Shipyard Industrial Engineering Lead

Darwin Recruitment; Moss Point (MS); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Darwin Recruitment is seeking an Industrial Engineer Manager to lead shipbuilding production improvements, focusing on labor planning, line balancing, and workflow optimization. You will direct analyses of labor content, schedules, and facility layouts to drive efficiency across multiple production areas.

You will collaborate with CAMs, engineering, and operations leadership to implement EVMS-based cost and schedule controls and develop recovery plans for variances, ensuring safe and productive

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of management experience in industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, production engineering, or closely related field.
• Experience performing industrial engineering analysis including time studies, labor standards, line balancing, workflow analysis, and production process improvement.
• Experience developing labor plans and staffing requirements based on production workload, schedules, work content, and operational demand.
• Working knowledge of EVMS including cost and schedule variance analysis, performance projections, Estimate-at-Complete calculations, and recovery planning.
• Experience working with CAMs or equivalent project/program personnel on cost, schedule, performance, and forecasting activities.
• Demonstrated experience using Value Stream Mapping and bottleneck analysis to improve production flow.
• Strong understanding of shipbuilding or complex manufacturing build strategies, production workflows, material flow, and facility planning.
• Ability to analyze labor, production, cost, schedule, and operational data and turn findings into concrete recommendations for improving production performance.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, computer proficiency, problem-solving ability, and the ability to work across multiple teams in a fast-paced shipbuilding environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead industrial engineering activities supporting shipbuilding production, including analysis of production sequences, work content, facility layouts, equipment utilization, and workforce requirements.
• Develop and maintain labor plans for production and support organizations by analyzing workload, staffing requirements, direct and indirect labor, production schedules, and available capacity.
• Conduct time studies and line-balancing analyses to establish efficient work methods, identify labor requirements, improve workstation utilization, and balance production activities.
• Analyze material flow within shipbuilding facilities, including movement, staging, handling, and positioning of materials to reduce unnecessary transportation, delays, and production constraints.
• Use EVMS to analyze cost and schedule performance, identify variances, develop projections, and support Estimate-at-Complete and recovery planning.
• Work with CAMs to evaluate cost and schedule performance, investigate variances, establish projections, and develop corrective action and recovery plans.
• Lead Value Stream Mapping and bottleneck analysis across production processes to identify constraints and improve workflow and efficiency.
• Develop standardized production workflows and build strategies for new and existing shipbuilding products, incorporating labor requirements, equipment, material flow, safety, and production objectives.
• Recommend changes to production methods, equipment layouts, and processes based on quantitative analysis and observed performance.
• Partner with production, engineering, facilities, program management, and operations leadership to implement sustainable improvements aligned with cost, schedule, safety, and productivity goals.

Skills

Time studies

Line balancing

Labor planning

Value Stream Mapping

Bottleneck analysis

Production workflow optimization

EVMS understanding

Cost & schedule analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering or related field

Tools

EVMS

Job description

Darwin Recruitment is seeking an Industrial Engineer Manager to lead shipbuilding production improvements, focusing on labor planning, line balancing, and workflow optimization. You will direct analyses of labor content, schedules, and facility layouts to drive efficiency across multiple production areas.

You will collaborate with CAMs, engineering, and operations leadership to implement EVMS-based cost and schedule controls and develop recovery plans for variances, ensuring safe and productive