Aerospace Industrial Engineer — Production Systems Analytics

Join us to streamline an Executive Fleet production line

Help Chipton-Ross drive schedule performance, cost efficiency, and quality for a premier aerospace program in San Antonio, TX. This is a 12+ month, onsite contract where your analytics and industrial engineering toolkit will keep complex work packages on track.

Core responsibilities

• Create and maintain precedence networks aligned to production milestones.
• Develop weekly/biweekly operating plans and recovery plans using constraint-based scheduling and crew cycling.
• Run capacity/bottleneck assessments and process effectiveness studies to improve throughput.
• Deliver monthly “barge support”: schedule build and analysis, OPE insights, data analytics, alternate job routing, critical-chain tracking, and chit board facilitation.
• Leverage modeling, simulation, and statistics to optimize processes and resource utilization (people, facilities, materials, equipment).
• Plan work, analyze trend and impact data, recommend staffing and process improvements across functions.

Required background

• U.S. citizenship and eligibility to obtain a security clearance.
• 2–5 years in project planning/scheduling/project management.
• 2–5 years as an Industrial or Production Engineer in a factory environment.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing operations and planning, engineering drawings/specs, and lean concepts (certifications are a plus).
• Hands-on experience with Python, SAS, VBA, and SQL (one or more).
• Regular and predictable attendance.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with Aurora.
• Experience with IVT/Redars.
• Background in production analytics and/or Operations Research.

Role details

• Non-lead, non-managerial scope; collaborate across a multi-functional team.
• Comfort thriving in a high-pressure, fast-paced setting.
• Training completion (OJT or classroom) is required to begin/continue assignment.

Education

BS in Industrial Engineering or related ABET-accredited STEM discipline.

Work setup

• Location: 100% onsite, San Antonio, TX.
• Shifts: Open to 1st and 2nd; variable shifts may be assigned. If you cannot support all/variable shifts, please do not apply.
• Overtime/weekends: As required by program needs.

Physical demands

• Walk and stand as needed on the production floor.
• Board aircraft via steps/ladders; climb and descend stairs.

Eligibility note

Only U.S. citizens are eligible to be considered for this role.