Advanced Industrial Engineer- Lead

Faith Technologies Incorporated • Appleton, WI

2d • Onsite

About The Position

This role plays a critical part in shaping the future state of operations by delivering scalable, efficient, and resilient manufacturing systems. Success in this role directly impacts cost structure, product quality, delivery performance, and the organization’s ability to grow and compete. The lead will guide a team responsible for supporting projects from inception to completion, ensuring adherence to operating system principles such as designing systems that expose problems, addressing issues at their source, promoting knowledge sharing, and developing leaders who teach and mentor others. The ideal candidate will possess strong systems thinking and advanced problem-solving skills, effective project leadership with cross-functional influence, and a capacity for data-driven decision-making. They should also be adept at change management and stakeholder alignment, demonstrate strong team leadership and coaching abilities, and maintain a results-oriented mindset focused on achieving measurable outcomes.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in industrial engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years of Industrial or Operations Engineering experience.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule is necessary.

Nice To Haves

• Systems thinking and advanced problem-solving.
• Strong project leadership with cross-functional influence.
• Data-driven decision-making.
• Skilled in change management and stakeholder alignment.
• Strong team leadership and coaching abilities.
• Results-oriented mindset focused on achieving measurable outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Design and optimize end-to-end manufacturing and operational processes for efficiency, quality, and scalability.
• Lead a team that focuses on advanced time studies, line balancing, capacity modeling, and throughput optimization initiatives.
• Develop standard work, labor models, and ergonomic solutions for complex manufacturing environments.
• Apply Lean, Six Sigma, and Theory of Constraints to identify and eliminate waste across operations.
• Build and maintain advanced simulation, flow, and capacity models to support data-driven decisions.
• Create cost models, make-vs-buy analyses, and ROI justifications for capital and process investments.
• Influence product design through DFMA, tolerance analysis, error-proofing, and assembly feasibility studies.
• Lead NPI industrialization efforts, including production layouts, material flow, and ramp-up strategies.
• Drive continuous improvement through Kaizen events, KPI development, and cross-functional leadership.
• Performs other related duties as required and assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive, merit-based compensation
• Career path development
• Flexible and robust benefits package
• Industry-leading benefits as an investment in the lives of team members and their families
• Career development and continued education programs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior