Industrial Engineer - Battery Ops & Lean

K; Liberty (NC); On-site; USD 83,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

K in Liberty, NC is seeking an experienced Industrial Engineer to support battery manufacturing operations, capital projects, and production readiness in a high-volume environment. You will design, analyze, improve and document manufacturing systems to boost safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, and efficiency, with emphasis on Kaizen and data-driven decision making.

The role requires collaboration with Production, Maintenance, Quality, Safety, Facilities, vendors and engineering teams

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering or related field.
• 5+ 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.
• Hands-on experience with: Capacity planning, Time studies, Line balancing, Labor planning, Bottleneck analysis, Production/facility layouts, Material flow, Standardized work.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and manufacturing data-analysis skills.

Responsibilities

• Analyze production requirements and develop efficient manufacturing concepts.
• Improve production flow, material flow, staffing, work balance, and equipment/facility layouts.
• Perform cycle-time studies, line balancing, bottleneck analysis, capacity planning, and utilization analysis.
• Develop capacity models and evaluate labor, equipment, shift, and production requirements.
• Lead and support Kaizen and continuous-improvement activities.
• Perform structured root-cause analysis and implement sustainable countermeasures.
• Develop manufacturing KPIs, dashboards, reports, and executive summaries.
• Analyze manufacturing data to identify trends, losses, constraints, and opportunities.
• Support equipment installation, commissioning, trials, production readiness, ramp-up, and handover.

Skills

High-volume manufacturing

Capacity planning

Line balancing

Time studies

Bottleneck analysis

Material flow

Standardized work

Cross-functional communication

Technical writing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Industrial/Manufacturing/Mechanical or Systems Engineering

Tools

Advanced Excel

Power BI

SQL

Python

Job description

K in Liberty, NC is seeking an experienced Industrial Engineer to support battery manufacturing operations, capital projects, and production readiness in a high-volume environment. You will design, analyze, improve and document manufacturing systems to boost safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, and efficiency, with emphasis on Kaizen and data-driven decision making.

The role requires collaboration with Production, Maintenance, Quality, Safety, Facilities, vendors and engineering teams