Job Description
Insight Global is seeking an experienced Industrial Engineer to support large-scale plant automation initiatives across North American manufacturing sites. This role is heavily plant-facing and travel-intensive (approximately 50–75%), focused on collecting and validating shop-floor data, documenting current-state processes/layouts, and translating findings into structured deliverables that enable end-to-end automation and operational optimization. The ideal candidate is highly comfortable working directly on a plant floor, partnering with cross-functional plant teams, and producing precise, detail-oriented data outputs.
- Travel to manufacturing plants across North America (50–75%) to perform on-site data collection and validation on the plant floor (processes, routes, material flow, cycle times, touchpoints, layouts).
- Partner with plant operations, manufacturing engineering, and automation teams to define data requirements and ensure consistent collection methods.
- Develop and maintain plant floor layouts and material flow documentation using AutoCAD.
- Build, clean, and analyze datasets using Excel (e.g., structured data tables, validation checks, pivot tables, formulas, standard work documentation support).
- Document current-state workflows and translate them into usable artifacts for automation and future-state design (e.g., routings, time studies, process maps, floor routing logic).
- Communicate findings clearly to internal stakeholders and provide actionable insights that support automation design decisions.
- Ensure a high level of accuracy and consistency in data capture; proactively identify gaps, anomalies, and opportunities to standardize.
- Contribute to continuous improvement efforts related to materials movement, material flow, and overall production efficiency.
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Required Skills & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering or a related engineering discipline (or equivalent experience).
- 5+ years of experience as an Industrial Engineer (manufacturing environment strongly preferred).
- Strong experience with plant floor layouts and industrial engineering methods (time studies, process observation, standard work documentation, material flow analysis).
- Proficiency with AutoCAD (facility/line/layout updates).
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (data cleaning, analysis, and structured documentation).
- Ability and willingness to travel 50–75% to manufacturing plants across North America.
- Comfortable working in active manufacturing environments (PPE, noise, walking/standing, stairs/ladders where applicable).
- Strong communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally with plant leadership and technical teams.
Nice to Have Skills & Experience
- Experience working in automotive manufacturing environments and/or multi-site plant networks.
- GMOS experience (preferred) and familiarity with plant routing/time elements tools.
- FlowPlanner experience (preferred).
- 10+ years of industrial engineering experience and/or Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering or related field.
Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.