Manufacturing Engineer

Job Title: Industrial Engineer

Location: Appleton, WI

Job Type: Full-Time

Job Description:

We are seeking an experienced Industrial Engineer to support manufacturing and assembly operations with a strong focus on Lean principles, process optimization, and continuous improvement. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in time studies, line balancing, value stream mapping, and root cause analysis within an assembly or manufacturing environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Study assembly lines and manufacturing processes to identify improvement opportunities using Lean principles.
• Perform time studies and line balancing, including elemental breakdowns, video time studies, VA/NVA/RNVA analysis, and Muri analysis.
• Develop current-state and future-state line balancing models.
• Create Value Stream Maps (VSM) to identify bottlenecks, waste, inefficiencies, and conduct capacity analysis.
• Establish current baselines and define future-state improvements.
• Identify productivity and process improvement opportunities and provide Level 1, 2, and 3 improvement recommendations with a detailed roadmap.
• Develop and update standard work instructions and video-based work instructions.
• Perform root cause analysis for quality issues, defects, downtime, and support corrective actions through Kaizen and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Assist in fixture design and process support as required.