Industrial Engineer

Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00am-5:00pm

About the role

The Industrial Engineer works closely with manufacturing engineering, operations, quality, and production management teams to maximize process flow, capacity, quality, safety, and efficiencies while supporting manufacturing schedules, floor challenges, and continuous improvement initiatives. This is an on-site position based in Plymouth with occasional travel to Fall River, MA and Litchfield, MN. The employer will not sponsor applications for employment visa status.

Responsibilities

• Assist process engineers and operations with optimizing factory layouts, process time analyses, and margin improvement initiatives.
• Facilitate implementing process change improvement opportunities identified through lean manufacturing activities across all business units.
• Develop work instructions, technical specifications, performance data, and checklists necessary to operate processes to the highest standards.
• Design control systems to minimize costs and production issues.
• Partner with subject matter experts to develop and review value stream maps to identify process gaps, innovative improvement opportunities, and corrective actions.
• Identify new equipment that will optimize processes, repeatability, and quality.
• Complete cost and payback analyses to generate CapEx reports to justify new equipment.
• Design the layout of facilities to maximize product flow and determine optimal support requirements.
• Participate in lean initiatives throughout all facets of the organization to minimize waste and standardize work centers and processes.
• Work with controlled technology in accordance with US export control law.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering or Mechanical Engineering with documented continuous improvement experience.
• 3+ years of Industrial Engineering work experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Advanced knowledge of production machinery, processes, and standards.
• Ability to work in a team environment but also independently on individual projects.
• Time and project management skills.
• Be a change agent willing to work with cross-functional groups to make the case for change and obtain buy-in.

Qualifications

• ASQ Black Belt certification a plus.

Benefits

• Low-cost medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Life Insurance.
• 401k retirement plan.
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).
• Paid Time Off (PTO).
• Quarterly bonuses.