Industrial Engineer

Soulshine Farms; Gainesville (GA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly Paychecks

Six Holidays

Earned Vacation

Medical, Dental, and VisionInsurance

Job summary

SoulShine Farms is seeking an experienced Industrial Engineer to improve productivity, labor efficiency, equipment reliability, and facility operations at our Gainesville, GA facilities. This hands-on role combines industrial engineering, labor optimization, maintenance planning, and CAD drafting to drive sustained improvements across production, sanitation, and packaging processes.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in industrial/manufacturing engineering, strong Excel and CAD skills, and a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• At least ten (10) years of experience in industrial engineering, maintenance planning, manufacturing engineering, or a related role.
• Experience conducting time studies, establishing labor standards, and balancing production lines.
• Proficiency with AutoCAD or comparable CAD software.
• Working knowledge of preventive maintenance, maintenance planning, and CMMS systems.
• Strong Microsoft Excel, data analysis, and reporting skills.
• Ability to read technical drawings, equipment manuals, and process diagrams.
• Strong problem-solving, organizational, communication, and project-management skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Ability to hear, speak, read, and comprehend communications in English.
• Authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Conduct time-and-motion studies throughout production, packaging, sanitation, warehousing, and support operations.
• Establish and maintain labor standards by product, process, production line, and SKU.
• Analyze staffing needs based on production volumes, product mix, equipment capacity, and operating conditions.
• Balance production lines to reduce bottlenecks, waiting time, unnecessary movement, and idle time.
• Compare actual labor hours and productivity against established standards.
• Recommend improvements to work methods, staffing models, plant layouts, and material flow.
• Develop and monitor productivity measures such as pounds, pieces, or cases per labor hour.
• Support labor budgeting, forecasting, overtime reduction, and cost-improvement initiatives.
• Validate and track labor savings following implementation of improvement projects.
• Develop detailed preventive and corrective maintenance work plans.
• Define job scope, labor needs, required parts and tools, safety precautions, and estimated completion times.
• Coordinate planned maintenance with production, sanitation, maintenance, and parts-room personnel.
• Maintain equipment records, bills of materials, job plans, and preventive-maintenance procedures within the CMMS.
• Support weekly maintenance scheduling, equipment shutdowns, and planned project work.
• Review equipment history and recurring failures to improve reliability and maintenance strategies.
• Help improve schedule compliance, wrench time, equipment availability, and parts readiness.
• Create and maintain CAD drawings for production lines, equipment, utilities, piping, facilities, and plant layouts.
• Prepare equipment-placement, process-flow, fabrication, installation, and conceptual layout drawings.
• Update drawings following equipment moves, facility modifications, and capital projects.
• Measure existing conditions and support planning of facility and process improvements.
• Maintain an accurate and organized library of plant drawings and technical documents.
• Work with vendors, contractors, engineers, and plant personnel to verify accuracy of drawings.

Skills

Time and motion studies

Labor standards

CAD drafting

Microsoft Excel

Data analysis

Project management

English communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

CMMS

Job description

Founded in 2018, SoulShine Farms has quickly grown to be a local further-processing poultry industry leader. Our work revolves around our values, our people, and our dedication to quality.

SoulShine Farms is seeking an experienced Industrial Engineer to improve productivity, labor efficiency, equipment reliability, and facility operations within our poultry-processing facilities. This hands‑on role combines industrial engineering, labor optimization, maintenance planning, and CAD drafting..

Key Responsibilities - Industrial Engineering and Labor Optimization

• Conduct time-and-motion studies throughout production, packaging, sanitation, warehousing, and support operations.


• Establish and maintain labor standards by product, process, production line, and SKU.


• Analyze staffing needs based on production volumes, product mix, equipment capacity, and operating conditions.


• Balance production lines to reduce bottlenecks, waiting time, unnecessary movement, and idle time.


• Compare actual labor hours and productivity against established standards.


• Recommend improvements to work methods, staffing models, plant layouts, and material flow.


• Develop and monitor productivity measures such as pounds, pieces, or cases per labor hour.


• Support labor budgeting, forecasting, overtime reduction, and cost-improvement initiatives.


• Validate and track labor savings following implementation of improvement projects.

Key Responsibilities - Maintenance Planning

• Develop detailed preventive and corrective maintenance work plans.


• Define job scope, labor needs, required parts and tools, safety precautions, and estimated completion times.


• Coordinate planned maintenance with production, sanitation, maintenance, and parts-room personnel.


• Maintain equipment records, bills of materials, job plans, and preventive-maintenance procedures within the CMMS.


• Support weekly maintenance scheduling, equipment shutdowns, and planned project work.


• Review equipment history and recurring failures to improve reliability and maintenance strategies.


• Help improve schedule compliance, wrench time, equipment availability, and parts readiness.

Key Responsibilities - CAD Drafting and Facility Support

• Create and maintain CAD drawings for production lines, equipment, utilities, piping, facilities, and plant layouts.


• Prepare equipment-placement, process‑flow, fabrication, installation, and conceptual layout drawings.


• Update drawings following equipment moves, facility modifications, and capital projects.


• Measure existing conditions and support planning of facility and process improvements.


• Maintain an accurate and organized library of plant drawings and technical documents.


• Work with vendors, contractors, engineers, and plant personnel to verify accuracy of drawings.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field; or equivalent combination of education and experience.


• At least ten (10) years of experience in industrial engineering, maintenance planning, manufacturing engineering, or a related role.


• Experience conducting time studies, establishing labor standards, and balancing production lines.


• Proficiency with AutoCAD or comparable CAD software.


• Working knowledge of preventive maintenance, maintenance planning, and CMMS systems.


• Strong Microsoft Excel, data analysis, and reporting skills.


• Ability to read technical drawings, equipment manuals, and process diagrams.


• Strong problem‑solving, organizational, communication, and project‑management skills.


• Ability to work collaboratively within a fast‑paced manufacturing environment.


• Ability to hear, speak, read, and comprehend communications in English.


• Authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in poultry, meat processing, food manufacturing, or another high‑volume production environment.


• Knowledge of Lean manufacturing, 5S, Kaizen, standard work, or Six Sigma.


• Familiarity with food safety, OSHA requirements, lockout/tagout, machine guarding, and sanitary design.


• Experience with labor‑management software, predetermined‑time standards, or other work‑measurement systems.


• Knowledge of equipment reliability, root‑cause analysis, and preventive‑maintenance optimization.


• Experience developing plant layouts, fabrication drawings, piping drawings, or utility drawings.

Why Soulshine Farms?

At Soulshine Farms, you will have the opportunity to make a visible impact on plant performance, employee productivity, equipment reliability, and future growth. We are looking for someone who brings strong technical knowledge, a practical mindset, and a willingness to work alongside plant teams to turn opportunities into sustainable improvements.

Work Environment

This position is based in Gainesville, Georgia, and requires regular presence on the production floor and may involve working in refrigerated, wet, noisy, and fast‑paced poultry-processing environments. Team members must follow all required PPE, sanitation, food‑safety, safety, and biosecurity procedures. Occasional weekend, shutdown, off‑shift, or after‑hours work may be required to support maintenance and facility projects.

Benefits

• Weekly Paychecks


• Six (6) Paid Holidays


• Earned Vacation


• Medical, Dental, and VisionInsurance (a portion of the premiums is paid by SoulShine Farms)

SoulShine Farms is an equal opportunity employer. We consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.