Process Engineer

Take Charge of Your Career at Interstates

At Interstates, we don't just show up to work, we show up for each other. From our headquarters in Iowa to job sites across the country, we're doing award-winning electrical, controls, automation, and OT work that powers industrial facilities for clients here in the U.S. and around the world. Whether you're bending conduit, wiring panels, writing code, supporting projects, or helping things run behind the scenes, you'll be part of a crew that works hard, shares laughs, and takes pride in doing quality work.

We believe in building strong teams, doing the right thing, and making a difference in the communities where we live. If you want to grow and do meaningful work, you'll feel at home here.

The internal Process Engineer will drive measurable, sustainable improvements in internal processes that reduce waste, improve quality, and accelerate delivery across Interstates. The role interfaces regularly with delivery leaders, process owners, SMEs, IT/digital, quality/safety, finance, and PMO; leads cross-functional project execution. The ideal candidate will possess a strong foundation in Lean principles, project management expertise, and exceptional communication abilities to lead transformative projects.

At Interstates, our success starts with yours.

• Caring co-workers treat each other like family
• Be treated like an individual, not just a number
• Flexible schedules allow you to focus on your personal life as well as work life
• Lunch gatherings and social activities promotes fun and camaraderie
• Support charities and your community through events sponsored and hosted by Interstates

• Providing opportunities for our people
• Making a difference with our clients
• Pursuing a better way

Sound to good to be true? Put in your application today, and allow Interstates to prove to you why we are an Industry Leader in more ways than one.

• Engage process owners and stakeholders to capture objectives, pain points, and constraints.
• Map current-state processes; identify waste, bottlenecks, and failure modes.
• Analyze baseline performance and variability using data.
• Develop problem statements, hypotheses, and a prioritized improvement backlog aligned to organizational goals.

• Translate insights into practical solutions: standard work, visual management, layout/5S, workload leveling, and error-proofing.
• Design simple technology enablers with IT/digital teams: digital work instructions, mobile data capture, workflow automation/RPA, alerts/notifications, dashboards.
• Build pilots to validate feasibility, adoption, and impact; refine based on feedback and data.

• Lead cross-functional project execution per approved charters, timelines, and milestones; manage risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Establish KPIs and process controls (SPC/control charts, alerts), standard operating procedures, and layered process audits.
• Hand off to process owners with documented control plans and governance cadence.

• Track before/after KPIs and quantify impact on cycle time, quality, throughput, cost, safety, and stakeholder experience.
• Conduct sustainment checks; monitor process behavior and adoption; trigger corrective actions when needed.
  
  Package proven solutions into reusable templates/kits and scale across similar processes, sites, or teams

Bachelor's degree in industrial engineering, Business, Operations, or related field; or equivalent experience.

3-5 years in process engineering, operational excellence, or project management within operations or shared services.

• Lean Six Sigma (Green Belt or higher) or equivalent applied experience.
• Experience in change management and leading organizational transformation initiatives.
• Proficiency in process mapping tools, project management software, and data analysis.
• Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving abilities, and excellent verbal and written communication skills.

This role will be based out of either our Sioux Center IA, Sioux Falls, SD or Omaha, NE office. Travel…