Associate Industrial Engineer: Drive Efficiency & Layouts

L.L.Bean; Freeport (ME); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

L.L.Bean in Freeport, Maine, seeks an Associate Industrial Engineer to optimize equipment installations, layouts, and workflows across our Order Fulfillment Center and Manufacturing Division. You will contribute to efficiency, productivity, and continuous improvement, collaborating with cross-functional teams and potentially mentoring non-exempt technicians.

Ideal candidates have a 4‑year degree in an IE-related field and practical IE experience, with strong cost analysis and project management

Qualifications

• BSIE/BSIT or other engineering degree required.
• Some applicable Industrial Engineering experience.
• Strength in applying Industrial Engineering practices and methodologies.
• Strength in understanding operations decisions and impacts to changes.
• Some understanding of financial impacts to business decisions.
• Basic project management experience.
• Demonstrated effective relationship and team building skills.
• Demonstrated success delivering results with focus on process effectiveness.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively with diverse groups.

Responsibilities

• Assist in compiling labor cost data to help manage existing and future operational or production activities.
• Prepare feasibility studies relevant to capital expenditures for components of new processes.
• Perform basic cost studies and ergonomic analyses to support recommendations.
• Share data with more senior engineers.
• Assist Intermediate Industrial Engineer in compiling labor and material cost estimates for new equipment.
• May mentor and support non‑exempt technicians.
• Analyze methods, layout and workflow of component processes of basic size and moderate complexity to increase efficiency and productivity.
• Utilize ergonomic analysis to develop safest methods and layout of workspace.
• Determine most effective work methods for components of operations or production and recommend improvements and changes.
• Design workplace layout and assist in determining cost of improvements.
• Compile and assimilate data related to components of operational or production processes.
• Determine standard time for each operation using time study analysis of motion patterns.
• Establish standard data for operations or production.
• Maintain current labor standards.
• Share engineered standards and ergonomic information with employees.
• Communicate changes in standards to leadership.
• Work with employees upon the implementation of new standards and ergonomic improvements.
• Serve as a resource to supervision in addressing questions and concerns related to standards and ergonomics.

Skills

Industrial Engineering

Time Study

Ergonomics

Cost Analysis

Project Management

Cross-functional Collaboration

Education

BSIE/BSIT or other engineering degree

Job description

L.L.Bean in Freeport, Maine, seeks an Associate Industrial Engineer to optimize equipment installations, layouts, and workflows across our Order Fulfillment Center and Manufacturing Division. You will contribute to efficiency, productivity, and continuous improvement, collaborating with cross-functional teams and potentially mentoring non-exempt technicians.

Ideal candidates have a 4‑year degree in an IE-related field and practical IE experience, with strong cost analysis and project management