Address Overview:
Role Purpose
Industrial Engineer
This opportunity, based at our Prestwick site offers:
Closing Date; 25th March at 4pm
Spirit AeroSystems is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law.
Spirit AeroSystems designs and builds aerostructures for both commercial and defense customers. With headquarters in Wichita, Kansas, Spirit operates sites in the U.S., U.K., France and Malaysia. The company's core products include fuselages, pylons, nacelles and wing components for the world's premier aircraft. Spirit AeroSystems focuses on affordable, innovative composite and aluminum manufacturing solutions to support customers around the globe.
Role Purpose
To establish performance standards and maintain operational efficiency in manufacturing and support processes. Provide to manufacturing the plan for optimum use of resources, compile and analyse performance data, and coordinate improvements.
Industrial Engineer
This opportunity, based at our Prestwick site offers:
- 37 hour working week (half day Friday)
- Shift premiums up to 33%, where applicable
- Overtime at time and a half, where applicable
- 33 days holiday per year, rising with service
- Annual Bonus related to company performance
- Defined contribution pension scheme (default contributions; 4% employee and 8% employer)
- Virtual GP Service 365 days per year
- Employee Assistance Program
- A wide range of flexible benefits
- Death in service payment (default 4 times basic salary)
- Professional development and growth
- Free car parking
- And more!!
- Devise methods to eliminate wasted time, energy, money, materials, and other commodities during production processes.
- Produce digital simulations to facilitate modelling of product lines, digitally validate proposed improvements and relevant rate scenarios.
- Perform engineering studies to determine areas for improvement analyse existing manufacturing processes & improve process reliability, product quality & reduce cost.
- Be an effective communicator, creating documentation, plans, business cases and presentations. Develop communication strategies and articulate your case to influence the business leaders.
- Engage peers to develop new standards for production.
- Develop and provide time performance standards to the shop floor.
- Design and develop standardized work operations and processes.
- Responsible for analysing processes, determining areas for improvement, communicating effectively, creating documentation and implementing required training.
- Identify facility improvements to increase utilisation and improve efficiency.
- Perform capacity and rate studies to remove bottlenecks and increase throughput.
- Identify and deploy information systems that can reduce manual effort and improve accuracy of reporting for operational management.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
- Degree qualified in engineering or a related field, or at least 5 years experience as an Industrial Engineer.
- Qualifications relating to the application of continuous improvement techniques such as six sigma.
- A thorough understanding of theories and methods applicable to Industrial Engineering is required.
- Proficient in relevant IT applications and software packages.
Decision Making Authority
- Performs own work using prescribed tools and methods & ensures delivery to required timescales.
- Guidance will be provided by senior staff or manager.
- Identifies and implements improvements in performing work.
- Gathers data and develops plans/improvements for review and approval by management.
Closing Date; 25th March at 4pm
Spirit AeroSystems is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law.
