Industrial Engineer Leadership Development Program
The Industrial Engineering Leadership Development Program is a rewarding three-year program consisting of three fast paced assignments. This highly selective program will give participants the opportunity to learn about Operations leadership, Continuous Improvement, Strategic Planning, Project Management, and Quality Systems and will provide a wide variety of leadership development opportunities. Participants can start in any of the three rotations based on business needs. The development assignments are:
Development Assignment 1: IELDP - Industrial Engineer
Participants in this role will gain exposure to the manufacturing environment, work with both Industrial and Manufacturing Engineers as well as our supply chain team. The Industrial Engineer is responsible for ongoing process improvement initiatives that deliver excellence across entire value chain. The Industrial Engineer will develop and implement engineered solutions to solve complex process issues and will develop, document, and implement standard work to safely produce high quality products. The IE will also be responsible for line support, area layouts, process definition, equipment justification, selection, and implementation. Participants will partner with a dynamic team to ensure that our engineering processes align with the overall corporate strategy and manufacturing operations goals.
Development Assignment 2: IELDP - Production Supervisor
Individuals will learn activities as a Production Supervisor in their next assignment. In this assignment participants will learn the critical aspects of how manufacturing operations partners with engineering and supply chain to maintain a safe and productive workplace. This role will allow participants to apply their education and experience to learn key supervisory skills and continue their development as a people leader. This role will also allow participants the opportunity to have daily management of the workforce to deliver on safety, quality, schedule adherence, and productivity expectations. These roles are key to the success of the manufacturing plants and learning all the aspects of manufacturing operation is key to success as a future leader and Industrial Engineer.
Development Assignment 3: IELDP - Continuous Improvement Engineer
In this role, the Continuous Improvement Engineer is responsible for the implementation of operational process improvements across the value stream in a manufacturing or distribution facility. The Continuous Improvement Engineer provides hands on execution of the lean principles (Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen, 5S, Standard Work, Line/Cell Design, Single Piece Flow, Material Flow, Visual Management, SMED, TPM, Root Cause Problem Solving, etc.) and tools to eliminate waste in all operations functions. The Continuous Improvement Engineer provides solutions to solve complex process issues.
In this role, participants will have separate development assignments.The list of elective opportunities will be in one or more of the following areas:
- Material Flow Engineer
- Quality Engineering
- New Product Introductions (NPI) and design for manufacturability
- Supply Chain / Warehousing Distribution
- Project Management
- Rotation Goal - Manufacturing High Volume / Low Mix facilities/Low Volume experience
- Lean Manufacturing
- Plant Operations Support (Production Planning/Quality Improvements/Supervision
- Maintenance TPM / equipment reliability
- Digital Factory / IIoT
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
- Process creation and standard work documentation activities to support manufacturing operations. Participants will learn the manufacturing operations and how CI, IE, production execution, maintenance, and supply chain work together within an organization.
- Implementation of operational process improvements across the value stream in a manufacturing or distribution. Provides hands on execution of the lean principles (Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen, 5S, Standard Work, Line/Cell Design, Single Piece Flow, Material Flow, Visual Management, SMED, TPM, Root Cause Problem Solving, etc.) and tools to eliminate waste in all operations functions.
- Safely manage direct labor workforce including employee engagement, performance management and training programs.
- Ability to travel around to various manufacturing plants and communicate with both manufacturing teams and engineering on best practices as well work with team members to solve critical manufacturing business problems.
Other Duties as assigned and the following:
This highly selective program will give participants the opportunity to learn about and / or participate in lean initiatives, process development, strategic planning, project management, operational excellence, supplier systems, manufacturing operations, and a wide variety of leadership development opportunities.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
- Ability to relocate to Generac locations during and upon completion of the program.
PRREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Preferred majors include Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Process Engineering
- Strong leadership qualities and academic record.
- Evidence of Business Acumen.
- The desire and motivation to be successful.
- Ability to collaborate and communicate with people at all levels of the organization.
- Value diversity and appreciation of different cultures and a global perspective.
- Completed at least one internship or co-op program in manufacturing, engineering, supply chain management, or related business experience.
Physical demands :Ability to travel to various plants, walk for 30 minutes and be able to stand for 4 hours.
“We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.”