Industrial Engineer

Sage Automotive Interiors; Abbeville (SC); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Sage Automotive Interiors seeks aManufacturing Engineer to monitor plant productivity and costs, conduct time studies, and model processes to improve capacity and costing tools.

You will analyze cost drivers, maintain bills of materials, and partner with leadership to drive higher production efficiency and quality while supporting budgeting and forecasting. Lean and Six Sigma knowledge is preferred and cross-department collaboration is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in industrial or systems engineering strongly preferred.
• 2+ years of manufacturing experience preferred.
• Understand standard cost and job improvements.
• Strong project management skills.
• Analytical/problem solving skills.
• Proficient in spreadsheet and database applications.
• Excellent verbal and written communication; comfortable presenting to leadership.

Responsibilities

• Track manufacturing productivity and cost performance for the plant.
• Conduct time studies and process modeling to improve capacity and costing tools.
• Perform cost, labor, material, waste, and WIP analysis and recommend improvements.
• Maintain accurate Bills of Material and routings in MRP/costing system.
• Identify opportunities with plant leadership to boost production, quality and cost-efficiency.
• Assist plant finance with inventory process and month-end valuation.
• Ensure cost standards are accurate; support budgeting and forecasting.
• Knowledge of Lean, Quality Control, and Six Sigma preferred.
• Provide cross-departmental support across Sage functions.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Project management

Spreadsheet & databases

Verbal & written communication

Education

Bachelors in Industrial/Systems Engineering

Job description

• Track manufacturing productivity and cost performance for the plant.
• Conduct times studies and process modeling on new and existing processes to improve accuracy of internal capacity and costing tools.
• Perform cost, labor, material, waste, and WIP analysis to determine drivers of variances and make cost improvement recommendations to plant leadership.
• Maintain accurate Bills of Material and routings in MRP/costing system.
• Work with plant leadership to identify opportunities (e.g. equipment, materials, methods, layouts) to drive higher production, quality, and cost-effective solutions.
• Assist plant finance team in the inventory process to ensure accurate valuation at month-end.
• Ensure cost standards at plant are accurate. Responsible for plant’s annual manufacturing budgeting and forecasting process.
• Knowledge of Lean principles, Quality Control, and Six Sigma strongly preferred.
• Provide cross-departmental support for all aspects of Sage (development, supply chain, manufacturing, etc.)

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited course of study in industrial or systems engineering strongly preferred.
• 2+ years of manufacturing experience preferred.
• Understand standard cost and job improvements.
• Have strong project management skills.
• Have strong analytical/problem solving skills.
• Be strongly proficient in spreadsheet and database applications.
• Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills. Be comfortable presenting in front of business and manufacturing leadership.