Industrial Engineer

CTC; Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point (NC, NC, NC); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

CTC in the United States seeks an experienced Industrial/Manufacturing Engineer to analyze production requirements and develop concepts supporting safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity targets. The role designs and improves production flow, staffing concepts, and layouts to optimize operations.

Candidate should have a Bachelor’s in a technical field and at least five years in industrial/manufacturing engineering, with experience in high-volume production and automated systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in a technical field.
• Five or more years in industrial/manufacturing engineering or production systems.
• Experience supporting high-volume manufacturing and automated production.

Responsibilities

• Analyze production requirements and develop concepts that meet safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity targets.
• Design and improve production flow, material flow, staffing concepts, work balance, and layouts.
• Evaluate equipment, processes, interfaces to identify constraints before implementation.
• Support new line development, model changes, and expansion projects.
• Lead or support kaizen activities focused on productivity, ergonomics, quality, cost, and waste reduction.
• Develop KPIs, dashboards, and performance summaries for manufacturing and projects.

Skills

Industrial engineering

Manufacturing engineering

Production systems

Data analysis

Cross-functional coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, mechanical engineering, systems engineering, or related technical discipline

Job description

• Analyze production requirements and develop manufacturing concepts that support safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity targets.
• Design and improve production flow, material flow, staffing concepts, work balance, and facility or equipment layouts.
• Evaluate equipment, process, operator, and material interfaces to identify constraints before implementation.
• Support new line development, model changes, expansion projects, and production system modifications.

Capacity, Throughput, and Labor Planning:

• Perform cycle-time studies, bottleneck analysis, line balancing, and utilization analysis.
• Develop capacity models and evaluate equipment, labor, shift, and production assumptions.
• Quantify capacity gaps and compare countermeasure options using defined assumptions and measurable criteria.
• Support workforce planning and sustainable standardized work without compromising safety or quality.

Continuous Improvement and Process Stabilization:

• Lead or support kaizen activities focused on productivity, ergonomics, quality, cost, and waste reduction.
• Use structured problem solving to identify root causes, implement countermeasures, and verify effectiveness.
• Support process stabilization, recurrence prevention, and development of sustainable controls.
• Capture measurable before-and-after results and define ownership for sustainment.

Data Analytics and Performance Management:

• Develop clear KPIs, dashboards, reports, and executive summaries for manufacturing and project performance.
• Analyze production data, variation, losses, constraints, and trends using appropriate statistical and visualization methods.
• Define data sources, calculation logic, assumptions, and limitations so analyses are repeatable and auditable.
• Convert analytical findings into prioritized actions, risks, and recommendations.

Project Execution and Equipment Integration:

• Support equipment specification, installation, commissioning, trial, production readiness, ramp-up, and handover activities.
• Coordinate with Production, Maintenance, Quality, Safety, Facilities, vendors, contractors, and other PE stakeholders.
• Maintain project schedules, action tracking, risk registers, decision records, and readiness criteria.
• Escalate unresolved risks with objective evidence and drive closure of cross-functional issues.

PE Standards, Technical Writing, and Knowledge Management:

• Develop, maintain, and improve Production Engineering standards, procedures, technical guides, check sheets, templates, and process maps.
• Translate engineering knowledge, project experience, and lessons learned into clear, controlled, repeatable PE processes.
• Document workflows for design review, project execution, equipment acceptance, commissioning, validation, handover, and recurrence prevention.
• Gather input from subject matter experts, validate technical content, resolve conflicting inputs, and document assumptions or decision logic.
• Apply document hierarchy, naming, revision control, approval, ownership, effective-date, and periodic-review expectations.
• Create visual and written training materials that enable consistent use by engineers, technicians, contractors, and cross-functional partners.
• Monitor adoption and improve documents based on user feedback, audit findings, process changes, and verified lessons learned.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Five or more years of industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, production systems, or closely related experience.
• Experience supporting high-volume manufacturing, automated production, equipment implementation, or manufacturing system improvement.