Senior Industrial Engineer: Global Capacity Lead

The Judge Group; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The Judge Group is seeking a Senior Industrial Engineer for Capacity & Capabilities planning in Buffalo, Tempe, and Wilmington. You will lead enterprise-wide capacity models, assess facility readiness, and guide strategic manufacturing expansions while collaborating with operations, finance, and leadership.

Travel 90–100% globally; you will develop roadmaps, validate assumptions with performance data, and influence key stakeholders to optimize capacity and capabilities across the network.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Operations Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Extensive experience in industrial engineering, manufacturing operations, capacity planning, or production system optimization within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong expertise in capacity modeling, facility planning, constraint analysis, line balancing, and manufacturing process improvement.
• Experience supporting large-scale manufacturing expansions, new facility launches, or network optimization initiatives.
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate complex data into actionable recommendations.
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams and senior leadership through data-driven decision making.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain capacity models at the site, process, equipment, and enterprise levels.
• Translate demand forecasts, product mix, cycle times, staffing plans, OEE, shift schedules, and downtime assumptions into capacity requirements and forecasts.
• Conduct manufacturing capability assessments across facilities, equipment, tooling, labor, processes, and infrastructure.
• Identify bottlenecks, capacity constraints, single points of failure, and operational risks across fabrication, assembly, testing, warehousing, and material handling operations.
• Create and evaluate scenarios involving production growth, product mix changes, labor strategies, equipment investments, outsourcing, insourcing, facility expansions, and new manufacturing sites.
• Establish and standardize methodologies for capacity planning, utilization modeling, OEE analysis, takt time calculations, staffing models, and constraint analysis.
• Perform line balancing, labor planning, throughput analysis, work-in-process analysis, and sensitivity studies.
• Develop recommendations for debottlenecking, capital investments, make-versus-buy decisions, automation opportunities, and manufacturing footprint optimization.
• Validate production assumptions through analysis of actual manufacturing performance and operational metrics.
• Build and maintain long-range capacity and capability roadmaps aligned with business growth plans and product introductions.
• Support capital planning for equipment, tooling, automation, facilities, utilities, and infrastructure investments.
• Proactively identify manufacturing risks and develop mitigation strategies related to capacity, labor availability, process limitations, equipment reliability, supplier constraints, and demand fluctuations.

Skills

Capacity modeling

Line balancing

Constraint analysis

Data-driven decisions

Cross-functional influence

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Industrial/Manufacturing/Mechanical/Operations Engineering or related

Job description

The Judge Group is seeking a Senior Industrial Engineer for Capacity & Capabilities planning in Buffalo, Tempe, and Wilmington. You will lead enterprise-wide capacity models, assess facility readiness, and guide strategic manufacturing expansions while collaborating with operations, finance, and leadership.

Travel 90–100% globally; you will develop roadmaps, validate assumptions with performance data, and influence key stakeholders to optimize capacity and capabilities across the network.