What are the responsibilities and job description for the Industrial Engineer position at Bedford Industries?
This position will focus on ensuring that all components of the manufacturing processes are optimized for efficiency, quality, safety, and robustness.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- As “Process Owner”, partner with operations leaders to develop, sustain, and continuously improve manufacturing processes to meet performance goals by:
- Leading data collection, testing, and experimentation to develop solutions
- Building and using process models to understand performance, capacity, and cost
- Identifying ideal procedures and disseminating via documentation and training support
- Modifying or procuring new equipment as needs dictate
- Collaborating with production personnel to learn processes and affect change
- Optimizing equipment/workspace layout, ergonomics, organization, and flow
- Monitoring and analyzing production data to drive projects and goals
- Engage with Safety and Quality teams to identify and address risks/deficiencies
- Support the development, maintenance, and use of Bedford information systems and records for production (MES, ERP, other)
- Serve as enterprise resource for improvement projects as assigned
- Ensure ongoing compliance with safety, BRC, and ISO standards
- Communicate with vendors, production staff, management personnel, and other departments regarding purchases, product and production specifications, manufacturing capabilities, and project status.
- Facilitate product development efforts to test and launch new or modified products
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Industrial, Manufacturing, Mechanical, or Chemical Engineering is preferred
- Competency with Microsoft Office, AutoCAD Inventor, MiniTab
- Proficiency in statistics and data analysis
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Good organizational and self-management skills
- Strong problem solving abilities and attention to detail
- Lean/Six-Sigma experience is beneficial
Working Conditions and Physical Requirements:
- Blend of office and production floor environment
- Bedford is BRC food-safety certified
Bedford Industries offers its employees a competitive total rewards package both professionally and personally. Below are a few of the benefits that we offer to full-time employees.
Medical
- Medical Insurance (traditional and HDHP)
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Company Paid Life Insurance Employee, Spouse and Children
- Short Term & Long Term Disability
- Health Savings Account
Retirement
- 401k Employer Match
- Profit Sharing
Work and Life
- Competitive Pay
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Volunteer Time
- Remote Work Days
- Sick Time
- Tuition Reimbursement
- On-site Wellness Center
In addition to our total rewards package, we offer a great, casual work environment where our employees play a large part in the development and growth of our company. We are forward thinking, innovative and provide cutting edge technology.
