ZT Systems

Staff Industrial Engineer

ZT Systems$90K — $120K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, or equivalent.
  • MBA or exposure to business, finance or economics is advantageous.
  • 5+ years relevant experience in an engineering role.
  • Experience in manufacturing environments.
  • Fluency in business intelligence tools like Python, Tableau, or Power BI.
  • Hands-on experience with simulations and complex manufacturing workflows.
  • Growth mindset focused on continuous learning and improvement.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the Industrial Engineering team to transform data into actionable insights.
  • Analyze manufacturing data using business intelligence tools.
  • Define and socialize project strategies based on business needs.
  • Collaborate with departments to derive valuable insights from data analysis.
  • Enhance industrial models and analytical tools for planning efficacy.
  • Identify resource bottlenecks and drive improvement plans.
  • Lead enterprise-level projects focused on continuous improvement metrics.

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional development and growth.
  • Dynamic work environment with innovative projects.
  • Collaborative team culture encouraging knowledge sharing.
  • Focus on cloud computing advancements.
  • Access to advanced tools and technologies for data analysis.
Full Job Description
About The Role

The Staff Industrial Engineer is responsible for leading the development and implementation of industrial models and analytical tools that support manufacturing decision making. The Staff Industrial Engineer leads key manufacturing stakeholders in defining the roadmap for changes to resources, infrastructure, and machines driven by meaningful insights derived from the organization's key analytical tools.

What You'll Do
  • Lead the Industrial Engineering team in turning data into information, information into insights, and insights into key business decisions that steer the direction of the manufacturing organization.
  • Lead the analysis of manufacturing data sets using business intelligence tools developed and maintained by the Industrial Engineering team.
  • Ingest projects and requests from end-to-end, defining business needs, developing strategies, and socializing insights to the business.
  • Interface with multiple departments to conduct analyses that drive valuable business insights, using tools such as SQL and python to access and manipulate multivariate data.
  • Lead efforts in continuously improving the effectiveness and scope of industrial models, analytical tools, and data structures that are deployed for short and long term planning.
  • Analyze scenarios to determine resource bottlenecks in the factory and lead internal departments in setting plans for driving improvements.
  • Identify and drive enterprise level Kaizen and continuous improvement projects using data driven approaches that target key production metrics such as cycle time, cost, and on time delivery while influencing behaviors/decisions at several levels of the organization.
  • Support the manufacturing organization in making commitments with integrity by developing, implementing, and improving the suite of industrial models, tools, and management systems used to drive business planning & decision making.
  • Develop management systems for cost analysis of new products, technologies, and manufacturing methods.
  • Lead the industrial engineering team in pursuing the solutions roadmap that defines the facts, dimensions, metrics, and tools that comprise the information architecture for business decision making.
  • Set direction for junior team members in the execution of complex projects.


What You'll Bring

The right person for this role has exceptional analytical capabilities, thrives in a fast-paced environment, loves problem-solving, is a good communicator, and is passionate about enabling the future of cloud computing.
  • Bachelor's degree in industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, or equivalent.
  • MBA or exposure to business, finance or economics is advantageous.
  • 5+ years relevant experience in an engineering role.
  • Experience in manufacturing environments.
  • Fluency with business intelligence and analysis tools such as Python, Tableau, Power BI, or equivalents.
  • Hands-on experience building, running, and analyzing simulations and designing models to optimize complex manufacturing workflows and capacity constraints.
  • Growth mindset: you believe in continuous learning by dedication of time, effort, and energy.
  • Takes independent initiative to complete projects with a sense of urgency.
  • Fluency in mathematical computing with at least one programming language (e.g. Python, R, Java), and the ability to learn technical methods and tools independently
  • Fluency in data visualization / presentation skills, including the ability to simplify results & statistical concepts into simple and actionable insights
  • Ability to convert complex (often data driven) topics to clear overviews and insights.
  • Proven ability to perform effectively in a demanding environment with changing workloads and deadlines.
  • Fluency with continuous improvement / lean programs
  • Fluency with Microsoft Office tools (Outlook, Excel, and Word)


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About ZT Systems

ZT Systems is a privately held original design manufacturer of data center servers, storage and embedded computing systems. ZT Systems is headquartered in the United States with additional facilities in Canada, China, and the Netherlands. The company designs and manufactures a wide range of computing systems, from workstations to high-performance computing clusters, and provides customized solutions for cloud computing, big data, and other applications. ZT Systems serves a variety of industries, including finance, healthcare, government, and education.
Learn more about ZT Systems
Size
1,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1994

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