Facilities Project Engineer - RTE - Reading Truck

How You Will Make an Impact

The Facilities Project Engineer for Reading Truck Equipment is responsible to identify opportunities to improve efficiencies, reduce cost, design assist tools for assembly processes, create efficiency gains through waste removal and create/document standard work for branch unification across the business.

May be remote based or based out of one of our US branch locations (see website for our list of branch locations)

Frequent Travel is required via car and plane.

The Nuts and Bolts

• New Acquisition Facility Layout Development:

Utilize AutoCAD and Solidworks to design facility and equipment layouts

Analyze layouts with simulation tools ensuring optimal workflow, productivity and space utilization

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align layouts with production requirements and safety standards

• Capital Equipment Expenditure Requests:

Prepare detailed and comprehensive capital equipment expenditure requests, justifying the need, project benefits and outlining the expected financial return on investment

• Project Scope, Timeline and Budget Adherence and Contractor Management:

Develop and manage project scopes, timelines and milestones, tracking progress to ensure projects are completed on time.

Manage project budgets effectively, identifying cost-saving opportunities and ensuring projects are completed within budget constraints

Source, select, and manage contractors for various projects, ensuring compliance with safety regulations, project timelines, scopes and budgets

Provide management reports that track performance to goals

• Facility Systems Maintenance and Improvement:

Support the maintenance and improvement of product flow and the facility's systems

Develop conceptual designs and evaluate the effectiveness

• Identify process improvement projects to reduce lead time, improve inventory turnover, scrap and rework, direct labor cost savings, and equipment reliability
• Establish a Standardized Work tool/process and launch with production supervisors and team members
• Support material flow improvements in scheduling (Kanban, sequencing, kitting) and material handling methods
• Support Lean initiatives

Required Credentials

• Minimum of (five) 5 years in manufacturing environment - performing similar project engineering work
• Bachelor Degree required; Mechanical or Industrial Engineering preferred
• AutoCAD and Solid works skills required
• Ability to Travel on a regular basis (up to 60%) to RTE locations

How We Make an Impact

At Reading Truck, we have more than 65 years of industry leadership in the manufacture, distribution, and enhancement of work truck bodies. As the world's largest upfitter of work trucks, we continue to experience rapid growth through our expanding network of more than 20 locations across North America.

Take the next step in your career and come get paid to play with trucks!

Some of Our Total Rewards

• We offer big company perks with small company culture:
• Comprehensive benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision and Life
• 401(k) Savings Plan with Company Match
• Tuition Reimbursement
• 10 paid holidays
• Generous Footwear, Eyewear, and Safety Equipment Discount Program
• Paid Training and Development Programs

J.B. Poindexter & Co., Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

To learn more about careers with Reading Truck visit: https://www.readingtruck.com/about/careers

AGENCIES / THIRD PARTY RECRUITING FIRMS : Any unsolicited submissions received from third party agencies will be considered property of Reading Truck, and we will not be held liable for any fees related to those submissions.
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Required Education: Bachelor's Degree

Travel Percentage: 60.0

Travel Required: Yes

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