Industrial Controls Engineering

Industrial Engineer

Eck Industries is seeking a driven, hands-on Industrial Engineer to strengthen operational discipline, increase throughput, and improve profitability across our aluminum casting operations.

This role is critical to advancing Eck's manufacturing excellence. The Industrial Engineer will play a central role in establishing and maintaining accurate labor standards through rigorous time studies, while also improving process flow, part routings, and costing accuracy. Responsibilities include performing time and motion studies, developing and maintaining labor standards, assisting in the design of efficient work cells, and creating clear work instructions for production employees.

Unlike large corporate engineering roles that focus on a narrow slice of the operation, this position offers direct ownership of labor standards, time studies, and plant throughput across the foundry, with the opportunity to implement improvements quickly and see the results on the shop floor.

Lead the plant's time study program, ensuring accurate and consistent labor standards across operations

Perform detailed time and motion studies on production processes to establish and validate labor standards

Analyze work content, identify inefficiencies, and recommend process improvements based on observed data

Maintain and update labor standards within the ERP system and ensure routings reflect actual production conditions

Conduct periodic audits to ensure standards remain accurate as processes, equipment, or staffing change

Optimize end-to-end process flow across aluminum casting operations

Analyze and improve plant layouts, machine placement, and material movement

Lead plant-wide efficiency initiatives aligned with safety, quality, delivery, and cost goals

Use time study data to ensure labor assumptions in costing models reflect real production performance

Partner with Finance and Operations to drive cost transparency and accountability

Implement systems thinking to improve plant-wide coordination

Ensure manufacturing readiness for aerospace, defense, and transportation customers

Partner with Engineering and Quality to proactively eliminate launch risk

Accurate and trusted labor standards across the plant

Routings and costing models that reflect real production performance

Strong collaboration across production, quality, maintenance, and leadership

A visible presence on the shop floor driving continuous improvement

comfortable in a high-temperature foundry environment

Data-driven decision maker with sound engineering logic

Ability to operate in a fast-moving, continuously improving manufacturing environment

Bachelor's Degree in Industrial, Manufacturing, or Systems Engineering (or related field)

• 3-7 years of manufacturing experience (metal casting preferred)
• Experience in aluminum casting or heavy manufacturing environments
• Lean Manufacturing & Six Sigma
• 3+ years of work experience with Time Study