Whelan Machine & Tool, an Ajax Defense company, builds precision components and assemblies for defense and commercial customers. We're hiring a Process Improvement Engineer to own product routings, time standards and capacity, and to lead continuous improvement across machining, welding, assembly and offload. What you'll do Build and maintain routings and time standards in the ERP system for machining, welding, assembly and offload Measure actual times against standards and keep them current Support quoting with labor and machine time estimates Model capacity by work center and flag bottlenecks to Operations and Production Control Lead continuous improvement: layout, setup reduction, standard work and 5S Justify equipment and tooling purchases with cost and capacity data What you need Bachelor's degree in Industrial or Manufacturing Engineering, or equivalent experience 3+ years of industrial or manufacturing engineering in a machining, fabrication or assembly environment Experience setting time standards and routings in an ERP/MRP system Must be a U.S. Person as defined by ITAR (the job involves export-controlled technical data) Nice to have Lean or Six Sigma certification Experience in an AS9100 defense or aerospace job shop Experience with capacity modeling and simulation tools Office-based with regular time on the production floor. Ajax Defense, Inc. and its subsidiaries are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

You should be proficient in:

Continuous Improvement Kaizen AS9100 Experience ITAR Registration Experience