Industrial Engineer

Description

Position Code: INDENG FLSA Status:
Exempt

Pay Grade: G5-TECH

Career Level:

Experienced Professional

Job Type: Full-Time Travel:
As required

Reports To:

Director, Manufacturing Systems & Operations Director of Manufacturing Systems and Operations

The Industrial Engineer improves manufacturing performance across Spike Electric Controls by analyzing end-to-end production and business processes, reducing waste and variation, and implementing sustainable operating methods. Reporting to the Director of Manufacturing Systems and Operations, this role works extensively on the production floor and across Production, Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, Maintenance, and Operations to improve safety, quality, cost, delivery, productivity, capacity, and throughput.

The Industrial Engineer leads assigned improvements from observation and data collection through solution design, implementation, training, performance verification, and sustainment.

• Analyze manufacturing and supporting business processes to identify opportunities affecting safety, quality, cost, delivery, productivity, capacity, and throughput.
• Conduct time studies, work sampling, cycle-time analysis, workflow observations, and labor-content reviews to establish reliable performance baselines.
• Develop current-state and future-state process maps, value stream maps, spaghetti diagrams, and other practical representations of product and information flow.
• Identify bottlenecks, constraints, non-value-added activity, process variation, excessive handling, queue time, rework, and other forms of waste using Lean principles.
• Apply structured problem-solving and root-cause methods to define issues, test countermeasures, and prevent recurrence.
• Develop practical recommendations that balance productivity, quality, safety, cost, staffing, equipment, and customer requirements.

• Lead assigned improvement projects from charter, scope, baseline, and target definition through implementation, closeout, and sustainment.
• Develop project plans, milestones, resource requirements, risk controls, and measurable success criteria; communicate progress and decisions to stakeholders.
• Coordinate with Production, Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, Maintenance, Information Technology, and Operations to implement approved improvements.
• Pilot proposed changes, collect operator feedback, resolve implementation issues, and support training and change adoption before full rollout.
• Measure post-implementation results, verify expected benefits, document lessons learned, and establish controls that sustain the improved process.

• Collect, organize, validate, and analyze manufacturing data using advanced Microsoft Excel capabilities and available ERP, production, and business systems.
• Develop clear reports, dashboards, and performance metrics that communicate operating conditions, trends, losses, and improvement opportunities.
• Support labor studies, staffing models, capacity planning, line balancing, productivity analysis, cost analysis, and internal or external process benchmarking.
• Analyze cycle time, setup time, queue time, work-in-process, downtime, scrap, rework, yield, schedule attainment, and other relevant measures.

• Improve manufacturing layouts, workstation design, ergonomics, point-of-use storage, material presentation, and movement paths to support safe and efficient flow.
• Develop and maintain standard work, work instructions, visual controls, process documentation, and training materials for implemented improvements.
• Support accurate routings, labor standards, capacity assumptions, and other manufacturing-system data used for planning and performance evaluation.
• Evaluate tooling, equipment, fixtures, and appropriate automation opportunities; document requirements, operational impacts, risks, and expected returns.
• Support new-product introduction, process transfers, product-mix changes, and Engineer-to-Order workflow improvements by assessing capacity, sequence, labor, and material-flow needs.

• Conduct regular Gemba walks and engage directly with operators, supervisors, technicians, engineers, and department leaders to understand operating conditions and constraints.
• Facilitate focused Kaizen events, value stream mapping sessions, process-improvement workshops, and structured problem-solving meetings.
• Translate technical analysis into practical actions, visual information, and recommendations that are understandable to both production teams and leadership.
• Build stakeholder ownership by incorporating frontline expertise, clarifying responsibilities, and supporting adoption of new standards and systems.
• Maintain strong working relationships across departments and elevate barriers that require leadership decisions or…