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Industrial Engineer - Operations Consultant | Ironwood Flow Consulting | Grand Rapids, MI $80,000-$96,000 per year + annual bonus up to 8%

• Monday-Friday, days Instead of improving one plant for years, you'll work through capacity and process problems at a new manufacturer every few months. Our clients are small and mid-size manufacturers in West Michigan and northern Indiana, and our projects run 6 to 16 weeks, mostly on their production floors. How a project runs First weeks: measure. You'll walk the floor, run time studies and collect cycle times, downtime and scrap data.

Middle:

analyze. You'll build capacity models in Excel, find the bottlenecks, calculate OEE and work out line balancing and staffing scenarios. When a project calls for a new layout, you'll work alongside our simulation and layout specialist.

End:

improve. You'll lead kaizen workshops with the client's team, write up findings and recommendations, and present them to plant leadership together with your engagement manager. What you bring A bachelor's degree in Industrial, Manufacturing or Mechanical Engineering 2+ years in manufacturing as an industrial, process or continuous improvement engineer Hands-on experience with time studies, line balancing and capacity calculations Strong Excel skills; Minitab or Power BI experience is a plus Confidence presenting to plant managers and operations leaders A valid driver's license and your own vehicle for client visits Travel and schedule About 60% of your time is spent at client plants within roughly two hours of Grand Rapids, mostly as day trips. Overnight stays are limited to 4 nights a month at most. When you're not on site with a client, you can work from home one day a week. Mileage is reimbursed at the IRS rate, and hotels and meals are covered on overnight trips. Benefits Health insurance, with 80% of your premium paid by the company Dental insurance 15 days of paid time off and 8 paid holidays 401(k) with a dollar-for-dollar match on the first 4% you contribute Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and Black Belt training and certification paid by the company If this kind of work appeals to you and you'd like to join our team, we'd welcome your application. We look forward to the conversation.

Pay:

$80,000.00 - $96,000.00 per year

Benefits:

401(k) matching Dental insurance Health insurance Paid time off Professional development assistance

Work Location:

In person