Lamar K. Josey
Industrial Engineer, Automotive supply
Grand Rapids, MI · (616) 555 0129 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/lamarkjosey
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
7 years in automotive interior components
INDUSTRIES
Automotive supply, seating and trim
SPECIALTIES
Line balancing, time standards, standard work, layout
SYSTEMS
Minitab, AutoCAD, SAP, Microsoft Excel
CREDENTIALS
Six Sigma Green Belt, Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers member
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in industrial engineering, Michigan State University
Results at a Glance
14
Station seat assembly
340
Time standards
31%
Spaghetti study
900
Square feet
Executive Summary
Industrial engineer with 7 years in automotive seating, working on line balance, standard work and the time studies underneath both. Rebalances assembly lines when volume moves and defends every standard with a stopwatch record. Six Sigma Green Belt who spends most of the day on the floor rather than in the model.
Signature Achievements
- Rebalanced a 14 station seat assembly line and took 2 operators out of the cell without losing rate.
- Set 340 time standards across 3 product families and closed a 9 percent gap between paid and earned hours.
- Cut operator walking distance on a trim line by 31 percent after a spaghetti study of one full shift.
- Redrew the subassembly layout so parts feed from behind, freeing 900 square feet of floor.
- Built the capacity model that showed a second shift could be avoided at 118,000 units a year.
- Wrote standard work for 26 stations that cut new hire training from 12 days to 7.
Professional Experience
Industrial Engineer
Ottawa Ridge Seating, Grand Rapids, MI 2021 to present
Sole industrial engineer for a 410 person plant building seat frames and trim for two vehicle programs.
- Conducts time studies and maintains the labor standard file used for quoting and staffing.
- Balances assembly lines to takt when volume or model mix changes.
- Draws and tests layout options in AutoCAD before the maintenance crew moves equipment.
- Runs the weekly standard work audit with team leaders and logs the deviations.
Manufacturing Analyst
Kalamazoo Trim Products, Kalamazoo, MI 2018 to 2021
Analyst supporting 5 injection molding cells in a 160 person supplier plant.
- Tracked cycle time and downtime by cell and reported earned hours each week.
- Completed 60 time studies that replaced estimates used since the plant opened.
- Mapped material flow from receiving to the press floor and cut double handling.
Licensure and Certification
Six Sigma Green Belt, plant certified 2020
Member, Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers
Passed the Fundamentals of Engineering examination, industrial discipline, 2018
Education
Bachelor of Science in industrial engineering, Michigan State University, 2018, accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
Core Skills
Time study · Line balancing · Standard work · Layout design · Capacity modeling · Minitab · AutoCAD · Labor standards · Value stream mapping · Takt time