Job Description
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The Bo eing Supply Chain Engineering team has an exciting opportunity to join the team as an Experienced Industrial Engineer , located in the Greater Los Angeles area .
This position provides Industrial Engineering and Lean deployment functional excellence within Boeing's supply chain by rapidly analyzing, designing, and implementing sustainable production system improvements. Industrial Engineers lead initiatives aimed at supporting on-time delivery, enhancing quality, and driving cost improvements through application of Industrial Engineering principles. Each team member works in close collaboration with Boeing stakeholders and supplier leadership to plan and implement improvement projects and train suppliers on a rapid process improvement framework.
Projects range across the Enterprise including BCA, BDS, and BGS engagements in collaboration with Global Field Operations (GFO) and Supply Chain Operation teams. Industrial Engineers may be deployed to suppliers for various durations, ranging from one week to three months, and may include long-term engagements involving domestic and international travel for up to 12 months; however, short-term engagements are most likely. The statement of work includes supplier recovery, sourcing and work transfers, supplier health and readiness, affordability, and functional excellence. Team members must be prepared to travel up to 75% of the time.
Five Essential Traits for Our Team:
Humility: Ability to collaborate with suppliers with a mindset of learning and openness
Grit & Tenacity: IEs often face challenging supplier engagements. They must be prepared to navigate and overcome difficult working situations
Problem-Solving Skills: IEs should possess the ability to deconstruct complex problems into mutually exclusive, collectively exhaustive (MECE) frameworks, ensuring thorough analysis and effective solutions.
Influencing skills: While 30% of an IEs work is technical, the remaining 70% involves persuading others of the validity of technical solutions. IEs must have skills to influence both leaders and team members.
Teamwork Skills: Collaboration is key, as IEs often work together, especially in challenging engagements. Strong team relationships are essential for fostering a cohesive and productive working environment
Position Responsibilities as a Leader within the Team:
Utilize and apply job practices, techniques, standards, principles, theories, and concepts effectively.
Provide solutions to a variety of technical problems of moderate scope and complexity.
Work under general supervision; no instructions are needed for routine work. To receive general instructions for special assignments. Work is reviewed for sound technical judgment and overall adequacy
Contribute to the completion of specific project milestones. Failure to achieve results, reach erroneous decisions, or make faulty recommendations may cause delays in program schedules and result in the allocation of additional resources
Interact primarily with internal personnel and infrequently with inter-organizational and external customers on routine matters.
Position Responsibilities with Suppliers:
Demonstrate leadership initiative, excellent communication skills, a strong technical foundation, and project management skills.
Communicate with internal and external stakeholders, including leadership, to ensure tactical approaches and progress meet plan requirements.
Effectively influence audience through data-driven approach and to demonstrates the capability to achieve project commitment and team buy-in.
Manage, define, negotiate, and control the scope, cost, and timing of projects, directing the use of project management tools (e.g., work break-down structure, precedence network, and resource allocation). To ensures projects are completed within budget, and on schedule
Plan, prepare, train, apply and support cost projects to achieve improvement goals at key supplier sites, partnering with cross-functional Boeing and Supplier teams.
Apply lean principles to Boeing supply chain production systems.
Utilize intrinsic knowledge of airframe production systems to guide implementation and replication of advanced manufacturing techniques at supplier sites.
Identify production constraints and inefficiencies to mitigate capital investment and to drive improvement plans to reduce flow days, decrease unit production hours, and improve quality.
Candidates must be flexible to accommodate travel requirements and be willing to move between sites as required by business needs
Candidates may be placed in long-term or short-term domestic or international temporary assignments
This position is hybrid. This means that the selected candidate will be required to perform some work onsite at one of the listed location options. This is at the hiring team's discretion and could potentially change in the future.
The position must meet Export Control compliance requirements, therefore a "US Person" as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.15 is required. "US Person" includes US Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.
Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):
Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (includes manufacturing engineering technology), chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science.
3+ years of experience applying advanced knowledge and application of industrial engineering principles to analyze and optimize supply chain processes and systems.
3+ years of experience working in a supply chain or manufacturing environment.
3+ years of experience in project management, including leading cross-functional teams to achieve supply chain objectives.
3+ years of experience in capacity planning, inventory management, demand forecasting, process optimization, and lean manufacturing principles.
Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):
5+ years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
5+ years of experience in Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement methodologies.
Demonstrated experience in collaborating with key stakeholders across various functions in a leadership or integrator role.
A strong passion for continuous improvement, with a proven track record of stabilizing and enhancing supply chain operations.
Drug Free Workplace:
Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.
Relocation:
Relocation is not a negotiable benefit for this position.
Pay & Benefits:
At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent. Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.
The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.
The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.
Summary pay range (level 3 ): $92,650 - $125,350
Applications for this position will be accepted until Jul. 04, 2025
Export Control Requirements: This position must meet export control compliance requirements. To meet export control compliance requirements, a "U.S. Person" as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.15 is required. "U.S. Person" includes U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.
Export Control Details: US based job, US Person required
Education
Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Required
Relocation
Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position.
Visa Sponsorship
Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.
Shift
This position is for 1st shift
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
