Continuous Improvement & Industrial Engineer

Aventure Staffing; Sioux City (IA); On-site; USD 72,000 - 98,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) plan

PTO and more

Job summary

Aventure Staffing is seeking a hands-on Industrial & Continuous Improvement Engineer for a high-volume facility in the Sioux City area. You will lead Lean initiatives, optimize layouts, and drive equipment reliability on the shop floor alongside operations, maintenance, and supply chain teams.

The role emphasizes value stream mapping, SOP development, root-cause analysis, and data-driven problem solving to deliver cost and safety improvements with visible impact.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial, Manufacturing, Mechanical, or Operations Engineering.
• 3–5 years of industrial engineering or continuous improvement experience in manufacturing.
• Proven experience leading Kaizen events, 5S, SOP development, and structured root-cause analysis.
• Proficiency in MS Excel and data analysis tools.
• Hands-on shop floor presence with strong cross-functional communication and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead site-wide Lean & Operational Excellence initiatives (5S, Kaizen events, visual workplace standards, value stream mapping).
• Develop and maintain SOPs, perform time/labor studies, establish best practices, train supervisors and operators.
• Partner with maintenance and operations to boost equipment uptime via TPM and autonomous maintenance.
• Analyze material flow and bottlenecks; optimize layouts and workflow arrangements.
• Manage small-to-medium capital projects from concept through ROI analysis, vendor management, installation and commissioning.
• Use Lean/Six Sigma tools (A3, 5 Why, Fishbone, DMAIC) to analyze downtime, labor and production metrics for leadership reporting.

Skills

Lean manufacturing

Kaizen events

5S

Root-cause analysis

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Industrial, Manufacturing, Mechanical, or Operations Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

CMMS

Power BI

Job description

Continuous Improvement & Industrial Engineer Full-time, Monday-Friday Salary: $85k+ DOE

We are recruiting a hands-on Industrial & Continuous Improvement Engineer for a mid-sized, high-volume manufacturing facility in the Sioux City area. This role serves as a key change agent on the shop floor—leading Lean initiatives, optimizing plant layouts, driving equipment reliability, and managing small-to-medium capital improvement projects. If you thrive in a fast-paced plant environment, working directly alongside operations, maintenance, and supply chain teams to solve operational bottlenecks, this opportunity offers high visibility and immediate impact.

Key Responsibilities

• Lean & Operational Excellence: Lead site-wide 5S, Kaizen events, visual workplace standards, and value stream mapping to eliminate waste and drive sustainable cost/safety improvements.
• Standard Work & Process Optimization: Develop and maintain SOPs, perform time/labor studies, establish best practices, and train plant supervisors and operators.
• Equipment Reliability (TPM): Partner with maintenance and operations to implement Autonomous Maintenance programs, conduct root cause downtime analysis, and boost equipment uptime.
• Facility Layout & Workflow Design: Analyze material flow and bottlenecks, optimize cell layouts/warehouse spaces, and design efficient workflow arrangements.
• Capital Project Management: Manage small-to-medium capital investments from concept and ROI analysis through vendor management, installation, and commissioning.
• Data-Driven Problem Solving: Utilize Lean/Six Sigma tools (A3, 5 Why, Fishbone, DMAIC) to analyze downtime, labor, and production metrics for leadership reporting.

Qualifications Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial, Manufacturing, Mechanical, or Operations Engineering (or related technical field).
• 3–5 years of industrial engineering or continuous improvement experience within a manufacturing facility.
• Proven experience leading Kaizen events, 5S, SOP development, and structured root-cause analysis.
• Proficiency in MS Excel and data analysis tools.
• Hands-on shop floor presence with strong cross-functional communication and leadership skills.

Preferred

• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification.
• Direct experience with TPM, AutoCAD/layout software, CMMS, or Power BI.
• Background in high-volume production, consumer goods, food processing, or industrial manufacturing.

Compensation

Compensation $85k or more, depending on experience

Benefits

• Excellent benefits including medical, dental, vision and life insurance.
• 401(k).
• PTO and more.

Aventure Staffing is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

A drug screen and background may be required.