Industrial Engineer

Overview:

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients worldwide.

Our client is a recognized prominent global enterprise in the automotive sector, listed among the top 50 companies in the Global Fortune rankings. As a leading player in the global automotive industry, our client manufactures vehicles in 27 countries and effectively markets them across over 170 countries and regions worldwide.

Job Title: Industrial Engineer
Location: Liberty, NC 27298
Duration: 12 Months
Job Type: Temporary Assignment
Work Type: Onsite

Description:

Who we are

• Collaborative.

• Respectful.
• A place to dream and do.
• These are just a few words that describe what life is like at Client .
• As one of the world's most admired brands, Client is growing and leading the future of mobility through innovative, high-quality solutions designed to enhance lives and delight those we serve.
• We're looking for diverse, talented team members who want to Dream. Do. Grow. with us.

What we're looking for:

• Client 's Production Engineering Battery Manufacturing Engineering Department is seeking an Industrial Engineer to support battery manufacturing operations, capital projects, production readiness, and continuous improvement at TBMNC.

• This role will design, analyze, improve, and document manufacturing systems and Production Engineering processes.
• The successful candidate will use objective data, cross-functional collaboration, and clear technical communication to improve safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, and knowledge transfer.

Expected professional attributes:

• Analytical and structured problem solving.
• Clear ownership of schedule, risk, and deliverables.
• Effective communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Continuous improvement and Client Way mindset.
• Ability to convert complex engineering work into clear, usable standards.

What you'll be doing:

Manufacturing System Design

• Analyze production requirements and develop manufacturing concepts that support safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity targets.
• Design and improve production flow, material flow, staffing concepts, work balance, and facility or equipment layouts.
• Evaluate equipment, process, operator, and material interfaces to identify constraints before implementation.
• Support new line development, model changes, expansion projects, and production system modifications.

• Perform cycle-time studies, bottleneck analysis, line balancing, and utilization analysis.
• Develop capacity models and evaluate equipment, labor, shift, and production assumptions.
• Quantify capacity gaps and compare countermeasure options using defined assumptions and measurable criteria.
• Support workforce planning and sustainable standardized work without compromising safety or quality.

• Lead or support kaizen activities focused on productivity, ergonomics, quality, cost, and waste reduction.
• Use structured problem solving to identify root causes, implement countermeasures, and verify effectiveness.
• Support process stabilization, recurrence prevention, and development of sustainable controls.
• Capture measurable before-and-after results and define ownership for sustainment.

• Develop clear KPIs, dashboards, reports, and executive summaries for manufacturing and project performance.
• Analyze production data, variation, losses, constraints, and trends using appropriate statistical and visualization methods.
• Define data sources, calculation logic, assumptions, and limitations so analyses are repeatable and auditable.
• Convert analytical findings into prioritized actions, risks, and recommendations.

• Support equipment specification, installation, commissioning, trial, production readiness, ramp-up, and handover activities.
• Coordinate with Production, Maintenance, Quality, Safety, Facilities, vendors, contractors, and other PE stakeholders.
• Maintain project schedules, action tracking, risk registers, decision records, and readiness criteria.
• Escalate unresolved risks with objective evidence and drive closure of cross-functional issues.

• Develop, maintain, and improve Production Engineering standards, procedures, technical guides, check sheets, templates, and process maps.
• Translate engineering knowledge, project experience, and lessons learned into clear, controlled, repeatable Client processes.
• Document workflows for design review, project execution, equipment acceptance, commissioning, validation, handover, and recurrence prevention.
• Gather input from subject matter experts, validate technical content, resolve conflicting inputs, and document assumptions or decision logic.
• Apply document hierarchy, naming, revision control, approval, ownership, effective-date, and periodic-review expectations.
• Create visual and written training materials that enable consistent use by engineers, technicians, contractors, and cross-functional partners.
• Monitor adoption and improve documents based on user feedback, audit findings, process changes, and verified lessons learned.

Requirements:

Qualifications/ What you bring (Must Haves):

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in industrial engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Five or more 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.

Industrial Engineering Methods

• Hands-on experience with capacity planning, time study, line balancing, labor planning, bottleneck analysis, facility or production layout, material flow, and standardized work.
• Ability to build transparent analytical models with defined inputs, assumptions, formulas, outputs, and sensitivity to changing conditions.
• Ability to verify implemented results against planned performance and identify remaining gaps.

Technical Writing and Standards Development

• Demonstrated experience authoring or significantly revising engineering standards, procedures, specifications, work processes, technical manuals, playbooks, or training materials.
• Ability to structure complex content using clear hierarchy, purpose, scope, roles, inputs, process steps, controls, records, and revision history.
• Ability to write precise requirements using objective, testable language and avoid ambiguity, unsupported conclusions, and redundant wording.
• Experience facilitating technical reviews and obtaining validation from engineering and cross-functional subject matter experts.
• Experience with document control, revision management, approvals, distribution, and periodic review.
• Ability to create process maps, check sheets, templates, examples, and visual aids that improve usability.

Data and Communication

• Advanced capability with Excel and demonstrated use of manufacturing data analysis or visualization tools.
• Ability to communicate analysis, risks, decisions, and recommendations clearly to working-level and leadership audiences.
• Ability to distinguish facts, assumptions, requirements, recommendations, and open decisions within technical documents.

Project Ownership

• Ability to manage multiple priorities, maintain action and risk visibility, and provide timely status reporting.
• Demonstrated cross-functional coordination and issue resolution in a manufacturing or engineering environment.
• Ability to work in a manufacturing plant environment, including field observation, PPE use, and support during implementation activities.

Manufacturing Environment

• Automotive, battery cell, module, pack, clean room, dry room, formation, or high-volume automated manufacturing experience.
• Greenfield startup, brownfield modification, equipment commissioning, launch, or ramp-up experience.

Digital Manufacturing and Analytics

• Power BI, SQL, Python, Minitab, Tableau, or equivalent analytics capability.
• Discrete-event simulation, digital twin, FlexSim, AnyLogic, Plant Simulation, or equivalent modeling experience.

Standards and Governance

• Experience developing standards adopted across multiple engineers, departments, sites, or projects.
• Experience managing a lesson-learned system, engineering knowledge base, audit process, or standards governance workflow.
• Familiarity with industry standards, customer technical standards, quality systems, or controlled document environments.

Lean and Client Methods

• Client Production System, standardized work, kaizen, PDCA, A3, TBP, JKK, value-stream mapping, or similar structured improvement methods.
• Experience training or mentoring engineers and facilitating cross-functional improvement activities.

TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.

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