Industrial Engineer

Job Title: (Industrial Engineer)

About Kyyba:
Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Farmington Hills MI Kyyba has a global presence delivering high-quality resources and top-notch recruiting services enabling businesses to effectively respond to organizational changes and technological advances.
At Kyyba the overall well-being of our employees and their families is important to us. We are proud of our work culture which embodies our core values; incorporating value passion excellence empowerment and happiness creates a vibrant and productive atmosphere. We empower our employees with the resources incentives and flexibility that they need to support a healthy balanced and fulfilling career by providing many valuable benefits and a balanced compensation structure combined with career development.

Job Description
What were looking for:

• Automotive OEMs 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 Automotive OEM Way mindset
• Ability to convert complex engineering work into clear usable standards

What youll 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.

Capacity Throughput and Labor Planning:

• 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.

Continuous Improvement and Process Stabilization:

• 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.

Data Analytics and Performance Management:

• 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.

Project Execution and Equipment Integration:

• 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.

PE Standards Technical Writing and Knowledge Management:

• 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 PE 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:

• Bachelors 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.

Bonus if you have (Preferred):
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 Automotive OEM Methods

• Automotive OEM 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.

Location : (LibertyNC)
Disclaimer:
Kyyba is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Kyyba does not discriminate on the basis of race religion color sex gender identity sexual orientation age non-disqualifying physical or mental disability national origin veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. Minorities / Females / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities are encouraged to apply. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications merit and business need.
It is the policy of Kyyba to provide reasonable accommodation when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with a disability unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship. The policy regarding requests for reasonable accommodation applies to all aspects of employment including the application process. If reasonable accommodation is needed please contact Kyyba at

Rewards:
Medical dental vision
401k
Term life
Voluntary life and disability insurance
Optional Pre-paid legal plan
Optional Identity theft plan
Optional Medical and dependent FSA
Work-visa sponsorship
Opportunity for advancement
Long-term assignment with opportunity for hire by client

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• An INC 5000 company for 10 years
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• Metro Detroit Elite Category: Recruitment Selection & Orientation for 101 Best & Brightest
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Required Experience:

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