Industrial Engineer

Overhead Door•Pensacola, FL

17d•Onsite

About The Position

The Industrial Engineer designs, improves and sustains safe, reliable manufacturing systems integrating people, equipment, materials and information. The role translates ASD operating priorities into practical, measurable improvements in Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, Cash and People (SQDCCP), with emphasis on work measurement, labor standards, capacity, productivity and material flow. The engineer works directly with operators, supervisors and value stream managers to solve operating problems at the gemba, establish repeatable processes and build plant capability through the ASD Lean Operating System / D.O.O.R. Performance System. Improvements must be verified and sustained in daily operations. The role applies safe work design and ergonomic evaluation; develops time studies, labor standards and sustainable staffing models; analyzes demonstrated capacity and constraints; and improves plant layouts and material flow. It supports daily management, lean problem solving, cross-functional projects, financial benefit validation, manufacturing data integrity, new-product introductions, equipment installations, automation and production transfers. The engineer trains employees on revised methods and verifies adoption across shifts. The position is primarily on-site, with regular presence in active manufacturing and warehouse areas and participation across shifts as needed. Travel to other ASD facilities, suppliers or training locations may be required based on business needs. The employee must follow site safety requirements and use required personal protective equipment. Essential duties include observing processes and accessing production areas, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
Demonstrated manufacturing experience through employment, internship or cooperative education, with practical exposure to work measurement, production analysis or process improvement.
Working knowledge of time studies, labor standards, line balancing, capacity analysis, layout design, ergonomics and Lean problem solving.
Ability to analyze operational data, validate assumptions and communicate recommendations clearly to operators, managers and functional partners.
Proficiency with Excel and ability to read process layouts and engineering drawings; familiarity with ERP or manufacturing data systems.
Ability to lead projects without direct supervisory authority and work effectively across shifts and functions.
Ability to perform essential duties, including observing processes and accessing production areas, with or without reasonable accommodation.
Ability to follow site safety requirements and use required personal protective equipment.

Nice To Haves

Two or more years of industrial or manufacturing engineering experience in a high-mix production environment.
Experience in building products, metal fabrication, forming, finishing, assembly, packaging or comparable processes.
Hands-on improvement results using Lean or Six Sigma methods; relevant certification is helpful but does not replace demonstrated application.
Experience with CAD layout tools, Power BI, statistical analysis, discrete-event simulation or automation business cases.
Experience validating financial benefits, updating ERP standards or supporting launches and production transfers.

Responsibilities

Apply ASD Safety Golden Rules and partner with EHS to identify and reduce ergonomic, handling and process risks; integrate safe methods into workstation design and standard work.
Evaluate reach, posture, lifting, repetitive motion and material presentation; recommend engineering controls and verify their effectiveness with affected employees.
Ensure proposed changes receive required safety, quality and technical reviews; promptly escalate unsafe conditions.
Conduct time studies, work sampling and method analysis across shifts and representative product mixes, distinguishing manual time, machine time, setup, walking, waiting and avoidable losses.
Develop and maintain documented labor and setup standards using approved methods, representative observations and justified allowances; validate methods with operators and supervisors and update standards after process changes.
Create standard work, work instructions and labor-balance charts with Operations and Quality; establish sustainable staffing models that reflect demand, mix, training, breaks and operating constraints.
Develop demonstrated-capacity models using product mix, cycle times, changeovers, yield, downtime and available operating hours; distinguish theoretical capacity from sustainable output.
Identify system constraints and improve throughput through line balancing, setup reduction, workload redistribution and targeted loss elimination while protecting total flow.
Support Materials and Planning with capacity, routing and run-rate inputs for demand planning, scheduling, build-ahead decisions and backlog recovery; quantify gaps and alternatives before customer commitments.
Design plant, cell and workstation layouts that improve safety, flow, space utilization and maintenance access; evaluate point-of-use storage, replenishment routes and packaging with Materials and Operations.
Map current and future material and information flows; reduce unnecessary travel, handling, queue time and work-in-process; establish pull, replenishment and inventory parameters with Materials where appropriate.
Apply improvement methods to OHD door and component manufacturing, assembly, finishing, packaging and shipping processes as applicable to the assigned facility.
Support SQDCCP daily management, tiered escalation, leader standard work, visual controls and plant bowler priorities; translate gaps into scoped projects with baselines, owners, milestones and sustainment plans.
Facilitate PDCA, root-cause analysis, kaizen, 5S, standard work, value stream mapping and changeover reduction; coach employees in practical tool use.
Partner with Quality and Manufacturing Engineering on defect reduction, process capability, error prevention and equipment-loss analysis; use OEE where relevant and distinguish availability, performance and quality losses.
Build business cases with Finance, including baseline, investment, implementation cost, annual benefit, in-year timing and payback; distinguish realized savings, cost avoidance, capacity release and working-capital release and prevent double counting.
Lead assigned projects through implementation, training and operational handoff; verify benefits with Finance and operating owners and confirm sustained performance.
Transfer methods and documentation from consultants or contractors to OHD employees and share proven improvements across ASD plants using common standards.
Maintain engineering inputs to ERP routings, labor standards, setup times and capacity data through approved change controls; partner with Materials, Finance and IT to resolve data inconsistencies.
Use Excel, Power BI and approved manufacturing systems to analyze losses and trends; validate source data and definitions before recommending staffing or investment decisions.
Support new-product introductions, equipment installations, automation and production transfers with layout, staffing, throughput and readiness analysis; coordinate technical design and commissioning with Manufacturing and Product Engineering.
Train operators and supervisors on revised methods and verify adoption across shifts; develop technical and business capability through cross-functional assignments.
Stop work and escalate immediate safety risks according to site policy; promptly raise product-integrity concerns to Operations and Quality.
Own technical analysis, study documentation and assigned improvement deliverables; implement changes only within approved scope, budget and delegated authority.
Recommend staffing, labor standards, layouts, scheduling parameters and capital changes; escalate capacity shortfalls, unreliable standards, benefit gaps and project risks early with quantified impact and recommended countermeasures.