At Siemens Mobility we live and nurture
an ownership culture, in which every employee takes personal responsibility for
our company’s success. We utilize lean principles to continually improve our
processes and customers’ experience. We trust and empower our leaders to act as
owners, self-direct their teams and innovate to succeed. Our product offerings
include light rail vehicles, electric locomotives, diesel-electric locomotives,
passenger coaches, and high speed trains. Core manufacturing processes include
extensive carshell welding activities, bogie fabrication and assembly,
electrical subassembly, finishing and paint, and final assembly.
The Industrial Engineer for Warehouse and Logistics has the primary
responsibility to ensure that the Warehouse is set up to utilize space
efficiently including material packaging to support a low volume, high mix production
operation needs utilizing Lean Methodologies.
What you will be doing:
• Preparing standardized work instructions, floor layouts, and material storage
configurations.
• Setting up production material and improve space utilization through design
and implementation of racking systems, flow racks, component conveyance
systems, vertical lift modules, carousel storage systems, and component sorting
systems from small hard ware components to large “rail vehicle” size
components.
• Working understanding of material density, reducing sku quantities, processes
for obsolete inventory, processes for re-slotting storage locations, seasonal
variations, utilizing cube, creating more storage spaces, decreasing aisle
widths, and increasing pallet storage density.
• Working knowledge and understanding of permitting requirements, foundation
requirements, and other regulatory requirements when implementing shelving
systems, racking systems, and other component storage configurations or
methods.
• Develop a data-based method for forecasting warehouse configuration changes
for components storage on shelves, conveyors, and pallets based on anticipated
new business. (New Product, Shift of Products, etc.)
• Lead material storage improvements, complex process changes, and technology
changes including developing a core team, assigning / reporting to a steering
committee, projecting efforts involved with implementation, and identifying
impacts to the business.
• Define and implement the overall material packaging specifications for groups
of materials and incorporate them into the standard purchasing policies and
supplier agreements.
• Develop and implement material packaging standards and specifications from
supplier to warehouse, warehouse to production, and supplier to production for
manufacturing materials and components
• Develop material packaging and material packaging specifications based on
size, material composition, usage, and travel distance including dunnage
requirements for small, medium and large manufacturing material and components.
• Review and approve suppliers packaging (single use) and returnable crates.
• Define and implement a material conveyance system for production components
including supplier to warehouse, warehouse to production, and supplier to production
for manufacturing materials and components
• Coordinating and communicating technical information to and from all levels
of the organization including vendors, project managers, production team
members, and operations managers.
• Developing department procedures to improve business and warehouse
transactions.
What you will need to be successful:
• 0 – 3 years of experience working in a warehousing logistics group to set up
upgrade and improve logistics performance within an operations environment.
• Firm project management skills, including developing project plans, timelines
/ schedules, budgets, proposed layouts, resource requirements, calculating ROI,
etc.
• Practical knowledge of the lean tool box and ability to utilize lean
principles to reduce waste.
• A history of “hands-on” approach to problem solving and countermeasure
implementation within own areas of responsibility.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the logistics best practices.
• Demonstrated understanding of tooling and equipment for material handling
operations and its impact to safety, accuracy, quality, throughput, and
efficiency.
• Knowledge of different types of bills of materials between engineering and
production.
• A history of driving projects in a very dynamic low volume start up
production environment.
• BS in Industrial Engineering (or comparable) or 4+ years of field experience
• Required travel: 5%
*LI_CAS
Organization: Siemens Mobility
Company: Siemens Mobility, Inc
Experience Level: Experienced Professional
Full / Part time: Full-time
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Siemens is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability unrelated to ability, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, transgender, sex stereotyping, order of protection status, protected veteran or military status, or an unfavorable discharge from military service, and other categories protected by federal, state or local law.
EEO is the Law
Applicants and employees are protected under Federal law from discrimination. To learn more, Click here.
Pay Transparency Non-Discrimination Provision
Siemens follows Executive Order 11246, including the Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision. To learn more, Click here.
California Privacy Notice
California residents have the right to receive additional notices about their personal information. To learn more, click here.