Industrial Engineer

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

Optimize How We Build, Pack, and Ship at Scale

Role: Industrial Engineer
Company: Coastal Trading Ventures (CTV)
Location: Fort Worth, TX (Warehouse, Onsite)

You might currently be a Senior Process Engineer, Process Engineer (Supply Chain), Continuous Improvement Engineer, Industrial Engineer, Lean/Six Sigma Engineer, or Program Manager (Industrial Engineering). If you've built labor standards from scratch, run time-and-motion studies on a live warehouse floor, and turned line-balancing or slotting redesigns into measurable cost-per-unit savings, you'll recognize this role.

Coastal Trading Ventures (CTV) is a high-growth eCommerce fulfillment operation powered by smart systems and a team that takes operational excellence seriously. We're investing in the infrastructure, technology, and people that will define how we scale and this role is an important part of that work.

This is a greenfield seat. We're building our own WMS in-house, and you'd be the first industrial engineer on the ground shaping it, not adapting your process to someone else's off-the-shelf software, but defining how physical labor flow and system logic fit together from scratch across an 8,000+ SKU environment.

We're not just moving products, we're building the infrastructure behind one of the fastest-growing Amazon operations in the country. We're looking for an Industrial Engineer to own the efficiency of our warehouse operations: eliminating waste, setting labor standards, and redesigning workflows across an 8,000+ SKU fulfillment environment.

If you want to see your work translate directly into P&L impact - fewer wasted steps, lower cost-per-unit, faster throughput, we'd love to meet you.

What You'll Be Doing

• Serve as the first industrial engineer on the ground for our in-house WMS build, shaping system logic around real physical workflows rather than retrofitting process to an existing platform
• Identify and eliminate non-value-added activities across all warehouse zones
• Conduct floor-level time-and-motion studies to establish baseline labor standards and standardized work procedures
• Analyze high-volume kitting and assembly workflows to break through labor bottlenecks in manual packaging (shrink-wrapping, boxing, bundling)
• Optimize line-balancing, ergonomics, and component presentation to minimize operator reach, wait, and walk time across 8,000+ SKUs
• Redesign pack stations, slotting logic, and pick paths to reduce travel time and eliminate unnecessary forklift and pedestrian movement
• Map physical labor flow against our in-development WMS to identify gaps where software limitations force manual workarounds, and feed those findings directly into the build
• Build poka-yoke (error-proofing) guardrails to ensure inventory flows without manual intervention or rework
• Partner with Operations leadership to measure and report cost-savings metrics, translating physical efficiency gains into lower operational labor cost-per-unit

What You Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering or related engineering discipline
• Lean Six Sigma certification (Green Belt minimum; Black Belt or Master Black Belt preferred)
• 5+ years of experience in process optimization and continuous improvement
• Proven hands-on experience in e-commerce fulfillment, 3PL, or high-volume manual assembly environments (kitting, bundling, packaging)
• Comfortable operating without an established playbook -this site is building its own WMS, so you'll be defining process alongside the system rather than working within a mature, pre-built one
• Highly analytical with the ability to translate raw data into actionable strategies
• Strong root cause analysis skills and a track record of resolving bottlenecks through structural and layout improvements
• Comfortable on the warehouse floor. This is not a desk-only role

Growth & Career Opportunities at Luminize/Coastal Trading Ventures

At Luminize, growth isn't just something we drive for our clients - it's our mindset and a big priority for our people.

We offer clear career paths and leveling guidelines so you always know where you stand, what's next, and what skills and experience you need to get there. From day one, you'll have visibility into advancement opportunities and what it takes to grow into leadership, specialization, or cross-functional roles.

We're proud of our strong track record of promoting from within. Many of our team leads and managers started in individual contributor roles and grew by consistently showing initiative, curiosity, and impact.

About Luminize / Coastal Trading Ventures

Luminize and Coastal Trading Ventures (CTV) operate as two halves of the same business. Luminize is the front-end Amazon growth partner, headquartered in San Diego, CA, driving strategy, advertising, and brand management. Coastal Trading Ventures is the back-end physical engine, based in Fort Worth, TX, running the warehousing, receiving, inventory management, product prep, and fulfillment that bring every Luminize-managed brand to the customer. The two share leadership, systems, and people. A role posted under either name is part of one connected operation.

If you're ready to work with great people, do work that matters, and keep growing, we'd love to meet you!