Battery Manufacturing Industrial Engineer: Process & Systems

TechStar Group; Liberty (NC); Sur place; USD 85 000 - 115 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

TechStar Group in Liberty, NC is seeking an Industrial Engineer to support battery manufacturing operations, capital projects, production readiness, and continuous improvement. The role will design, analyze, improve, and document manufacturing systems and Production Engineering processes using data and cross-functional collaboration to improve safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity.

The successful candidate will demonstrate analytical problem solving, clear ownership of schedule and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, mechanical engineering, systems engineering, or related discipline.
• Five or more years of industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, production systems, or related experience.
• Experience supporting high-volume manufacturing, automated production, equipment implementation, or production system improvement.
• Hands-on experience with capacity planning, time study, line balancing, labor planning, bottleneck analysis, facility or production layout, material flow, and standardized work.
• Ability to build transparent analytical models with defined inputs, formulas, outputs, and sensitivity to changing conditions.

Responsabilités

• Manufacturing System Design: Analyze production requirements and develop concepts that support safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity targets.
• Design and improve production flow, material flow, staffing concepts, work balance, and facility or equipment layouts.
• Evaluate equipment, process, operator, and material interfaces to identify constraints before implementation.
• Support new line development, model changes, expansion projects, and production system modifications.
• Capacity, Throughput, and Labor Planning: Perform cycle-time studies, bottleneck analysis, line balancing, and utilization analysis.
• Develop capacity models and evaluate equipment, labor, shift, and production assumptions.
• Quantify capacity gaps and compare countermeasure options using defined assumptions and measurable criteria.
• Support workforce planning and standardized work without compromising safety or quality.
• Continuous Improvement and Process Stabilization: Lead kaizen activities focused on productivity, ergonomics, quality, cost, and waste reduction.
• Use structured problem solving to identify root causes, implement countermeasures, and verify effectiveness.
• Support process stabilization, recurrence prevention, and development of sustainable controls.
• Capture measurable before-and-after results and define ownership for sustainment.
• Data Analytics and Performance Management: Develop KPIs, dashboards, reports, and executive summaries for manufacturing and project performance.
• Analyze production data, variation, losses, constraints, and trends using appropriate statistical and visualization methods.
• Define data sources, calculation logic, assumptions, and limitations so analyses are repeatable and auditable.
• Convert analytical findings into prioritized actions, risks, and recommendations.
• Project Execution and Equipment Integration: Support equipment specification, installation, commissioning, trial, production readiness, ramp-up, and handover activities.
• Coordinate with Production, Maintenance, Quality, Safety, Facilities, vendors, contractors, and other PE stakeholders.
• Maintain project schedules, action tracking, risk registers, decision records, and readiness criteria.
• Escalate unresolved risks with objective evidence and drive closure of cross-functional issues.
• PE Standards, Technical Writing, and Knowledge Management: Develop, maintain, and improve Production Engineering standards, procedures, technical guides, check sheets, templates, and process maps.
• Translate engineering knowledge, project experience, and lessons learned into clear, controlled, repeatable PE processes.
• Document workflows for design review, project execution, equipment acceptance, commissioning, validation, handover, and recurrence prevention.
• Gather input from subject matter experts, validate technical content, resolve conflicting inputs, and document assumptions or decision logic.
• Apply document hierarchy, naming, revision control, approval, ownership, effective-date, and periodic-review expectations.
• Create visual and written training materials that enable consistent use by engineers, technicians, contractors, and cross-functional partners.
• Monitor adoption and improve documents based on user feedback, audit findings, process changes, and verified lessons learned.

Connaissances

Analytical thinking

Structured problem solving

Ownership of schedule

Effective communication

Continuous improvement

Formation

Bachelor’s degree in industrial/manufacturing/related field

Outils

Excel

Description du poste

TechStar Group in Liberty, NC is seeking an Industrial Engineer to support battery manufacturing operations, capital projects, production readiness, and continuous improvement. The role will design, analyze, improve, and document manufacturing systems and Production Engineering processes using data and cross-functional collaboration to improve safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity.

The successful candidate will demonstrate analytical problem solving, clear ownership of schedule and