Senior Industrial Engineer: Lean, Automation & Ops

Hufriedygroup; Illinois; On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

HuFriedyGroup in Illinois is seeking a Senior Industrial Engineer to drive strategic process improvements across manufacturing, assembly, and distribution. You will apply Lean and Six Sigma methodologies, lead data-driven projects, and mentor cross-functional teams to enhance safety, throughput, and cost efficiency.

The role emphasizes optimization of labor standards, facility layouts, automation opportunities, and performance dashboards to sustain operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering or related field is required.
• Master's degree is preferred.
• 7–10 years of Industrial Engineering experience in distribution or supply chain operations.
• Experience leading process improvement initiatives, Lean projects, and capital equipment implementations.
• Experience developing labor standards, time studies, capacity planning, and workflow optimization.
• Experience with facility layout design, warehouse optimization, material flow, and automation projects.
• Experience preparing business cases, ROI analyses, and capital expenditure justifications.

Responsibilities

• Lead industrial engineering projects to improve productivity, capacity, quality, safety, and cost.
• Analyze operational data and trends to identify improvement opportunities.
• Develop labor standards, time studies, capacity planning, and standard work.
• Lead Lean initiatives, Kaizen events, and value stream mappings.
• Design facility layouts, material flow, and storage systems.
• Lead automation and capital equipment projects with ROI analysis.
• Collaborate with Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, and Facilities.
• Develop future state processes and dashboards to monitor performance.
• Mentor engineering and operations teams.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Lean Manufacturing

Six Sigma

Value Stream Mapping

5S

Continuous Improvement

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Power BI

SQL

Minitab

Python

Job description

HuFriedyGroup in Illinois is seeking a Senior Industrial Engineer to drive strategic process improvements across manufacturing, assembly, and distribution. You will apply Lean and Six Sigma methodologies, lead data-driven projects, and mentor cross-functional teams to enhance safety, throughput, and cost efficiency.

The role emphasizes optimization of labor standards, facility layouts, automation opportunities, and performance dashboards to sustain operational excellence.