Industrial Engineer

Actalent; Kentucky; On-site; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Actalent seeks an Industrial Engineer to build and maintain a data-driven, 3D simulation-based virtual factory that spans shop floor, warehouse, factory, and supply chain. You will design new production lines, create capacity-aware plans, and maintain an adaptive digital reference model for transformation projects and investments.

You will own layouts, balance lines, set staffing/time standards, and apply lean methods to drive continuous improvements across manufacturing and logistics.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Strong experience in industrial, manufacturing, or process engineering.
• Hands-on experience with process improvement, lean manufacturing, and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Proficiency in conducting time studies and establishing time standards for manufacturing operations.
• Experience with material workflow analysis and value stream mapping.
• Knowledge of line balancing and plant layout design to optimize production flow.
• Experience with simulation tools to model manufacturing systems and processes.
• Ability to create and interpret process flows and production data.

Responsibilities

• Capture current processes and constraints into a 3D simulation-based virtual factory.
• Create feasible production plans and schedules across shop floor, warehouse, and supply chain.
• Maintain an adaptive digital reference model of factory and supply chain status.
• Evaluate future performance for transformation projects, capacity expansions, and investments.
• Design new production lines and workstation layouts for both low-rate and high-rate production.
• Identify bottlenecks and elevated constraints; escalate to stakeholders as needed.
• Drive improvements by collaborating with cross-functional teams and implementing changes.
• Translate metrics into actionable improvements by monitoring line health, cycle time, throughput, and yield.
• Develop and maintain capacity plans aligning resources with demand across lines.
• Establish balanced layouts to improve throughput and minimize bottlenecks.
• Set staffing allocations and time standards for manufacturing work content.
• Conduct time studies and refine process standards to eliminate waste.
• Apply value stream mapping and line balancing to drive lean initiatives.
• Collaborate across domains for end-to-end operational improvements in defense products.
• Bridge execution tasks with future-state design for production evolution.
• Utilize facility drawings and technical specifications to inform process decisions.
• Support scalable production systems for high-quality, reliable output.

Skills

Industrial engineering

Value stream mapping

Line balancing

Lean manufacturing

Time studies

Simulation modeling

Process improvement

Manufacturing engineering

Tools

Simulation software

Job description

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: Industrial Engineer

Job Description

This Industrial Engineer role focuses on building and maintaining a data-driven, 3D simulation-based virtual factory that captures current processes, physical constraints, business rules, and decision logic across the shop floor, warehouse, factory, and supply chain. You will design new production lines and workstation layouts, create feasible and capacity-aware plans and schedules, and maintain an adaptive digital reference model that supports transformation projects and investment decisions. The position offers significant ownership over real systems and subsystems in a fast-paced environment developing next-generation autonomous aerospace and defense products, with rapid prototyping timelines and a strong emphasis on mission-driven, cutting-edge work.

Responsibilities

• Capture current manufacturing and supply chain processes, including all physical constraints, business rules, and detailed decision logic, into a 3D simulation-based virtual factory that serves as a comprehensive process and operational knowledge base.
• Create feasible production plans and schedules for shop floor, warehouse, factory, and supply chain execution across all relevant time horizons, ensuring that all scheduled operations are feasible in terms of resource capacity, material availability, and timelines.
• Maintain an adaptive, data-generated and data-driven virtual factory to provide an up-to-date digital reference model that accurately reflects current factory and supply chain status.
• Use the digital reference model to evaluate and predict future performance of the factory and supply chain for transformation projects, capacity expansions, and investment decisions.
• Own the design of new production lines and workstation layouts for both low-rate and full-rate production, leveraging a data-driven approach to optimize flow, efficiency, and scalability.
• Proactively identify high-variation processes, imbalances, and bottlenecks caused by line layout, equipment constraints, staffing levels, and other production inputs, and elevate constraints to the appropriate stakeholders in Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Engineering, and Quality.
• Drive resolution of identified constraints and bottlenecks by collaborating with cross-functional teams and implementing process improvements.
• Translate production metrics, KPIs, and reports into actionable improvements by monitoring line health and efficiency measures such as cycle time, throughput rate, capacity, utilization, and first pass yield.
• Produce and maintain capacity plans that align resources with demand across production lines and work centers.
• Develop and maintain balanced line layouts that optimize workflow, minimize bottlenecks, and improve overall throughput.
• Establish and maintain staffing allocations and time standards for manufacturing work content, ensuring accurate labor planning and productivity measurement.
• Conduct time studies and analyze material workflow to refine process standards and eliminate waste.
• Apply industrial engineering tools such as value stream mapping, process flow analysis, line balancing, and simulation to drive continuous improvement and lean manufacturing initiatives.
• Collaborate across domains to drive end-to-end operational improvements for next-generation defense products as they scale in maturity and production rate.
• Work on both execution-focused tasks and strategic future-state design for products and business lines, bridging immediate operational needs with long-term factory and supply chain evolution.
• Leverage technical documentation, including facility drawings, assembly drawings, technical specifications, and manufacturing procedures, to inform process design and layout decisions.
• Support the deployment of next-generation autonomous aerospace systems by ensuring that production systems can scale rapidly while maintaining quality and reliability.

Essential Skills

• 8+ years of experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Strong expereince in industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, or process engineering.
• Hands-on experience with process improvement, lean manufacturing, and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Proficiency in conducting time studies and establishing time standards for manufacturing operations.
• Experience with material workflow analysis and value stream mapping to identify and remove waste.
• Knowledge of line balancing and plant layout design to optimize production flow and capacity.
• Experience with simulation tools and methods for modeling manufacturing systems and processes.
• Ability to create and interpret process flows and prod