Industrial Manufacturing Engineer
About The Position
The Industrial Engineer supports operations within a complex rocket motor manufacturing facility. The role focuses on improving manufacturing performance, optimizing production flow, enhancing efficiency, and supporting safe, quality-driven operations in a highly regulated and technically demanding environment. The position contributes to strategic scaling and delivery for customers. The engineer supports greenfield facility layout development and product flow optimization; analyzes manufacturing processes, production flow, facility layouts, labor utilization, and material movement; and supports capacity planning, line balancing, and production scheduling. The role also monitors manufacturing performance metrics, conducts time studies and workflow analyses, and leads or supports continuous improvement initiatives. The engineer collaborates across functions, supports new product and equipment introductions, ensures compliance with safety, quality, and regulatory requirements, and provides on-floor manufacturing support to resolve complex production challenges. The position is located in Camden, Arkansas, and follows a 4/10 schedule: employees work 10-hour days, four days a week.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior relevant experience; or a graduate degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience; or, in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in aerospace, defense, propulsion, or other regulated manufacturing environments.
- Familiarity with rocket motor manufacturing or similarly complex production systems.
- Six Sigma certification and/or Lean certification.
- Knowledge of capacity analysis, production scheduling, and continuous improvement methods.
- Experience with data analysis tools such as Excel, SQL, or Python.
- Knowledge of facility optimization, discrete event simulation, or advanced industrial engineering methods.
- Experience supporting complex, high-reliability, or highly regulated manufacturing operations.
- Strong knowledge of process improvement, production planning, capacity analysis, and manufacturing performance metrics.
- Experience with Lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, value stream mapping, and root cause analysis.
Responsibilities
- Support development of greenfield facility layouts with optimized product flow.
- Analyze and improve manufacturing processes to increase efficiency, throughput, and quality.
- Evaluate production flow, facility layout, labor utilization, and material movement to optimize operations.
- Support capacity planning, line balancing, and production scheduling to meet business and customer requirements.
- Monitor and report key manufacturing performance metrics to identify trends and improvement opportunities.
- Conduct time studies, productivity assessments, and workflow analysis.
- Lead and support continuous improvement initiatives using Lean, Six Sigma, and root cause analysis tools.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve production issues and improve operational performance.
- Support introduction of new products, equipment, and manufacturing processes into production.
- Ensure work is performed in compliance with safety, quality, and regulatory requirements.
- Provide on-floor manufacturing support and recommend solutions to complex production challenges.
- Work collaboratively in a cross-functional manufacturing environment.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
