Lean Transformation Leader, Industrial Engineering Manager

Carrier; Haslet (TX); On-site; USD 96,000 - 192,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Care Benefits

Retirement Benefits

Paid vacation days

Paid holidays

Short-term cash incentives

Job summary

Carrier is hiring for a Continuous Improvement Practitioner / Industrial Engineering Manager to lead the site’s lean deployment, kaizen events and productivity projects. You will own labor standards, line balancing and capacity modeling while guiding the industrial-engineering agenda to drive measurable savings.

Join a manufacturing environment that values cross-functional collaboration, training and certification, with visible impact on throughput and cost. Location: Haslet, TX.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• 7+ years of industrial engineering and continuous-improvement experience in manufacturing.
• 7+ years leading Lean deployments, kaizen events and value stream mapping.
• Lean / Six Sigma certification.
• Experience with time studies, line balancing, labor standards and capacity modeling.
• Track record of delivering measurable productivity and cost-reduction results.
• Ability to coach and influence leaders and cross-functional teams without direct authority.
• Strong data-analysis and structured problem-solving (8D, A3, DMAIC).
• Experience in high-growth or fast-paced manufacturing environments.
• Proficiency with simulation and analytics tools (FlexSim, Minitab, Power BI, AutoCAD).

Responsibilities

• Leads the site continuous-improvement program, including Lean deployment and kaizen roadmap.
• Facilitates kaizen events, value stream mapping and problem-solving workshops.
• Owns labor standards, line balancing, capacity models and plant layout strategy.
• Leads productivity, cost-reduction and waste-elimination projects with measurable savings.
• Coaches leaders and teams on Lean tools, standard work and daily management.
• Builds capability through training and certification of practitioners across the site.
• Tracks and reports improvement pipeline, savings and KPI impact.
• Partners with Operations, Quality, Materials and Engineering to prioritize improvements.

Skills

Lean deployments

Kaizen events

Value stream mapping

Line balancing

Labor standards

Capacity modeling

Problem solving

Data analysis

Power BI

FlexSim

Minitab

AutoCAD

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

FlexSim

Minitab

Power BI

AutoCAD

Job description

Carrier is hiring for a Continuous Improvement Practitioner / Industrial Engineering Manager to lead the site’s lean deployment, kaizen events and productivity projects. You will own labor standards, line balancing and capacity modeling while guiding the industrial-engineering agenda to drive measurable savings.

Join a manufacturing environment that values cross-functional collaboration, training and certification, with visible impact on throughput and cost. Location: Haslet, TX.