Industrial Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Industrial Engineer

Location: Liberty, North Carolina

Position Type: Contract

Pay: $60.00–$65.00 per hour

Benefits: Begin on Day 1

Additional Benefits: Paid time off and paid holidays

Position Overview

Reliance One is hiring an experienced Industrial Engineer for an established automotive manufacturing client in Liberty, North Carolina.

The Industrial Engineer will design, analyze, improve, and document manufacturing systems and production engineering processes. This role will use manufacturing data, structured problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration to improve safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, capacity, and process sustainability.

The ideal candidate can turn complex engineering work into clear, repeatable standards while maintaining ownership of project schedules, risks, and deliverables.

Key Responsibilities

Manufacturing Systems and Process Design

• Analyze production requirements and develop manufacturing concepts that support safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity goals.
• Design and improve production flow, material flow, staffing plans, work balance, and facility or equipment layouts.
• Evaluate equipment, processes, operators, and material interfaces to identify constraints before implementation.
• Support new production lines, model changes, facility expansions, equipment installations, and manufacturing system modifications.
• Develop sustainable standardized work without compromising safety or quality.

Capacity, Throughput, and Labor Planning

• Conduct cycle-time studies, bottleneck analysis, line balancing, utilization analysis, and production-capacity planning.
• Develop capacity models using equipment, labor, shift, volume, and production assumptions.
• Identify capacity gaps and evaluate countermeasures using defined assumptions and measurable criteria.
• Support workforce planning, staffing models, and production-readiness activities.
• Recommend improvements that increase throughput and reduce production constraints.

Continuous Improvement

• Lead or support Lean manufacturing and Kaizen activities focused on productivity, ergonomics, quality, cost, and waste reduction.
• Apply structured problem-solving and root-cause analysis methods.
• Develop, implement, and verify corrective actions and process countermeasures.
• Support process stabilization, recurrence prevention, and sustainable process controls.
• Measure and document before-and-after results and establish ownership for long-term sustainment.

Manufacturing Data and Performance Analytics

• Develop key performance indicators, dashboards, reports, and executive summaries for manufacturing and project performance.
• Analyze production data, process variation, losses, constraints, and trends using statistical and data-visualization methods.
• Define data sources, calculation logic, assumptions, and limitations to ensure analyses are repeatable and auditable.
• Translate analytical findings into prioritized actions, risks, and recommendations.
• Clearly communicate technical findings to engineering, manufacturing, and leadership teams.

Project Execution and Equipment Integration

• Support equipment specification, installation, commissioning, trials, validation, production readiness, ramp-up, and handover.
• Coordinate with Production, Maintenance, Quality, Safety, Facilities, vendors, contractors, and production engineering teams.
• Maintain project schedules, action-item trackers, risk registers, decision records, and readiness requirements.
• Identify and escalate unresolved risks using objective data.
• Drive cross-functional issues through final resolution.

Engineering Standards and Technical Documentation

• Develop and maintain production engineering standards, procedures, technical guides, checklists, templates, and process maps.
• Convert engineering knowledge, project experience, and lessons learned into clear and repeatable processes.
• Document workflows for design reviews, project execution, equipment acceptance, commissioning, validation, handover, and recurrence prevention.
• Gather information from subject-matter experts and resolve conflicting technical input.
• Document engineering assumptions, requirements, and decision-making logic.
• Apply document naming, revision control, approval, ownership, effective-date, and periodic-review requirements.
• Create visual and written training materials for engineers, technicians, contractors, and cross-functional partners.
• Monitor adoption and improve documentation based on feedback, audit findings, process changes, and verified lessons learned.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• At least five years of industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, production systems, or closely related experience.
• Experience supporting high-volume manufacturing or automated production environments.
• Experience with manufacturing system design, equipment implementation, or process improvement.
• Experience conducting cycle-time studies, line balancing, bottleneck analysis, capacity planning, and labor planning.
• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills.
• Experience using manufacturing data and statistical methods to identify trends and recommend improvements.
• Strong project management skills with clear ownership of schedules, risks, action items, and deliverables.
• Ability to communicate technical information effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong technical writing and process-documentation abilities.
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional departments, vendors, and contractors.
• Continuous-improvement mindset with a focus on sustainable results.

Reliance One, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex—including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity—national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Reasonable accommodations are available to qualified individuals with disabilities.

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