Vulcan Elements
Senior Industrial Engineer
Research Triangle Park, NC +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Apr 7, 2026
- Location
- Research Triangle Park, NC
Durham, North Carolina, United States - Experience
- 5+ years with a bachelor’s degree, or 3+ years with a master’s degree.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or a Master’s degree.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities.
About the job
Leads industrial engineering for a 1.1-million-square-foot manufacturing facility expansion, designing its layout, capacity, and material flow to support production scaling.
What you'll do
- Own facility layout and space allocation, including production lines, storage, shipping/receiving, and support infrastructure.
- Analyze capacity, cycle times, bottlenecks, throughput, staffing, and material movement using factory-flow simulations.
- Coordinate with technical and operations teams and establish lean, safety, and continuous-improvement frameworks before mass production.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline with 5+ years of experience, or a Master’s degree with 3+ years of experience.
- Hands-on experience setting up a new, large-scale manufacturing facility from the ground up.
- Expertise in Yamazumi charts, Value Stream Mapping, line balancing, and takt- versus cycle-time calculations.
- Experience with discrete-event simulation software and AutoCAD; statistical analysis of machine standard minutes, operator efficiency, and equipment utilization.
Nice to have
- Experience in massive-scale, heavy industrial, or automotive/aerospace manufacturing; Six Sigma Green or Black Belt, or substantial lean manufacturing training.
- Familiarity with racking, AS/RS, hazardous-material storage regulations, or regulated industries such as Defense, Aerospace, or Automotive.
Tools
AutoCAD, FactoryCAD, FlexSim, Arena, Simio, AS/RS
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