Lean Manufacturing Engineer from INSPYR Solutions

Title: Lean Manufacturing Engineer
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

• 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!