Industrial Engineer

ABB•Columbus, MS

17d•Onsite

About The Position

The Industrial Engineer will support ABB’s Columbus motor plant by optimizing production systems, improving labor productivity, reducing waste, and enhancing operational efficiency through data-driven analysis and continuous improvement methodologies. The role supports production startup and ramp plans through project management and technical assistance with testing, installation, and commissioning. It also involves assisting with engineering project proposals and presentations, verifying designs against applicable standards and engineering guidelines, and creating and maintaining manufacturing process documentation.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
At least 5 years of experience in a manufacturing environment.
Must already have work authorization that permits employment with ABB in the United States.
Occasional second-shift availability is required.

Nice To Haves

Six Sigma certification.
Experience with Lean, Kaizen, and root cause analysis.
Project management experience or PMP certification.
Experience with SAP, ProPlanner, FlexSim, AutoCAD, or SolidWorks.
Experience with Plan for Every Part (PFEP), value stream mapping, or labor routings.

Responsibilities

Support production startup and ramp plans through project management and technical support for testing, installation, and commissioning activities.
Assist in preparing proposals and presentations for engineering projects.
Use checklists to perform design verification according to applicable standards and engineering guidelines.
Create and maintain manufacturing process documentation, including facility layouts, process flow charts, capacity and utilization studies, takt time assessments, time and motion studies, standard work, cycle time analysis, and line balancing.
Optimize production systems, improve labor productivity, reduce waste, and enhance operational efficiency using data-driven analysis and continuous improvement methodologies.

Benefits

Choice of two medical plan options: a PPO Copay Plan or a High Deductible Plan with a Health Savings Account.
Choice of Core or Core Plus dental plans.
Vision benefit.
Company-paid life insurance equal to 2 times base pay.
Company-paid AD&D insurance equal to 1 times base pay.
Voluntary life and AD&D insurance, employee-paid up to maximums.
Company-paid short-term disability for up to 26 weeks.
Company-paid long-term disability at 60% of pay, with an option to increase coverage to 66 2/3% of pay.
Supplemental employee-paid benefits, including accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, and pet insurance.
Paid parental leave.
Employee Assistance Program.
Health Advocate support for mental and behavioral health, health navigation, virtual health, and infertility and adoption resources.
Employee discount program.
401(k) Savings Plan with company contributions.
Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP).
11 paid holidays.
Vacation under a permissive time away policy for salaried exempt positions.