Description:
This position will focus on improving manufacturing efficiency, productivity, capacity, material flow, labor utilization, and facility operations. The ideal candidate will have a strong Industrial Engineering background with hands-on experience in Lean manufacturing, line balancing, time studies, process optimization, facility layout, capacity planning, and data-driven continuous improvement.
This is a highly collaborative role for an Industrial Engineer who can identify improvement opportunities, develop data-driven solutions, and lead projects from concept through implementation.
Key Responsibilities
Industrial Engineering & Manufacturing Optimization
- Lead Industrial Engineering and continuous improvement projects across manufacturing operations.
- Evaluate manufacturing processes and identify opportunities to improve productivity, cost, quality, throughput, and operational efficiency.
- Conduct time studies, line balancing, value stream mapping, process flow analysis, and work-cell optimization.
- Analyze material flow, labor utilization, equipment utilization, WIP, and manufacturing capacity.
- Develop and implement solutions that improve the utilization of personnel, equipment, and manufacturing space.
- Support new manufacturing lines, work cells, equipment installations, and facility expansion projects.
Lean & Continuous Improvement
- Champion Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement methodologies throughout operations.
- Lead structured problem-solving initiatives using data and operational metrics.
- Develop business cases for improvement projects and lead implementation efforts.
- Partner with Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, and Operations teams to drive sustainable process improvements.
- Support change-management initiatives associated with new processes and operational improvements.
Capacity & Production Planning
- Perform capacity analysis and support labor/manpower planning.
- Analyze current and future production requirements to identify equipment, labor, and facility needs.
- Support long-range capacity planning for new products and sustaining production.
- Evaluate manufacturing constraints and recommend solutions to support production growth.
Facility & Process Design
- Review and optimize manufacturing layouts, work cells, process flow, and material flow.
- Support large-scale facility and multi-cell layout changes.
- Participate in new line and facility start-up activities.
- Support New Product Introduction (NPI) and manufacturing ramp initiatives.
- Utilize layout and simulation tools to evaluate future-state manufacturing concepts.
Analytics & Reporting
- Monitor operational metrics including labor hours, productivity, WIP, capacity, and manufacturing efficiency.
- Analyze operational data to identify trends and improvement opportunities.
- Develop or maintain reports and dashboards supporting operational decision-making.
- Present findings and recommendations to engineering, operations, and management teams.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering or a related engineering discipline required.
- 4+ years of progressive Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related experience.
- Strong hands-on experience with Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement.
- Experience with time studies, line balancing, capacity planning, labor/manpower planning, and process optimization.
- Experience analyzing manufacturing layouts, process flow, material flow, and work-cell design.
- Strong Excel and general data-analysis skills.
- Experience with facility/layout tools such as Visio, AutoCAD, or similar platforms preferred.
- Advanced analytics experience using Tableau, VBA, R, or similar tools is a plus.
- Simulation modeling experience using Simul8, Arena, or similar software preferred.
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification preferred.
- New Product Introduction (NPI) experience preferred.
- Experience within medical device, electronics, aerospace, automotive, or another complex/highly regulated manufacturing environment preferred.
- Experience working within formal Quality Systems is highly desirable.