Industrial Engineer

Position: Industrial Engineer

Location: Warren, MI

• Anywhere up to 50-75% travel across plants in North America
• Will change week by week depending on priority of plants – will travel with team members
• Home base will be Warren, MI

Duration: 8-month contract (through end of 2026 with high possibility of extension)

Must Haves:

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering or a related engineering discipline (or equivalent experience)
• 5 years of experience as an Industrial Engineer (manufacturing environment strongly preferred)
• Strong experience with plant floor layouts and industrial engineering methods (time studies, process observation, standard work documentation, material flow analysis)
• Proficiency with AutoCAD (facility/line/layout updates)
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (data cleaning, analysis, and structured documentation)
• Ability and willingness to travel 50–75% to manufacturing plants across North America
• Comfortable working in active manufacturing environments (PPE, noise, walking/standing, stairs/ladders where applicable)
• Strong communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally with plant leadership and technical teams

Plusses:

• Experience working in automotive manufacturing environments and/or multi-site plant networks
• GMOS experience (preferred) and familiarity with plant routing/time elements tools
• FlowPlanner experience (preferred)
• 10 years of industrial engineering experience and/or Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering or related field

Job Description:

Insight Global is seeking an experienced Industrial Engineer to support large-scale plant automation initiatives across North American manufacturing sites. This role is heavily plant-facing and travel-intensive (approximately 50–75%), focused on collecting and validating shop-floor data, documenting current-state processes/layouts, and translating findings into structured deliverables that enable end-to-end automation and operational optimization. The ideal candidate is highly comfortable working directly on a plant floor, partnering with cross-functional plant teams, and producing precise, detail-oriented data outputs.

Job Responsibilities:

• Travel to manufacturing plants across North America (50–75%) to perform on-site data collection and validation on the plant floor (processes, routes, material flow, cycle times, touchpoints, layouts)
• Partner with plant operations, manufacturing engineering, and automation teams to define data requirements and ensure consistent collection methods
• Develop and maintain plant floor layouts and material flow documentation using AutoCAD
• Build, clean, and analyze datasets using Excel (e.g., structured data tables, validation checks, pivot tables, formulas, standard work documentation support)
• Document current-state workflows and translate them into usable artifacts for automation and future-state design (e.g., routings, time studies, process maps, floor routing logic)
• Communicate findings clearly to internal stakeholders and provide actionable insights that support automation design decisions
• Ensure a high level of accuracy and consistency in data capture; proactively identify gaps, anomalies, and opportunities to standardize
• Contribute to continuous improvement efforts related to materials movement, material flow, and overall production efficiency