Lean Manufacturing Engineer

Company: INSPYR Solutions
Location: Glendale
Posted on: February 1, 2025

Job Description:

Title: Lean Manufacturing Engineer

Find out exactly what skills, experience, and qualifications you will need to succeed in this role before applying below.
Location: Glendale OR Van Nuys CA
Duration: 12+ Month Contract
Compensation: $70.00 - $72.00/hr.
Work Requirements: US Citizen, GC Holders or Authorized to Work in the US

If interested, please contact Margot Parsons at mparsons@inspyrsolutions.com or call 714-465-5478

Summary:
We will significantly increase production volumes in 2025, followed by another increase in 2027, all while optimizing productivity. To achieve these targets, we seek an experienced Manufacturing Engineer to provide essential guidance and coaching to our people.

The incumbent will focus on strategically important areas, optimize processes, increase productivity, and support the overall growth strategy.
This position plays a key role in ensuring ongoing safety, product quality, and compliance while optimizing complex processes and systems across the entire value stream.
Primarily focusing on large-scale, automated, multi-step batch processes with significant manual operations, the role requires knowledge of mathematical, physical, and social sciences, as well as engineering analysis and design principles.
The incumbent will analyze processes & systems, make opportunities for improvement visible, and drive actions to realize those improvements. These efforts are critical to improving productivity across the site, particularly in the production environment.
You will help interpret our client's standard 'lean operating system' and guide its application appropriately with a clear focus on adding value.
You will also collaborate with other sites and global support teams to improve those operating system standards.


Responsibilities

Use Lean and other manufacturing/industrial engineering tools to realize the site's transformational (breakthrough) objectives. This includes Understand the strategic context, current state, and analysis of relevant systems to identify opportunities aligned with strategy.
Create (and enhance existing) models to give insights.
Build support and momentum for key initiatives
Lea,d, and coach teams to drive change
Ensure outcomes are achieved, visible, and sustained
Connect and collaborate with global, regional and OpU groups to bring good practices to the site and to share our good practices with others.
Develop others through leading Lean implementations.
Enhance existing problem-solving and continue to replace push with flow and pull.
Champion change and demonstrate key skills, particularly in root-cause problem solving and continuous improvement.
Research and test improvements to processes, ensuring safety, quality and compliance with regulation/standards.
Play an integral role in the planning and execution of the 2025 and 2027 production capacity increases, ensuring scalability and sustainability.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to address challenges related to capacity expansion and operational excellence.


Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in manufacturing engineering, production engineering, industrial engineering,g or similar.
Minimum of 5 years of related experience.
Six Sigma Green Belt preferred.
5+ years' experience deploying and coaching lean as part of a manufacturing/industrial engineering role
5+ years of experience in a company well-recognized for its lean operations an advantage -
Experience in the biotechnology/pharmaceutical industry is desirable.
Experience in the process industry is an advantage.
Proficient in manufacturing systems and statistical analysis.
Strong negotiation, influence, consultation, and facilitation skills.
Demonstrated structured, logical, critical,l and analytical thinking.
Ability to lead and motivate teams to achieve business goals.
Advanced digital and data skills including visualization tools (Excel, PowerBI, or QlikSense), analytical tools (Minitab, Python, or RShiny,) and exposure to cloud data systems.
Experience in FDA-regulated environment - Good Manufacturing Practices, ISO 9001 is a plus.
Excellent communication, presentation, and facilitation skills.
Must have strong organizational and project management abilities along with knowledge of manufacturing processes and continuous improvement approaches.
Must be able to train others and work with employees on all levels.



Our benefits package includes:

Comprehensive medical benefits
Competitive pay
401(k) retirement plan
---and much more!


About INSPYR Solutions
Technology is our focus and quality is our commitment. An expert in delivering flexible technology and talent solutions, we strategically align industry and technical expertise with our clients' business objectives and cultural needs. Our solutions are tailored to each client and include a wide variety of professional services, projects, and talent solutions. By always striving for excellence and focusing on the human aspect of our business, we work seamlessly with our talent and clients to match the right solutions to the right opportunities. Learn more about us at inspyrsolutions.com.

INSPYR Solutions provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, INSPYR Solutions complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facil.ities

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