Industrial Engineer

Job Title: Industrial Engineer
Location: Appleton, WI
Job Type: Full-Time

Job Description:

We are looking for an Industrial Engineer with strong shopfloor experience in Lean Manufacturing, Time Study, Line Balancing, and Value Stream Mapping. The ideal candidate will focus on improving assembly-line processes, productivity, quality, and overall manufacturing efficiency.

Key Responsibilities:

• Study assembly lines and manufacturing processes and identify improvement opportunities using Lean principles.
• Perform Time Studies, including elemental breakdown, video time studies, VA/NVA/RNVA analysis, and Muri analysis.
• Perform Line Balancing for stations and operators and develop current-state line balancing.
• Develop Current-State and Future-State Value Stream Maps (VSM).
• Identify bottlenecks, waste, inefficiencies, and capacity constraints.
• Identify process and productivity improvement opportunities and develop implementation roadmaps.
• Create and update Standard Work Instructions and Video Work Instructions.
• Perform Root Cause Analysis for quality failures, defects, downtime, and process issues.
• Support corrective actions, Kaizen activities, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support fixture design based on manufacturing requirements.

Required Skills:

• Shopfloor Experience Mandatory
• Time Study
• Line Balancing
• Value Stream Mapping (VSM)
• Lean Manufacturing
• Continuous Improvement / Kaizen
• Root Cause Analysis
• Assembly Line / Manufacturing Process Improvement

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field.