Lead Engineer - Industrial Engineering

What you'll do:

The Lead Engineer is a key contributor to manufacturing performance and operational excellence, providing advanced industrial engineering expertise to improve productivity, cost, quality, and safety. This role leads complex improvement initiatives, establishes scalable standards, and partners with plant leadership to drive data-driven decision-making.
The Lead Industrial Engineer is expected to operate with a high degree of autonomy, influence cross-functional teams, mentor junior engineers, and support strategic manufacturing initiatives across one or multiple sites.

• Lead plant-level and cross-plant industrial engineering initiatives to improve productivity, throughput, and cost performance
• Establish, validate, and govern labor standards using engineered methods and data-driven analysis
• Drive line balancing, capacity modeling, and staffing optimization aligned to takt and demand variability
• Lead complex process design, layout optimization, and material flow improvements
• Own and deploy standard work, work measurement systems, and IE governance models
• Lead Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement initiatives (Kaizen events, VSM, SMED, pull systems)
• Identify and resolve system-level constraints and bottlenecks using structured problem-solving methods
• Utilize MES, ERP, and operational data to develop insights, dashboards, and executive-level recommendations
• Support new product introductions, major line expansions, and production ramp-ups
• Partner with Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and EHS to improve safety, ergonomics, and product quality
• Mentor and coach junior Industrial Engineers and support capability building
• Present recommendations, trade-offs, and business cases to plant and functional leadership

• Masters / Bachelors in manufacturing, industrial, mechanical or electrical engineering
• Minimum 12+ years of Industrial Engineering experience in a manufacturing environment

• Candidates having valid US Visa(B1/B2) will be an added advantage
• Demonstrated expertise in work measurement, labor standards, and productivity systems
• Strong experience applying Lean Manufacturing principles in production environments
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional improvement initiatives
• Advanced data analysis skills (Excel required; Power BI, Minitab, or similar preferred)
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to operate independently in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
• Team player, ability to get things done through teams effectively
• Managerial courage - doesn't hold back that needs to be said; provides positive & corrective feedback
• Business acumen - knows how business work; knowledgeable in current and possible future technologies
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Position requires 40% travel ( both domestic & International )