Industrial Engineer - Textile Manufacturing

P&A Industrial Fabrications, located in Roxboro, North Carolina, is a leader in textile manufacturing, known for its commitment to quality, innovation, and operational excellence. We are seeking an experienced Industrial Engineer to join our team and play a key role in optimizing our weaving operations. As the facility’s technical expert for weave data, you will be instrumental in developing accurate product costs, maintaining manufacturing standards, and driving continuous improvement initiatives. This is an excellent opportunity to make a significant impact within a collaborative and supportive environment that values expertise and professional growth.

Responsibilities

• Act as the subject matter expert for weave data, weave specifications, product construction, machine settings, and production requirements.
• Maintain and update accurate weave data, product specifications, manufacturing routings, and production standards.
• Review weave designs and product specifications to determine material requirements, machine capabilities, labor needs, and expected production rates.
• Develop and maintain accurate product costs, including raw materials, labor, machine time, overhead, waste, and other manufacturing expenses.
• Prepare cost estimates for new products, customer inquiries, product changes, and special manufacturing requests.
• Analyze estimated versus actual production costs and investigate significant variances.
• Conduct time studies, capacity analyses, workflow reviews, and production observations to establish and maintain labor, machine, and production standards.
• Identify and implement opportunities to reduce waste, increase throughput, improve equipment utilization, and lower manufacturing costs.
• Evaluate plant layout, workflow, material handling, staffing, and equipment utilization for process improvements.
• Analyze production data to identify constraints, inefficiencies, quality concerns, and opportunities for improvement.
• Support new product development by determining manufacturing requirements, production standards, capacity needs, and expected costs.
• Collaborate with production, quality, maintenance, sales, and finance teams to resolve manufacturing and costing issues.
• Develop and maintain process documentation, standard operating procedures, and technical work instructions.
• Monitor and report on the results of completed improvement projects to management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Textile Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Approximately 10 years of experience in industrial engineering, process engineering, manufacturing engineering, or a similar role, preferably within textile manufacturing.
• Expertise in weave data, weave construction, weaving processes, and textile manufacturing specifications.
• Strong experience with product costing in a manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of raw material usage, labor standards, machine rates, overhead allocation, waste, and cost-variance analysis.
• Experience conducting time studies, workflow analyses, capacity studies, and continuous improvement projects.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Experience with manufacturing, costing, or enterprise resource planning systems.
• Ability to interpret technical specifications and complex production data.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to maintaining accurate information.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects and priorities with limited supervision.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Life and Disability Insurance
• Accident and Critical Illness Insurance
• Flexible spending account
• 401(k)
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Education Scholarships