MSA, The Safety Company

Industrial Engineer (On-site)

US-NH-Pittsfield

Requisition ID: 2023-6620
Type: Full-Time
# of Openings: 1
Category: Operations (MissionOPS)

Overview
For more than 100 years, our passionate mission of safety empowers us to protect lives.
MSA Safety is a global leader in the development of safety equipment and pioneering technology that helps protect people and facility infrastructures around the world. We are committed to providing the latest in innovative, best-in class safety solutions that feature integrated systems capability and allow our customers to return safely to their families and friends. Every day our customers place their lives in our hands. In response, we provide them with protection they can trust. It is gratifying to lead the way as a source of inspiration. Would you like to join our team of more than 5,000 employees world-wide dedicated to this purpose? We hope so.
We’re looking for a hands-on Industrial Engineer with project leadership and problem-solving skills to work in our collaborative team environment. While reporting to the Pittsfield Engineering Manager, you’ll lead process improvement projects, develop and implement work standards and participate on product development teams within the Pittsfield, NH facility. If this sounds like an exciting opportunity, then we want to hear from you!

Responsibilities
Major responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:
•        Cost Engineering / Manufacturing Documentation. Conduct time studies, define manufacturing costs, and develop/implement/maintain work standards and manufacturing documentation (routings, etc.).
•        Cost Reduction Initiatives. Lead the identification, scoping, and execution of projects to reduce product manufacturing costs, collaborating with supervisors, factory managers, engineers, and other associates.
•        Safety and Ergonomics. Actively advocate behavior-based safety in all aspects of Pittsfield plant operations, adhering to company and site-specific safety policies, practices, and programs, including the OSHA VPP program. Initiate efforts to improve workplace ergonomics.
•        Continuous Improvement. Initiate, lead, participate, and provide training (problem solving, work flexing, etc.) required to effectively complete improvement efforts. Work together with factory managers to sustain improvements. Participate in MSA Operating System activities that include daily communication meetings, department performance monitoring and problem solving.
•        NPD Team Participation. Actively participate on NPD teams led by Product Engineering. Provide input to ensure that proposed designs are realistic and feasible within a Lean Manufacturing environment. Communicate challenges of current manufacturing processes and drive efforts to incorporate design for manufacturability and assembly concepts. Coordinate participation from peer experts to advise on manufacturability as necessary.