Job Description
Job Title: (Industrial Engineer)
About Kyyba:
Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Farmington Hills, MI, Kyyba has a global presence delivering high-quality resources and top-notch recruiting services, enabling businesses to effectively respond to organizational changes and technological advances.
At Kyyba, the overall well-being of our employees and their families is important to us. We are proud of our work culture which embodies our core values; incorporating value, passion, excellence, empowerment, and happiness, creates a vibrant and productive atmosphere. We empower our employees with the resources, incentives, and flexibility that they need to support a healthy, balanced, and fulfilling career by providing many valuable benefits and a balanced compensation structure combined with career development.
Job Description
What we're looking for:
Manufacturing System Design
Qualifications/ What you bring (Must Haves):
Education and Experience:
Manufacturing Environment
Location: (Liberty,NC)
Disclaimer:
Kyyba is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Kyyba does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. Minorities / Females / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities are encouraged to apply. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.”
It is the policy of Kyyba to provide reasonable accommodation when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with a disability, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship. The policy regarding requests for reasonable accommodation applies to all aspects of employment, including the application process. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact Kyyba at 248-813-9665
Rewards:
Medical, dental, vision
401k
Term life
Voluntary life and disability insurance
Optional Pre-paid legal plan
Optional Identity theft plan
Optional Medical and dependent FSA
Work-visa sponsorship
Opportunity for advancement
Long-term assignment with opportunity for hire by client
SELECT AWARDS
About Kyyba:
Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Farmington Hills, MI, Kyyba has a global presence delivering high-quality resources and top-notch recruiting services, enabling businesses to effectively respond to organizational changes and technological advances.
At Kyyba, the overall well-being of our employees and their families is important to us. We are proud of our work culture which embodies our core values; incorporating value, passion, excellence, empowerment, and happiness, creates a vibrant and productive atmosphere. We empower our employees with the resources, incentives, and flexibility that they need to support a healthy, balanced, and fulfilling career by providing many valuable benefits and a balanced compensation structure combined with career development.
Job Description
What we're looking for:
- Automotive OEM's Production Engineering Battery Manufacturing Engineering Department is seeking an Industrial Engineer to support battery manufacturing operations, capital projects, production readiness, and continuous improvement at TBMNC.
- This role will design, analyze, improve, and document manufacturing systemsand Production Engineering processes.The successful candidate will use objective data, cross-functional collaboration, and clear technical communication to improve safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, and knowledge transfer.
- Analytical and structured problem solving
- Clear ownership of schedule, risk, and deliverables
- Effective communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Continuous improvement and Automotive OEM Way mindset
- Ability to convert complex engineering work into clear, usable standards
Manufacturing System Design
- Analyze production requirements and develop manufacturing concepts that support safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity targets.
- Design and improve production flow, material flow, staffing concepts, work balance, and facility or equipment layouts.
- Evaluate equipment, process, operator, and material interfaces to identify constraints before implementation.
- Support new line development, model changes, expansion projects, and production system modifications.
- Perform cycle-time studies, bottleneck analysis, line balancing, and utilization analysis.
- Develop capacity models and evaluate equipment, labor, shift, and production assumptions.
- Quantify capacity gaps and compare countermeasure options using defined assumptions and measurable criteria.
- Support workforce planning and sustainable standardized work without compromising safety or quality.
- Lead or support kaizen activities focused on productivity, ergonomics, quality, cost, and waste reduction.
- Use structured problem solving to identify root causes, implement countermeasures, and verify effectiveness.
- Support process stabilization, recurrence prevention, and development of sustainable controls.
- Capture measurable before-and-after results and define ownership for sustainment.
- Develop clear KPIs, dashboards, reports, and executive summaries for manufacturingand project performance.
- Analyze production data, variation, losses, constraints, and trends using appropriate statistical and visualization methods.
- Define data sources, calculation logic, assumptions, and limitations so analyses are repeatable and auditable.
- Convert analytical findings into prioritized actions, risks, and recommendations.
- Support equipment specification, installation, commissioning, trial, production readiness, ramp-up, and handover activities.
- Coordinate with Production, Maintenance, Quality, Safety, Facilities, vendors, contractors, and other PE stakeholders.
- Maintain project schedules, action tracking, risk registers, decision records, and readiness criteria.
- Escalate unresolved risks with objective evidence and drive closure of cross-functional issues.
- Develop, maintain, and improve Production Engineering standards, procedures, technical guides, check sheets, templates, and process maps.
- Translate engineering knowledge, project experience, and lessons learned into clear, controlled, repeatable PE processes.
- Document workflows for design review, project execution, equipment acceptance, commissioning, validation, handover, and recurrence prevention.
- Gather input from subject matter experts, validate technical content, resolve conflicting inputs, and document assumptions or decision logic.
