Industrial Engineer

Job Summary

The Industrial Engineer will be responsible for analyzing, developing, and improving manufacturing processes within our organization. This role will focus on optimizing workflows, reducing waste, enhancing product quality, and driving efficiency across production lines. The Industrial Engineer will collaborate with cross-functional teams—including manufacturing, design engineering, production, quality, and supply chain—to implement lean manufacturing principles and support continuous improvement initiatives.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Evaluate current manufacturing processes, identifying opportunities for cost reduction, efficiency, and productivity improvements.
• Develop and implement standard operating procedures (SOPs), work instructions, and best practices to ensure consistency and quality.
• Conduct time studies, workflow analysis, and line balancing to optimize labor utilization and throughput.
• Analyze data related to production performance, downtime, and capacity to drive decision-making.
• Maintain various manufacturing engineering functions within Sun’s ERP
• Work with MEs to assist with project responsibilities for data collection and data entry
• Support/assist MEs with policies and procedural changes, including data collection
• Support cost estimating, capacity planning, and plant layout initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with safety standards and promote a safe work environment.
  
  

Required Skills/Abilities

• Oral and written communication skills
• Strong communication and collaboration abilities to work across cross-functional teams.
• Perform work under minimal supervision
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
• Basic analysis skills such as comparing cycle times between two different systems like ERP and Machine Metrics
• Strong knowledge of lean manufacturing, process improvement methodologies, and root cause analysis tools.
  
  

Education And Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field.
• 0–3 years of industrial engineering experience in a manufacturing environment (preferably in precision machining, hydraulics, or fluid power components).
  
  

Physical Requirements

The characteristics listed below are representative of the physical demands required by an individual to successfully perform the essential duties of this position. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk and sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms
• The employee is frequently required to talk and/or hear
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus
  
  

Work Environment

The characteristics listed below are representative of the work environment typically encountered by an individual while performing the essential duties of this position. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to a normal office and manufacturing environments.
  
  

NOTE: The above stated duties are intended to outline those functions typically performed by individuals assigned to this classification. This description of duties is not intended to be all-inclusive nor to limit the discretionary authority of leadership to assign other tasks of a similar nature or level of responsibility.