Groundfloor Industrial Engineer: Build In-House WMS

Luminize; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Coastal Trading Ventures (CTV) is seeking an Industrial Engineer to own warehouse efficiency in Fort Worth, TX. You’ll help build our in-house WMS from the ground up, defining how physical labor flows and system logic fit together across 8,000+ SKUs.

You’ll establish labor standards, redesign workflows, and reduce cost-per-unit by eliminating waste. This is a hands-on role on the warehouse floor, not a desk job, with measurable P&L impact as throughput and efficiency improve.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering or related field.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification (Black Belt preferred).
• 5+ years of experience in process optimization and continuous improvement.
• Experience in e-commerce fulfillment, 3PL, or high-volume manual assembly.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the first industrial engineer on the ground for our in-house WMS build and shape system logic around real workflows.
• Identify and eliminate non-value-added activities across all warehouse zones.
• Conduct time-and-motion studies to establish baseline labor standards and standardized work procedures.
• Analyze high-volume kitting and assembly workflows to break bottlenecks in manual packaging.
• Optimize line-balancing, ergonomics, and presentation to minimize reach and walk time across 8,000+ SKUs.
• Redesign pack stations, slotting logic, and pick paths to reduce travel time and forklift movement.
• Map labor flow against the developing WMS to identify gaps and feed findings into the build.
• Build poka-yoke guardrails to ensure inventory flows without rework.
• Partner with Operations leadership to measure and report cost-savings metrics and translate gains into lower labor cost-per-unit.

Skills

Process optimization

Data-driven decisions

Warehouse floor operations

Root cause analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

Job description

Coastal Trading Ventures (CTV) is seeking an Industrial Engineer to own warehouse efficiency in Fort Worth, TX. You’ll help build our in-house WMS from the ground up, defining how physical labor flows and system logic fit together across 8,000+ SKUs.

You’ll establish labor standards, redesign workflows, and reduce cost-per-unit by eliminating waste. This is a hands-on role on the warehouse floor, not a desk job, with measurable P&L impact as throughput and efficiency improve.