Industrial Engineer - Battery Manufacturing

Industrial Engineer – Battery Manufacturing

Location: Liberty, NC
Work Environment: On-site, Monday–Friday
Schedule: 40 hours/week
Overtime: Approximately 20%
Travel: Approximately 5% domestic/international
Req. #1513445

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Industrial Engineer to support battery manufacturing operations, capital projects, production readiness, and continuous improvement in a high-volume manufacturing environment.

This position will focus on designing, analyzing, improving, and documenting manufacturing systems and processes to improve safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, and operational efficiency . VendorRequest_151344560804115

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze production requirements and develop efficient manufacturing concepts.
• Improve production flow, material flow, staffing, work balance, and equipment/facility layouts .
• Perform cycle-time studies, line balancing, bottleneck analysis, capacity planning, and utilization analysis .
• Develop capacity models and evaluate labor, equipment, shift, and production requirements.
• Lead and support Kaizen and continuous-improvement activities .
• Perform structured root-cause analysis and implement sustainable countermeasures.
• Develop manufacturing KPIs, dashboards, reports, and executive summaries .
• Analyze manufacturing data to identify trends, losses, constraints, and opportunities.
• Support equipment installation, commissioning, trials, production readiness, ramp-up, and handover.
• Coordinate with Production, Maintenance, Quality, Safety, Facilities, vendors, contractors, and engineering teams. VendorRequest_151344560804115

Engineering Standards & Documentation

A key part of this position is developing and maintaining clear, repeatable engineering processes.

Responsibilities include creating and improving:

• Engineering standards and procedures
• Technical guides and specifications
• Work instructions and process maps
• Check sheets and templates
• Training materials
• Equipment acceptance and commissioning documentation
• Lessons learned and process-control documentation

The position will also support document control, revision management, technical reviews, and continuous improvement of engineering standards. VendorRequest_151344560804115

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering , or a related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, production systems, or closely related experience.
• Experience supporting high-volume manufacturing, automated production, equipment implementation, or manufacturing-system improvement .
• Hands-on experience with:
  • Capacity planning
  • Time studies
  • Line balancing
  • Labor planning
  • Bottleneck analysis
  • Production/facility layouts
  • Material flow
  • Standardized work
• Experience developing or significantly revising engineering procedures, standards, specifications, technical manuals, or training materials.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and manufacturing data-analysis skills.
• Strong analytical, technical-writing, project-management, and cross-functional communication skills. VendorRequest_151344560804115

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with one or more of the following is highly desirable:

• Automotive or battery manufacturing
• Battery cell, module, or pack production
• High-volume automated manufacturing
• Greenfield startups or brownfield modifications
• Equipment commissioning, launch, or production ramp-up
• Power BI, SQL, Python, Minitab, or Tableau
• FlexSim, AnyLogic, Plant Simulation, digital twins, or similar modeling tools
• Toyota Production System (TPS)
• Kaizen, PDCA, A3, TBP, JKK, or value-stream mapping
• Engineering standards/governance and lessons-learned systems VendorRequest_151344560804115

Additional Details

Location: Toyota Battery Manufacturing North Carolina – Liberty, NC
Start Date: October 12, 2026
Overtime: Approximately 20%
Travel: Approximately 5% as required VendorRequest_151344560804115