Industrial Engineer

Carrier; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care benefits

Retirement benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

Carrier is seeking an Industrial Engineer to join the Indianapolis Excellence Team. You will work with engineers, operations leaders and CI professionals to balance production lines, improve flow, and boost productivity.

Responsibilities include capacity modeling, workflow layout, waste reduction, and creating standard visual work across cells. Proficiency in AutoCAD and MS Office is expected, with strong leadership and communication skills to engage stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering.
• 3+ years experience in an engineering role within a manufacturing environment.
• Lean manufacturing, cell design, and line balancing experience.
• Development of standard visual work.
• Capacity modeling and planning.
• Demonstrated analytical, decision‑making, and problem‑solving skills.
• Strong leadership and organizational skills.
• Clear communication across leadership levels and with customers/suppliers.
• Proficiency with Excel, AutoCAD, and basic MS Office.

Responsibilities

• Develop strategic and tactical capacity models using time studies and downtime analysis.
• Design layouts for work cells to promote flow and operator efficiency.
• Analyze current processes to identify and remove waste.
• Create flexible workstations to meet seasonal demand.
• Balance lines by splitting work content and determining required labor.
• Define work content per cell and create visual standard work.
• Specify materials required at each work cell.
• Ensure training and materials are available for new work cells.
• Identify ergonomic risks and mitigate them.
• Maintain layouts in AutoCAD.

Skills

3+ years engineering experience

Leadership qualities

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor Degree in Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Job description

About Carrier

Carrier Global Corporation, global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, is committed to creating innovations that bring comfort, safety and sustainability to life. Through cutting‑edge advancements in climate solutions such as temperature control, air quality and transportation, we improve lives, empower critical industries and ensure safe transport of food, lifesaving medicines and more. Since inventing modern air conditioning in 1902, we lead with purpose: enhancing the lives we live and the world we share. We continue to lead because of our world‑class, inclusive workforce that puts the customer at the center of everything we do. Visit corporate.carrier.com or follow on Carrier social media at @Carrier.

About this role

Carrier is looking for someone who can thrive in a dynamic, fast‑paced environment and you’re looking to make an impact within a global quality team, we want you! Each day, our engineering team is working within and across functions, to continuously improve our products and processes. We’re looking for a high‑energy, self‑motivated, industrial engineer to help us grow our market‑leading position. As an Industrial Engineer, you’ll be an integral member of the Indianapolis Carrier Excellence Team and work alongside industrial engineers, operations leaders and continuous improvement to ensure the production lines are balanced to improve flow and increase productivity.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop strategic and tactical capacity models based on time studies and downtime analysis
• Design the layout for each work cell to promote flow and operator efficiency
• Analyze the current process to identify and remove waste
• Design flexible workstations to efficiently respond to fluctuating seasonal demand
• Split work content to balance each line and identify required labor to meet demand
• Define work content per cell and create visual standard work
• Define what material is required at each work cell
• Ensure all operators have all the training and materials in their new work cells to enable them to be successful
• Analyze current process to identify and mitigate ergonomic risk
• Maintain layout (in AutoCAD)

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering
• 3+ years experience in an engineering role within a manufacturing environment

Preferred Qualifications

• MA/MS Industrial Engineering degree
• Lean manufacturing, cell design, and line balancing experience
• Development of standard visual work
• Capacity modeling and planning
• Demonstrated analytical, decision‑making, and problem‑solving skills
• Strong leadership qualities
• Strong organization skills
• Ability to communicate clearly across all levels of leadership and with external customers and suppliers
• Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, AutoCAD
• The ability to quickly learn new computer systems
• Effective at working with stakeholders at all organization levels
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to convey complex ideas simply
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple priorities gracefully under pressure
• Demonstrated leadership and motivation in a complex work environment
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and ability to facilitate and motivate teams
• Understanding of lean principles and systems thinking to effectively lead the projects and process improvement initiatives
• Excellent project management skills and ability to be self‑driven
• Highly motivated, organized and flexible individual that is customer and results focused

Pay Range

The annual salary for this position is between $64,500.00 - $129,500.00 annually. Factors which may affect pay within this range include, but are not limited to, skills, education, experience, and other unique qualifications of the successful candidate. The pay range will not be below the minimum wage applicable to the jurisdiction in which the applicant is to be employed.

Other Compensation

Thisposition may be entitled to short-term cash incentives, subject to plan requirements.

Benefits

Employees are eligible for benefits, including:

• Health Care Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision; Wellness incentives

• Retirement Benefits

• Time off and Leave: Paid vacation days, up to 15 days; paid sick days, up to 5 days; paid personal leave, up to 5 days; paid holidays, up to 13 days; birth and adoption leave; parental leave; family and medical leave; bereavement leave; jury duty leave; military leave; purchased vacation

• Disability: Short-term and long-term disability

• Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment

• Tax-Advantaged Accounts: Health Savings Account; Health Care Spending Account; Dependent Care Spending Account

• Tuition Assistance

Carrier EEO Statement and Accommodations Process

Carrier is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status or any other applicable state or federal protected class. Carrier provides affirmative action in employment for qualified individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with section 503 of Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act.

If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, participate in an interview, or otherwise engage in the hiring process, please contact us at [e-mail]. We will make every effort to meet your needs in accordance with applicable laws.

Application Deadline

Applications will be accepted for at least 3 days from 4 November 2026

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Use of AI

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