Role Summary
GTI Fabrication is seeking a Senior Industrial Engineer – Capacity & Capability Planning to lead industrial engineering analysis for enterprise and site-level manufacturing capacity and capability planning across new plants, joint ventures, and major facility expansions. This position owns the development of demand-to-capacity models, capability assessments, constraint analysis, and scenario planning to establish where and how future production requirements are executed.
The Senior Industrial Engineer will serve as a key technical authority, translating product demand, process requirements, equipment performance, labor assumptions, and facility constraints into data-driven capacity strategies and capital investment recommendations. This role requires advanced expertise in industrial engineering principles, rigorous analytical modeling, and strong cross-functional alignment across contract manufacturing operations.
Key Responsibilities
Capacity Modeling & Enterprise Strategy
- Develop and maintain site, process, equipment, and network-level capacity models to support current operations and future growth.
- Translate demand forecasts, product mix, takt requirements, routings, cycle times, yields, OEE, staffing, and shift patterns into demonstrated and required capacity.
- Establish standardized assumptions and methodologies for rated, practical, and demonstrated capacity, utilization, line balancing, and constraint analysis.
- Maintain long-range capacity and capability roadmaps aligned to business plans, product launches, and sourcing strategies.
Capability Assessment & Network Readiness
- Perform manufacturing capability assessments across facilities, processes, tooling, quality systems, and infrastructure for new product introductions and volume ramps.
- Identify single points of failure, bottlenecks, and capability gaps across fabrication, assembly, testing, material handling, and warehousing operations.
- Formulate capability risk matrices, closure plans, and countermeasure strategies to ensure overall operational readiness.
- Establish recommended process qualification and validation requirements to bridge identified technical gaps.
Strategic Scenario Modeling & Capital Investment Planning
- Model scenario options for volume growth, product-mix changes, shift additions, overtime, line replication, equipment additions, and footprint expansions.
- Develop data-driven make-versus-buy, debottlenecking, and capital deployment alternatives using cost, risk, schedule, and scalability criteria.
- Define technical specifications, timing, and capital requirements for production equipment, tooling, utilities, facilities, and automation.
- Deliver executive-level decision packages and business cases for network footprint and capital investment strategy.
Cross-Functional Execution & Model Validation
- Partner with Operations and Advanced Manufacturing Engineering to validate cycle times, process capabilities, and equipment rates against shop-floor performance.
- Collaborate with Supply Chain, Finance, Facilities, Quality, and Commercial teams to align vendor capacity, capital budgets, and customer timing.
- Perform post-investment performance verifications and bottleneck audits to validate throughput gains against predictive models.
- Lead project-based industrial engineers and technical resources assigned to network expansion initiatives.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- 5–8+ years of progressive industrial engineering experience focused on capacity planning, facility layout design, line balancing, and capability modeling in manufacturing environments.
- Demonstrated expertise in building complex, data-driven demand-to-capacity models, discrete event simulations, or mathematical queueing/WIP models.
- Proven track record of evaluating site footprint expansions, line replications, capital equipment justification, and operational debottlenecking.
- Strong understanding of continuous improvement tools, OEE breakdown analysis, takt time calculations, and process yield modeling.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in high-mix, low-volume, or engineered-to-order manufacturing environments (e.g., structural steel fabrication, heavy equipment, modular platforms, or complex system integration).
- Background in capital planning and facility design for greenfield or brownfield site developments.
- Advanced proficiency in ERP/PLM systems, data visualization platforms (Power BI, Tableau), and simulation tools (Arena, FlexSim, or similar).
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt or related continuous improvement certification.
Benefits & Perks
GTI Fabrication offers a competitive compensation and benefits package designed to support employees and their families while providing long-term career growth opportunities within a fast-growing manufacturing organization. Benefits may include:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) with company match (where applicable)
- Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid holidays
- Sick time in accordance with state and local requirements
- Company-paid life insurance and disability coverage
- Career advancement opportunities within a rapidly growing organization
- Exposure to advanced manufacturing, modular infrastructure, and large-scale industrial projects
- Collaborative, fast-paced environment with strong operational and engineering leadership
- Employee-focused culture centered on safety, quality, accountability, and continuous improvement
Benefits eligibility and offerings may vary based on position, location, and employment classification.