Principal Industrial Engineer: Plant Layout & Process Flow

haemonetics; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 104,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Employee stock purchase plan

Flexible time off

Paid holidays

Disability insurance

Health benefits

Job summary

Haemonetics is seeking a Principal Industrial Engineer to optimize plant layouts and process flows for global manufacturing. You will partner with Manufacturing Engineering, Operations, Facilities, Maintenance, Quality, EHS, and Supply Chain to ensure layouts meet safety and regulatory requirements while improving efficiency.

You will lead cross‑functional layout reviews, perform time studies and capacity analyses, and support equipment installations, qualification, and validation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial/Manufacturing/Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• 8+ years in industrial or manufacturing engineering including plant layout and process optimization.
• Experience developing plant/line layouts, workstation designs, material flow diagrams and process flow maps.
• Experience using CAD or facility layout software like AutoCAD, SolidWorks, DraftSight or equivalent.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and coordinate facility, utility, and manufacturing projects cross‑functionally.
• Experience in highly controlled manufacturing environments with knowledge of qualification, validation, change control, and quality systems.
• Experience applying Lean tools: 5S, value stream mapping, standard work, line balancing, waste reduction, root cause analysis.
• Experience with Visio, Project, PowerPoint, Excel or equivalent tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain plant layouts, production line layouts, workstation layouts, and space utilization plans for new equipment installations, line moves, capacity expansions, transfers, and continuous improvement projects.
• Create and maintain process flow maps, value stream maps, material flow analyses, and future-state designs to identify bottlenecks and optimize space and staffing.
• Coordinate utility requirements for manufacturing equipment and production areas (air, electrical, vacuum, water, HVAC, etc.).
• Lead with Facilities, Maintenance, EHS, Quality, Manufacturing Engineering, Automation, and Operations to ensure plans meet safety, ergonomics, and long-term maintainability.
• Support footprint, line relocation, equipment duplication, and capacity expansion by developing concepts and documenting alternatives.
• Lead or support time studies, capacity analyses, labor studies, line balancing, takt time analysis, and workstation optimization.
• Support change control with layout drawings, process flow documentation, and rationale for implementations.
• Ensure layouts and process flows comply with procedures, safety, quality, environmental, and regulatory standards.
• Lead cross‑functional layout reviews and communicate project status, risks, decisions, and actions.
• Maintain current and future state documentation for layouts, equipment locations, process flows, and status.
• Apply Lean Manufacturing, 5S, visual management, standard work to improve flow and efficiency.
• Support commissioning, installation, qualification, and production readiness for new or relocated equipment.

Skills

Lean Manufacturing

Process optimization

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

On-site presence

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Engineering or related

Tools

AutoCAD

SolidWorks

DraftSight

Visio

Project

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

Haemonetics is seeking a Principal Industrial Engineer to optimize plant layouts and process flows for global manufacturing. You will partner with Manufacturing Engineering, Operations, Facilities, Maintenance, Quality, EHS, and Supply Chain to ensure layouts meet safety and regulatory requirements while improving efficiency.

You will lead cross‑functional layout reviews, perform time studies and capacity analyses, and support equipment installations, qualification, and validation.