MTM Expert Industrial Engineer - Automotive Assembly

SWJ TECHNOLOGY; Vance (AL); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Part time

Job summary

SWJ Technology in Vance, AL seeks an MTM Expert/Industrial Engineer for an automotive contractor role onsite. You will analyze and optimize manual assembly using MTM and approved time standards, develop standard work methods and times, and support line balancing and staffing planning.

Collaborating with production, manufacturing engineering, logistics, and ergonomics teams, you will identify bottlenecks, improve productivity, validate planning assumptions during trials and ramp-up, and update

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial or Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Practical MTM experience in automotive assembly or similar manufacturing.
• MTM training or certification.
• Understanding of manual assembly processes and manufacturing operations.
• Experience with standard work, takt time, line balancing, and production planning.

Responsibilities

• Analyze planned and existing manual assembly operations using MTM and approved time standards.
• Develop and maintain documented work methods, operation sequences, standard work, and standard-time calculations.
• Evaluate work content against takt time and identify workload imbalances, bottlenecks, and productivity opportunities.
• Provide labor-time, staffing, and capacity inputs to production and process planners.
• Analyze the impact of product variants, engineering changes, tooling, equipment, and workstation arrangements on assembly time.
• Support line balancing and optimization of manual assembly processes.
• Collaborate with production, manufacturing engineering, logistics, and ergonomics teams to develop practical process improvements.
• Evaluate workstation design and work methods from an efficiency and ergonomic perspective.
• Validate planning assumptions during trials, pilot builds, and production ramp-up.
• Update MTM analyses, standard times, and planning documentation as processes change.
• Communicate time-analysis results and planning assumptions clearly to relevant stakeholders.
• Identify deviations between planned and actual work content and recommend corrective actions.

Skills

MTM expertise

Automotive manufacturing

Analytical skills

Documentation

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem-solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Industrial/Mechanical Engineering or equivalent

MTM training or certification

Job description

SWJ Technology in Vance, AL seeks an MTM Expert/Industrial Engineer for an automotive contractor role onsite. You will analyze and optimize manual assembly using MTM and approved time standards, develop standard work methods and times, and support line balancing and staffing planning.

Collaborating with production, manufacturing engineering, logistics, and ergonomics teams, you will identify bottlenecks, improve productivity, validate planning assumptions during trials and ramp-up, and update