- Apply document hierarchy, naming, revision control, approval, ownership, effective-date, and periodic-review expectations.
- Create visual and written training materials that enable consistent use by engineers, technicians, contractors, and cross-functional partners.
- Monitor adoption and improve documents based on user feedback, audit findings, process changes, and verified lessons learned.
Qualifications/ What you bring (Must Haves):
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in Industrial engineering, Manufacturing Engineering , Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering ,or a related technical discipline.
- Five or more years of industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, production systems, or closely related experience.
- Experience supporting high-volume manufacturing, automated production, equipment implementation, or manufacturing system improvement.
- Hands-on experience with capacity planning, time study, line balancing, labor planning, bottleneck analysis, facility or production layout, material flow,and standardized work.
- Ability to build transparent analytical models with defined inputs, assumptions, formulas, outputs, and sensitivity to changing conditions.
- Ability to verify implemented results against planned performance and identify remaining gaps.
- Demonstrated experience authoring or significantly revising engineering standards, procedures, specifications, work processes, technical manuals, playbooks, or training materials.
- Ability to structure complex content using clear hierarchy, purpose, scope, roles, inputs, process steps, controls, records, and revision history.
- Ability to write precise requirements using objective, testable language and avoid ambiguity, unsupported conclusions, and redundant wording.
- Experience facilitating technical reviews and obtaining validation from engineering and cross-functional subject matter experts.
- Experience with document control, revision management, approvals, distribution, and periodic review.
- Ability to create process maps, check sheets, templates, examples, and visual aids that improve usability.
- Advanced capability with Excel and demonstrated use of manufacturing data analysis or visualization tools.
- Ability to communicate analysis, risks, decisions, and recommendations clearly to working-level and leadership audiences.
- Ability to distinguish facts, assumptions, requirements, recommendations, and open decisions within technical documents.
- Project Ownership
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, maintain action and risk visibility, and provide timely status reporting.
- Demonstrated cross-functional coordination and issue resolution in a manufacturing or engineering environment.
- Ability to work in a manufacturing plant environment, including field observation, PPE use, and support during implementation activities.
Manufacturing Environment
- Automotive, battery cell, module, pack, clean room, dry room, formation, or high-volume automated manufacturing experience.
- Greenfield startup, brownfield modification, equipment commissioning, launch, or ramp-up experience.
- Power BI, SQL, Python, Minitab, Tableau, or equivalent analytics capability.
- Discrete-event simulation, digital twin, FlexSim, AnyLogic, Plant Simulation, or equivalent modeling experience.
- Experience developing standards adopted across multiple engineers, departments, sites, or projects.
- Experience managing a lesson-learned system, engineering knowledge base, audit process, or standards governance workflow.
- Familiarity with industry standards, customer technical standards, quality systems, or controlled document environments.
- Automotive OEM Production System, standardized work, kaizen, PDCA, A3, TBP, JKK, value-stream mapping, or similar structured improvement methods.
- Experience training or mentoring engineers and facilitating cross-functional improvement activities.
Location: (Liberty,NC)
Disclaimer:
Kyyba is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Kyyba does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. Minorities / Females / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities are encouraged to apply. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.”
It is the policy of Kyyba to provide reasonable accommodation when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with a disability, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship. The policy regarding requests for reasonable accommodation applies to all aspects of employment, including the application process. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact Kyyba at 248-813-9665
Rewards:
Medical, dental, vision
401k
Term life
Voluntary life and disability insurance
Optional Pre-paid legal plan
Optional Identity theft plan
Optional Medical and dependent FSA
Work-visa sponsorship
Opportunity for advancement
Long-term assignment with opportunity for hire by client
SELECT AWARDS
- An INC 5000 company for 10 years
- Corp! Michigan Economic Bright Spots
- Crain’s Detroit Business Top Staffing Service Companies in Detroit
- TechServe Alliance Excellence Award- IT and Engineering Staffing & Solutions
- Best of MichBusiness winner in HR Wizards & Partnerships
- Metro Detroit Elite Category: Recruitment, Selection & Orientation for 101 Best & Brightest
- 101 Best & Brightest Companies to Work for in Michigan
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Liberty, NC |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Company Size | 100 to 499 employees |
| Year Founded | 1998 |
| Website | http://www.kyyba.com/ |
About Company
Kyyba group of companies are privately held and specialize in staff augmentation, application software and project solutions. In operation for more than 15 years, we have earned an enviable track record and reputation within all the industries we serve. Our unique processes and maturity enables us to understand the needs of the business organizations and provide business solutions that match the real and compelling needs of our customers.
Headquartered in Michigan, Kyyba has multiple office locations and we serve local, regional and national client base consisting of Fortune 500 and middle market companies. Kyyba extends the above solutions and services to a broad spectrum of industry verticals ranging from automotive, insurance, technology, financial, transportation, government and so on.
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