Primaire Consulting is partnering with an established food manufacturer to appoint an Industrial Engineer to drive performance, standardization and loss elimination across a busy production site.

This is a key role on the site. You'll own the industrial performance program and help stabilize and standardize operations, reporting to the Senior Manager of Engineering. You'll split your time between hands-on floor work and structured data analysis, then turn what you find into standards and improvements that last.

What you'll be doing

• Mapping current state workflows using process maps, swim lanes and structured observation
• Building the site's industrial performance program with Engineering, covering asset utilization, bottleneck analysis, theoretical run rates, planning rates and line speed
• Developing labor standards through time and motion studies and throughput analysis
• Standardizing critical process parameters through standard work, center lining (CL) and CIL routines
• Rolling out SPC and running capability studies to validate process performance
• Building daily, weekly and monthly performance reports for Operations
• Using OEE systems to identify bottlenecks, losses and labor performance, and owning OEE data integrity
• Leading CI projects across safety, waste, quality, asset reliability and yield
• Running regular Gemba walks and getting to the root cause of process variation

What you'll bring

• Degree in Industrial, Mechanical or Chemical Engineering, Supply Chain or a related field
• 5–8 years' progressive experience leading CI, Lean or Six Sigma, or deploying industrial performance programs
• Experience building operational standards, standard work and routines
• A track record of driving change across processes, people and teams
• Strong communication and stakeholder skills, plus the confidence to influence decisions
• Comfort with ambiguity and the ability to juggle multiple priorities

Nice to have

• Experience in food manufacturing or another regulated industry
• Hands-on experience with TPM, IWS, Lean or Six Sigma systems
• Working knowledge of DMAIC, SPC and time and motion studies