Title: Senior Industrial Engineer
Company: Global Power Components - www.globalpowercomponents.com
Location: Milwaukee, WI (onsite 5-days/week)
Hire Type: Direct Hire
Position Summary: We are looking for a results-oriented Industrial Engineer with 5-15 years of manufacturing experience to lead process optimization, labor efficiency, plant layout, capacity planning, and continuous improvement initiatives in a complex engineered-to-order (ETO) manufacturing environment. This role is ideal for a hands-on engineer who thrives on the production floor, can influence teams across departments, and has a proven record of improving throughput, reducing costs, and building scalable manufacturing processes.
Responsibilities: - Lead plant-wide continuous improvement initiatives focused on productivity, quality, safety, and cost reduction.
- Analyze and optimize workflows across fabrication, welding, paint, assembly, and shipping operations.
- Develop labor standards, capacity models, staffing plans, and production metrics to support growth.
- Identify bottlenecks and implement sustainable process improvements that increase throughput and on-time delivery.
- Design and improve plant layouts, material flow systems, workstation ergonomics, and factory organization.
- Lead root cause analysis and corrective actions related to downtime, scrap, rework, and inefficiencies.
- Create and maintain SOPs, standard work, and best practices across departments.
- Evaluate capital equipment investments, automation opportunities, and ROI-driven manufacturing improvements.
- Partner closely with Production, Quality, Safety, Supply Chain, and Engineering leaders to execute operational priorities.
- Mentor junior engineers and help elevate continuous improvement culture across the facility.
Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field.
- 5-15 years of Industrial Engineering or Manufacturing Engineering experience in a production environment.
- Strong background in metal fabrication, welding, heavy manufacturing, job shop, or engineered-to-order environments preferred.
- Proven success implementing Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, 5S, value stream mapping, and process improvement initiatives.
- Experience with labor studies, line balancing, plant layout, capacity planning, and KPI management.
- Strong analytical skills with ability to translate data into actionable operational improvements.
- Comfortable leading projects and influencing teams without direct authority.
- ERP/MRP experience required; CAD experience preferred.
- Six Sigma certification or equivalent CI training is a plus.
What Success Looks Like: - Improved plant throughput and labor efficiency
- Reduced bottlenecks, rework, and waste
- Better production flow and on-time shipment performance
- Standardized scalable processes that support future growth
- Stronger operational discipline across departments
