Industrial Engineer

B-O-F Corporation • Aurora, IL

28d • $85,000 - $105,000

About The Position

B-O-F Corporation is seeking an Industrial Engineer to improve plant operations by studying production processes and workflows, identifying losses in time, cost, and materials, and leading changes to address them. The role spans establishing baselines from ERP data on throughput, downtime, and quality; mapping current processes and identifying root causes; designing future-state processes; modeling and validating layout and workstation changes in CAD; implementing changes with the plant team; and measuring results to ensure improvements are sustained.

The Industrial Engineer also owns core industrial engineering practices, including time studies, labor standards, line balancing, capacity planning, standard work, and process documentation. The role supports new product and process introductions by assessing capacity and manufacturability risks. The engineer will build operational reporting, present recommendations with cost, savings, and payback information, and communicate effectively with both leadership and shop-floor staff.

Requirements

• 3–7 years of experience in industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, or a related process-improvement role.
• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience on a small team owning projects end-to-end.
• Working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement methods.
• Proficiency in CAD, such as SolidWorks or equivalent.
• Experience working in an ERP or MES environment.
• Comfort analyzing data in Excel or SQL.
• Hands-on experience with time studies, line balancing, and capacity analysis.
• Ability to turn data into concrete process changes and communicate with technical and non-technical audiences.

Nice To Haves

• Six Sigma Green or Black Belt.
• NetSuite experience.

Responsibilities

• Identify production bottlenecks and waste and lead improvements using value stream mapping, root cause analysis, and kaizen events.
• Design and validate layout and process changes in CAD, then plan and execute changes with the plant team.
• Conduct line balancing, capacity studies, and time studies, and establish labor standards.
• Support new product and process introductions, including capacity planning and workstation design, and identify manufacturability risks early.
• Use ERP data to establish baselines, build the case for change, measure results, and track throughput, downtime, and quality.
• Build and maintain operational reporting in Excel.
• Write and maintain standard work, work instructions, and process specifications, keeping them current as operations change.
• Present recommendations to leadership with cost, savings, and payback figures, and explain recommendations clearly to shop-floor staff.

Benefits

• Two weeks of paid time off available to use upon start date.
• 11 paid holidays, including a floating holiday.
• Paid volunteer day.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance offerings for employees and their families.
• Employer-paid basic life and disability insurance.
• 401(k) program with no waiting period and immediate vesting.

What This Job Offers

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