Industrial Engineering Technician

Job Description: Industrial Engineering Technician

The Industrialization Engineering Technician supports the transition of new or modified products and processes into production. This role collaborates closely with engineering, manufacturing, and quality teams to ensure efficient, scalable, and repeatable production solutions. The technician plays a key part in equipment setup, process validation, documentation, and continuous improvement efforts. The IET projects confidence in their industrialization knowledge as they are the subject matter expert (SME) for product manufacturability. The IET utilizes best practice engineering and operations methodologies and provides expert technical guidance to ensure sustained high-quality, cost-effective production.

Responsibilities

• Support the transition of new or modified products and processes into production.
• Collaborate closely with engineering, manufacturing, and quality teams.
• Ensure efficient, scalable, and repeatable production solutions.
• Set up equipment and validate processes.
• Document procedures and contribute to continuous improvement efforts.
• Serve as the subject matter expert for product manufacturability.
• Utilize best practice engineering and operations methodologies.
• Provide expert technical guidance to maintain high-quality, cost-effective production.

Essential Skills

• Manufacturing engineering technical expertise.
• Industrial engineering technical knowledge.
• Experience with cycle counts and process improvements.
• Electrical engineering skills.
• ERP system proficiency.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• 3 years of experience as an industrial engineering technician.
• Associate degree.
• 3 years of experience with ERP and process improvements as part of the manufacturing engineering team.

Work Environment

The position is on-site and is a contract role until the end of December. Two positions are available, with the potential for one individual to be hired permanently.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Waukesha, WI.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $30.00 - $35.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Waukesha,WI.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Sep 7, 2026.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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