement.

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