Industrial Engineer

UICGS / Bowhead Family of Companies

Bremerton (WA)

On-site

USD 110,000 - 140,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

A leading engineering firm based in Bremerton, WA, is seeking an experienced Industrial Engineer to provide program management support for U.S. Navy clients. The role involves evaluating manufacturing practices, managing production schedules, and enforcing quality control across public shipyards. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in engineering, over 7 years of relevant experience, and the ability to create productive solutions to challenges. In addition, a current security clearance and U.S. citizenship are required.

Qualifications

7+ years of experience as an Industrial or Manufacturing Engineer.
Experience with production layouts for shipyards.
Current security clearance at the Secret level.

Responsibilities

Evaluate current manufacturing practices and manage production schedules.
Enforce quality control and improve production processes.
Create viable solutions to productivity challenges.

Skills

Calculus

Trigonometry

Analytical skills

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in industrial engineering or related field

Job description

Job Overview

Bowhead seeks an Industrial Engineer to join our team in providing program management support in a broad range of services to and assisting our U.S. Navy clients. The Industrial Engineer will evaluate current manufacturing practices, manage production schedules, process work flows, enforce quality control, and improve production processes across the four public shipyards (PHNS, PSNS, PNSY, and NNSY) on behalf of PMO 555.

The position does not allow for telecommuting and all work will be performed on-site in Bremerton, WA.

The SIOP Industrial Engineer will also be actively involved in the management of Modeling and Simulation (MODSIM) efforts across the shipyards to track layouts, floor plans, and equipment staging to ensure lean, streamlined access and up-to-date logs (utilizing RFID or other tracking tools).

Program Responsibilities

Use of both basic and advanced calculations to determine the current and potential productivity of a process. The ability to use calculus, trigonometry, algebra, and other types of math is important in this position.
Strong written and verbal communication skills are necessary for an Industrial Engineer. They must be aware of a business’s needs while making technical recommendations understandable.
Good leadership skills assist the Industrial Engineer in implementing productivity changes. The ability to develop relationships with coworkers is useful when making recommendations.
Ability to create viable solutions for a variety of challenges. Whether it is to improve the production of a certain product or to reduce waste (industrial or time), the ability to develop a plan to overcome the problem is important.
Analytical skills to evaluate and interpret data and create reports to describe results for leadership and stakeholders.

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, manufacturing engineering, civil engineering, or a related field such as Modeling and Simulation, or Production Management.
Seven or more (7+) years of relevant expertise and experience as an Industrial or Manufacturing Engineer designing and developing production layouts for shipyards, production facilities, warehouses, and/or machine shops to increase productivity and quality standards.
Shipyard experience is required.
Experience reviewing current production schedules and processes to find potential improvements, designing the layouts of the facilities and estimating production costs.
Highly desired skills:

PE Certification a plus.
Modeling and Simulation experience a plus.
Operations Research a plus.
Shipyard experience preferred including Machine Shop or Factory Production experience.
This position will require high percentage of travel to other shipyards.