Industrial Engineering Team Manager

Ford • Wayne, MI

29d • Onsite

About The Position

The Industrial Engineering Team Manager leads Industrial Engineering efforts and supports production in developing productivity proposals, improving ergonomics and workplace safety, and increasing production efficiency. The role manages and coaches Industrial Engineers and Continuous Improvement Specialists, and works across production, Health and Safety, hourly employees, team leaders, and union or works council representatives to resolve staffing, job, and ergonomic concerns.

The position is responsible for plant manpower planning and labor-efficiency initiatives, including staffing strategies, headcount tracking, reporting, workstation and line changes, future-model labor planning, and time-study support. The manager promotes continuous improvement through methods such as Kaizen, Six Sigma, and low-cost automation, and represents the plant on the National Ergonomics Committee. This is a leadership salary grade 6 position. Visa sponsorship is not available; candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering.
• 3–5 years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated experience managing engineers.
• Ability to identify and resolve issues through root cause analysis and partner with production departments to implement changes.
• Flexibility to rotate among plant positions, including Production and Quality.
• Strong customer focus and commitment to following plant processes and the Quality Operating System.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver results.
• Collaborative approach to union relations and willingness to contribute as part of a team.
• Confidence and technical expertise to mentor hourly and salaried employees across the production organization.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Legally authorized to work in the United States; employment eligibility verification is required at hire.

Nice To Haves

• MODAPTS certification.
• Familiarity with GSPAS.
• Experience using Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Lead Industrial Engineering efforts to improve ergonomics, workplace safety, workstation setup, and production efficiency.
• Partner with Production, Health and Safety, hourly employees, team leaders, and union or works council representatives to address job, staffing, and ergonomic concerns.
• Lead and coach Industrial Engineers and Continuous Improvement Specialists in productivity improvements, including line balancing, rebalancing, OLOT reduction, throughput gains, operator utilization, and increased value-added work.
• Identify and lead headcount and labor-cost reduction initiatives; track hourly headcount changes with Global IE teams and publish monthly reports by area.
• Manage plant and departmental manpower planning, including daily reporting, weekly roll analysis and reviews, staffing strategies, and alignment of training and versatility plans with workforce needs.
• Support hiring and posting activities in partnership with union representatives.
• Plan and implement workstation, allocation, mix, and line-speed changes, as well as plant and shop operating patterns that maximize efficiency.
• Lead cycle-line layout development and future-model labor planning, ensuring layouts and labor allocations support safety, quality, delivery, and efficiency.
• Guide time-study planning and execution, including MODAPTS, and provide IE training and support across the plant.
• Promote continuous improvement and waste elimination through Kaizen, Six Sigma, and low-cost automation projects.
• Represent the plant on the National Ergonomics Committee and lead plant safety and ergonomics initiatives.
• Monitor monthly progress in VPOS and support the Finance Controller with labor-efficiency targets and monthly labor-cost reporting.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage.
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, and subsidized back-up childcare.
• Family-building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement and fertility treatments.
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases.
• Tuition assistance.
• Employee resource groups.
• Paid time off for individual and team community service.
• Paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day.
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

What This Job Offers

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