Industrial Engineer

Tecknomic; Liberty (NC); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Part time

Job summary

Tecknomic is seeking an Industrial Engineer to support battery manufacturing operations, capital projects, production readiness, and continuous improvement at our Liberty, NC facility. The role focuses on designing, analyzing, and improving manufacturing systems with data-driven methods and cross-functional collaboration.

Ideal candidates bring 5+ years of industrial or manufacturing engineering experience, automotive industry insight, and strong skills in capacity planning, line balancing, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial, Manufacturing, Mechanical, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, or production-systems experience.
• Automotive OEM or tier one automotive supplier experience.
• Experience supporting high-volume manufacturing, automated production, equipment implementation, or manufacturing-system improvement.
• Hands-on industrial-engineering methods: capacity planning, time study, line balancing, labor planning, bottleneck analysis, layout, material flow, standardized work.
• Technical-writing and standards development: authoring or revising engineering standards, procedures, specifications, manuals, or training materials, with document control.
• Advanced Excel and manufacturing data analysis or visualization; clear communication to working-level and leadership audiences.
• Able to work in a manufacturing plant environment (field observation, PPE use, implementation support).
• Ability to own end-to-end process.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Perform cycle-time studies, bottleneck analysis, line balancing, and utilization analysis; build capacity models and quantify gaps.
• Lead or support continuous-improvement activities for productivity, ergonomics, quality, cost, and waste reduction using structured problem solving.
• Develop KPIs, dashboards, reports, and executive summaries; analyze production data, variation, losses, and trends.
• Support equipment specification, installation, commissioning, trial, production readiness, ramp-up, and handover.

Skills

Capacity planning

Cycle-time analysis

Line balancing

Bottleneck analysis

Production flow design

Standardized work

KPIs and dashboards

Technical writing

Advanced Excel

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Industrial, Manufacturing, Mechanical, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline

Tools

Manufacturing data visualization

Job description

A leading automotive and EV-battery manufacturer is hiring an Industrial Engineer to support battery manufacturing operations, capital projects, production readiness, and continuous improvement in Liberty, NC (onsite). You will design, analyze, improve, and document manufacturing systems and production-engineering processes using objective data, cross-functional collaboration, and clear technical communication.

Job title: Industrial Engineer, Battery Manufacturing (On-site, Liberty, NC)

Company: Tecknomic

Workplace type: On-site

Location + radius: Liberty, NC (source within about 50 miles: Greensboro, Burlington, Durham, Raleigh, Winston-Salem)

Employment type: Contract (12-month, W-2, potential extension)

Job function: Engineering; Manufacturing

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level (5 plus years)

What you’ll do

• 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
• Perform cycle-time studies, bottleneck analysis, line balancing, and utilization analysis; build capacity models and quantify gaps
• Lead or support continuous-improvement activities for productivity, ergonomics, quality, cost, and waste reduction using structured problem solving
• Develop KPIs, dashboards, reports, and executive summaries; analyze production data, variation, losses, and trends
• Support equipment specification, installation, commissioning, trial, production readiness, ramp-up, and handover

What you need

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial, Manufacturing, Mechanical, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline
• 5 plus years of industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, or production-systems experience
• Automotive OEM or tier one automotive supplier experience
• Experience supporting high-volume manufacturing, automated production, equipment implementation, or manufacturing-system improvement
• Hands‑on industrial-engineering methods: capacity planning, time study, line balancing, labor planning, bottleneck analysis, layout, material flow, standardized work
• Technical‑writing and standards development: authoring or revising engineering standards, procedures, specifications, manuals, or training materials, with document control
• Advanced Excel and manufacturing data analysis or visualization; clear communication to working‑level and leadership audiences
• Able to work in a manufacturing plant environment (field observation, PPE use, implementation support)
• Ability to own end‑to‑end process

Required skills

• Industrial‑engineering analysis: capacity planning, cycle‑time and time study, line balancing, and bottleneck analysis
• Production and material flow design, facility/equipment layout, and standardized work
• Analytical and capacity modeling with defined inputs, assumptions, and measurable criteria
• Continuous improvement and structured problem solving (productivity, ergonomics, quality, cost, waste)
• Manufacturing data analytics, KPIs, dashboards, and performance reporting
• Equipment integration support: specification, commissioning, production readiness, and ramp‑up
• Engineering standards and technical writing: procedures, specifications, process maps, and document control