Industrial Engineer

About the Role

Loos & Co, the only fully integrated maker of premium quality wire, rope, and assemblies, holds a leading position in the global aerospace sector. A division of the Central Wire (CWI) Group of Companies, we deliver precision-manufactured components for mission-critical flight control applications, defense, med tech, and heavy industry worldwide. We are seeking an Industrial Engineer to develop, validate, and maintain accurate labor and process standards for our manufacturing plant.

The essential function is to apply industrial-engineering methods and independent technical judgment to improve the accuracy of product costs, labor standards, capacity assumptions, and operating decisions.

Responsibilities

• Plan and conduct stopwatch, work-sampling, predetermined-motion-time, and other appropriate time studies; establish defensible standard times and document methods, allowances, assumptions, and observed conditions.
• Partner with the Senior Cost Accountant to vet material, labor, machine, burden, setup, scrap, yield, and overhead assumptions used in product cost estimates and standard costs.
• Trace estimates end-to-end through ERP, MRP, quoting, routing, bill-of-material, labor-reporting, and costing processes; identify data gaps, logic errors, duplicate assumptions, and disconnects between systems and actual operations.
• Validate bills of material, routings, work centers, run rates, setup times, crew sizes, yields, scrap factors, outside-processing steps, and production quantities through floor observation and data analysis.
• Reconcile engineered standards and system estimates to actual labor hours, machine hours, throughput, scrap, rework, and production performance; investigate material variances and recommend corrections.
• Develop and maintain labor standards, process maps, value-stream maps, capacity models, line-balance analyses, and standard-work documentation.
• Support cost-estimating and quoting activities by supplying verified cycle times, staffing assumptions, process sequences, equipment requirements, and capacity constraints.
• Analyze manufacturing processes to identify bottlenecks, non-value-added work, avoidable motion, excess handling, and opportunities to improve flow, productivity, quality, and cost.
• Coordinate with Operations, Finance, Engineering, Quality, Maintenance, Scheduling, IT, and Commercial teams to implement approved master-data, routing, and process changes.
• Create clear audit trails and change-control documentation for standards and cost inputs; support periodic standard-cost updates and post-implementation reviews.
• Prepare actionable analyses and recommendations for plant and finance leadership, including financial and operational impact, risks, implementation requirements, and expected results.
• Perform other related duties consistent with the role, grade, and business needs.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a closely related field.
• Three or more years of industrial engineering experience in a manufacturing environment, including direct responsibility for time studies and the development or validation of labor and process standards.
• Demonstrated experience evaluating routings, bills of material, cycle times, setup times, yields, scrap, throughput, capacity, and actual-versus-standard performance.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing cost drivers and the ability to partner effectively with cost accounting.
• Proficiency with ERP or MRP systems and advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Ability to work regularly on the manufacturing floor and to observe processes for extended periods, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Five or more years of progressive industrial engineering experience in discrete, metals, wire, cable, or other process-oriented manufacturing environment.
• Hands-on experience partnering with cost accounting to develop or validate standard costs, quoted costs, burden rates, manufacturing variances, and product-profitability assumptions.
• Experience with ERP-based bills of material, routings, work centers, labor reporting, standard-cost rolls, and engineering or master-data change controls.
• Experience applying Lean manufacturing, value-stream mapping, line balancing, capacity analysis, root-cause analysis, and statistical methods.
• Experience developing engineered labor standards using predetermined motion-time systems, work sampling, or statistically valid direct-observation methods.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel capability and familiarity with Power BI, SQL, Minitab, or equivalent analytical tools.
• Demonstrated ability to translate technical observations and cost findings into practical cross-functional recommendations.

Preferred Certifications

• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt.
• Formal certification or training in MOST, MTM, MODAPTS, or another recognized work-measurement system.
• Certified Manufacturing Engineer (CMfgE), Certified Manufacturing Technologist (CMfgT), or equivalent SME credential.
• APICS Certified in Planning and Inventory Management (CPIM) or Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP), where relevant to routing, capacity, inventory, or production-planning analysis.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) or comparable project-management certification.

Key Competencies

• Time study and work measurement
• Manufacturing cost and variance analysis
• ERP and master-data validation
• Standard work and process documentation
• Root-cause analysis and continuous improvement
• Data integrity and attention to detail
• Cross-functional partnership
• Independent technical judgment
• Clear written and verbal communication
• Change management and follow-through

Physical and Work Environment Requirements

The role operates in both office and active manufacturing environments. It requires frequent walking and standing on the production floor; observation of machinery and production activities; use of a computer and measurement tools; and communication in areas where hearing protection or other personal protective equipment may be required. Reasonable accommodations will be considered in accordance with applicable law.

Benefits

• 401(k) with matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance