Industrial Engineer

Location: Liberty, North Carolina

Position Type: Contract

Pay: $60.00–$65.00 per hour

Benefits: Begin on Day 1

Additional Benefits: Paid time off and paid holidays

Position Overview

Reliance One is hiring an experienced Industrial Engineer for an established automotive manufacturing client in Liberty, North Carolina. The Industrial Engineer will design, analyze, improve, and document manufacturing systems and production engineering processes. This role will use manufacturing data, structured problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration to improve safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, capacity, and process sustainability. The ideal candidate can turn complex engineering work into clear, repeatable standards while maintaining ownership of project schedules, risks, and deliverables.

Key Responsibilities

• Manufacturing Systems and Process Design: Analyze production requirements and develop manufacturing concepts that support safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity goals. Design and improve production flow, material flow, staffing plans, work balance, and facility or equipment layouts.
• Capacity, Throughput, and Labor Planning: Conduct cycle-time studies, bottleneck analysis, line balancing, utilization analysis, and production-capacity planning.
• Continuous Improvement: Lead or support Lean manufacturing and Kaizen activities focused on productivity, ergonomics, quality, cost, and waste reduction.
• Manufacturing Data and Performance Analytics: Develop key performance indicators, dashboards, reports, and executive summaries for manufacturing and project performance.
• Project Execution and Equipment Integration: Support equipment specification, installation, commissioning, trials, validation, production readiness, ramp-up, and handover.
• Engineering Standards and Technical Documentation: Develop and maintain production engineering standards, procedures, technical guides, checklists, templates, and process maps.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• At least five years of industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, production systems, or closely related experience.
• Experience supporting high-volume manufacturing or automated production environments.
• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills.
• Ability to communicate technical information effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Reliance One, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex—including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity—national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Reasonable accommodations are available to qualified individuals with disabilities.