Senior Associate, Manufacturing Engineering (Industrial Engineer)

Job Title: Senior Associate Manufacturing Engineering (Industrial Engineer)

Job Code: 38755

Job Location: Camden AR

Job Schedule: 4/10: Employees work 10 hours day 4 days a week

Job Description: We are seeking an experienced Industrial Engineer to support operations within a complex rocket motor manufacturing facility. This role is responsible for improving manufacturing performance optimizing production flow enhancing efficiency and supporting safe quality-driven operations in a highly regulated and technically demanding environment. The ideal candidate will bring strong analytical skills manufacturing experience and a continuous improvement mindset.

We are scaling strategically with speed and precision making this an exciting opportunity to join a team dedicated to delivering for our customers.

Essential Functions:

• Support the development of greenfield facility layouts with optimized product flow
• Analyze and improve manufacturing processes to increase efficiency throughput and quality
• Evaluate production flow facility layout labor utilization and material movement to optimize operations
• Support capacity planning line balancing and production scheduling to meet business and customer requirements
• Monitor and report key manufacturing performance metrics to identify trends and improvement opportunities
• Conduct time studies productivity assessments and workflow analysis
• Lead and support continuous improvement initiatives using Lean Six Sigma and root cause analysis tools
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve production issues and improve operational performance
• Support introduction of new products equipment and manufacturing processes into production
• Ensure all work is performed in compliance with safety quality and regulatory requirements
• Provide on-floor manufacturing support and recommend solutions to complex production challenges
• Ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional manufacturing environment

Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. Graduate Degree or equivalent with 0 to 2 years of prior related lieu of a degree minimum of 6 years of prior related experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience in aerospace defense propulsion or other regulated manufacturing environments
• Familiarity with rocket motor manufacturing or similarly complex production systems
• Six Sigma certification and/or Lean certification
• Knowledge of capacity analysis production scheduling and continuous improvement methods
• Experience with data analysis tools such as Excel SQL or Python
• Knowledge of facility optimization discrete event simulation or advanced industrial engineering methods
• Experience supporting complex high-reliability or highly regulated manufacturing operations
• Strong knowledge of process improvement production planning capacity analysis and manufacturing performance metrics
• Experience with Lean manufacturing Six Sigma value stream mapping and root cause analysis
• Strong analytical problem-solving and organizational skills
• Effective written and verbal communication skills

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