Industrial Manufacturing Engineer

Job Description & Skill Requirement:

Manufacturing / Industrial Engineer (7–10 Years Experience)

Location: Edgewater, FL

Number positions: 2

Responsibilities

• Lead Manufacturing Engineering initiatives to improve productivity, labor efficiency, and manufacturing performance.
• Conduct detailed time studies, work measurement, and labor analysis to establish standard work and optimize cycle times.
• Perform line balancing, workload distribution, and manpower planning to support takt time and production goals.
• Identify and implement cost-saving opportunities through waste elimination, process optimization, and labor reduction initiatives.
• Analyze production data to improve throughput, capacity utilization, Productivity improvement areas.
• Develop and optimize manufacturing layouts, material flow, workstation design, and ergonomics.
• Support New Product Introduction (NPI) by developing manufacturing processes, line setups, and production readiness plans.
• Lead Kaizen events, value stream mapping, 5S, and Lean Manufacturing initiatives.
• Develop standard work, work instructions, labor standards, and process documentation.
• Perform capacity planning and identify manufacturing constraints and bottlenecks.
• Drive continuous improvement projects focused on Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and Productivity (SQDCP).
• Collaborate with Production, Quality, Supply Chain, and Engineering to implement sustainable process improvements.
• Present productivity metrics, labor utilization, and cost reduction opportunities to leadership.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
• 5–8 years of Industrial or Manufacturing Engineering experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong experience with:
• Time Studies
• Standard Work Development
• Line Balancing
• Labor Planning
• Capacity Analysis
• Productivity Improvement
• Lean Manufacturing
• Continuous Improvement
• Experience leading cost reduction and operational excellence initiatives.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional leadership skills.

Preferred Experience

• High-mix, low-volume manufacturing.
• Fiberglass, marine, automotive, heavy equipment, or aerospace manufacturing.
• Production launch and New Product Introduction (NPI).
• Experience supporting takt time improvements and labor optimization.

Required Tools & Skills

• Industrial Engineering & Productivity Improvement
• Time Studies & Work Measurement
• Line Balancing & Labor Optimization
• Standard Work Development
• Capacity Planning & Bottleneck Analysis
• Takt Time Analysis
• Process Mapping & Value Stream Mapping (VSM)
• Lean Manufacturing & Six Sigma
• Kaizen & Continuous Improvement
• Cost Reduction & Waste Elimination
• Manufacturing Layout Optimization
• Ergonomic Assessments
• Root Cause Analysis (5 Why, Fishbone, A3)
• KPI Development & Data Analysis
• Teamcenter
• Siemens NX (UG)
• SAP
• Microsoft Excel (Advanced)
• Power BI (Preferred)