Senior Industrial Engineer – Capacity and Capability Planning

GTI Fabrication; Phoenix, Northern (AZ, KY); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with match

PTO & holidays

Life insurance

Career growth

Job summary

GTI Fabrication is seeking a Senior Industrial Engineer - Capacity & Capability Planning to drive enterprise and site-level capacity and capability strategies across new plants and expansions. You will build demand-to-capacity models, assess tooling, and translate product requirements into data-driven capacity plans.

You will lead cross-functional alignment with operations, supply chain, and finance, validating models and defining capital investment needs to support growth and efficiency in

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial/Manufacturing/Systems engineering.
• 5–8+ years in capacity planning and line balancing in manufacturing.
• Experience building demand-to-capacity models and simulations.
• Proven ability to justify capital equipment and debottlenecking.
• Strong CI skills and understanding of OEE and takt time.

Responsibilities

• Develop capacity models for site and network levels to support growth.
• Translate demand, takt, cycle times, and yields into capacity requirements.
• Identify bottlenecks and perform constraint analysis to improve throughput.
• Develop roadmaps and scenarios for capital investment and expansion.
• Lead cross-functional validation with operations, supply chain, and finance.

Skills

Capacity planning

Discrete event simulations

Queueing models

Data-driven modeling

OEE analysis

Education

Bachelor’s in Industrial/Manufacturing/Systems engineering

Tools

Power BI

Arena

FlexSim

ERP/PLM systems

Job description

GTI is a contract manufacturing partner supporting customers in renewable energy, power generation, infrastructure, and industrial systems.

We fabricate custom designed, purpose-built enclosures and skids for our customers and perform mechanical and electrical integration in-house, delivering a true turn-key product to our customers. Our scope spans Engineering, prototype builds, through full production, requiring teams that can move fast, adapt, and execute with precision.

GTI Values: Safety I Quality I Customer Obsession I Speed I Agility

Role Summary

GTI Fabrication is seeking a Senior Industrial Engineer - Capacity & Capability Planning to lead industrial engineering analysis for enterprise and site-level manufacturing capacity and capability planning across new plants, joint ventures, and major facility expansions. This position owns the development of demand-to-capacity models, capability assessments, constraint analysis, and scenario planning to establish where and how future production requirements are executed.

The Senior Industrial Engineer will serve as a key technical authority, translating product demand, process requirements, equipment performance, labor assumptions, and facility constraints into data-driven capacity strategies and capital investment recommendations. This role requires advanced expertise in industrial engineering principles, rigorous analytical modeling, and strong cross-functional alignment across contract manufacturing operations.

Key Responsibilities

Capacity Modeling & Enterprise Strategy

• Develop and maintain site, process, equipment, and network-level capacity models to support current operations and future growth.
• Translate demand forecasts, product mix, takt requirements, routings, cycle times, yields, OEE, staffing, and shift patterns into demonstrated and required capacity.
• Establish standardized assumptions and methodologies for rated, practical, and demonstrated capacity, utilization, line balancing, and constraint analysis.
• Maintain long-range capacity and capability roadmaps aligned to business plans, product launches, and sourcing strategies.

Capability Assessment & Network Readiness

• Perform manufacturing capability assessments across facilities, processes, tooling, quality systems, and infrastructure for new product introductions and volume ramps.
• Identify single points of failure, bottlenecks, and capability gaps across fabrication, assembly, testing, material handling, and warehousing operations.
• Formulate capability risk matrices, closure plans, and countermeasure strategies to ensure overall operational readiness.
• Establish recommended process qualification and validation requirements to bridge identified technical gaps.

Strategic Scenario Modeling & Capital Investment Planning

• Model scenario options for volume growth, product-mix changes, shift additions, overtime, line replication, equipment additions, and footprint expansions.
• Develop data-driven make-versus-buy, debottlenecking, and capital deployment alternatives using cost, risk, schedule, and scalability criteria.
• Define technical specifications, timing, and capital requirements for production equipment, tooling, utilities, facilities, and automation.
• Deliver executive-level decision packages and business cases for network footprint and capital investment strategy.

Cross-Functional Execution & Model Validation

• Partner with Operations and Advanced Manufacturing Engineering to validate cycle times, process capabilities, and equipment rates against shop-floor performance.
• Collaborate with supply chain, finance, facilities, quality, and commercial teams to align vendor capacity, capital budgets, and customer timing.
• Perform post-investment performance verifications and bottleneck audits to validate throughput gains against predictive models.
• Lead project-based industrial engineers and technical resources assigned to network expansion initiatives.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 5-8+ years of progressive industrial engineering experience focused on capacity planning, facility layout design, line balancing, and capability modeling in manufacturing environments.
• Demonstrated expertise in building complex, data-driven demand-to-capacity models, discrete event simulations, or mathematical queueing/WIP models.
• Proven track record of evaluating site footprint expansions, line replications, capital equipment justification, and operational debottlenecking.
• Strong understanding of continuous improvement tools, OEE breakdown analysis, takt time calculations, and process yield modeling.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in high-mix, low-volume, or engineered-to-order manufacturing environments (e.g., structural steel fabrication, heavy equipment, modular platforms, or complex system integration).
• Background in capital planning and facility design for greenfield or brownfield site developments.
• Advanced proficiency in ERP/PLM systems, data visualization platforms (Power BI, Tableau), and simulation tools (Arena, FlexSim, or similar).
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt or related continuous improvement certification.

Benefits & Perks

GTI Fabrication offers a competitive compensation and benefits package designed to support employees and their families while providing long-term career growth opportunities within a fast-growing manufacturing organization. Benefits may include:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match (where applicable)
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid holidays
• Sick time in accordance with state and local requirements
• Company-paid life insurance and disability coverage
• Career advancement opportunities within a rapidly growing organization
• Exposure to advanced manufacturing, modular infrastructure, and large-scale industrial projects
• Collaborative, fast-paced environment with strong operational and engineering leadership
• Employee-focused culture centered on safety, quality, accountability, and continuous improvement

Benefits eligibility and offerings may vary based on position, location, and employment classification.

$130,000 - $160,000 a year

GTI promotes a diverse and inclusive workforce and is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, age, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, marital status, or any other Federal or State legally-protected classes. We also value the safety of all employees and work hard to maintain a Drug Free Workplace.