Management Engineer

Management Engineer

About Us
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Being a part of Intermountain Healthcare means joining with a world-class team of over 32,000 employees and embarking on a career filled with opportunities, strength, innovation, and fulfillment. Our mission is: excellence in the provision of healthcare services to communities in the Intermountain region.

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Job Description

This is a great entry-level opportunity for an individual that can creatively apply mathematical models to complex operational problems!

The management engineer will provide expert analytical support to Primary Children's Medical Center (PCMC) with regard to productivity, throughput, and process reliability. The successful candidate will join a team of data analysts and project support consultants under the guidance of the Manager of Improvement Advisors in the Department of Systems Improvement.  The management engineer will execute assigned analytical tasks and lead and/or support process improvement projects.  Within the department, the management engineer will serve as the expert on operations research concepts and productivity issues. 

This position is full-time Monday-Friday and benefits elligible.

Essential Job Responsibilities

• Provides expert analytical support to hospital leaders and department leaders on issues of labor productivity, process throughput, capacity utilization and resource scheduling
• Applies mathematical models to solve complex operational problems
• Uses benchmarking databases and other tools to compare PCMC to similar institutions with regard to outcomes, productivity, and work processes
• Provides appropriate and effective process improvement advice and facilitation services to  project teams and other internal customers
• Provides expert consultation and support to team members with regard to concepts and tool of industrial engineering and operations research
• As needed, writes and edits detailed project plans, including clear problem definitions, time frames, and resource requirements
• Performs all necessary actions to advance assigned projects, including writing, research, and communication functions
• Communicates with key stakeholders regarding projects, appropriately using meetings, telephone calls, e-mail messages, formal progress reports, and presentations to teams and committees
• Maintains working knowledge of process improvement theory and techniques, project management theory and techniques, industrial engineering techniques, and relevant developments in healthcare

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering, Business, Mathematics, Statistics,  Health Systems Management, Management Engineering or related field
• Proficiency using Microsoft Excel to analyze data
• Working knowledge of industrial engineering/operations research concepts and techniques
• Excellent organizational skills including the ability to prioritize tasks
• Excellent interpersonal relations skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience applying industrial engineering/operations research concepts to workplace issues
• Experience with workload analysis, productivity improvement, and the creation of staffing plans.
• Working knowledge of managerial accounting concepts
• Training in one or more specific model for process improvement (PDSA, Lean, Six Sigma, etc.)
• Experience creating flow charts
• Experience working in a health care environment
• Experience using Microsoft Access or Standard Query Language to analyze data
• Experience querying data from Intermountain Information Systems

Please Note
All positions subject to close without notice
Intermountain Healthcare is an equal opportunity employer M/F/D/V