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K&K Technical lists this Industrial Engineer – Battery Manufacturing opportunity in liberty, North Carolina. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Industrial Engineer – Battery Manufacturing
Location: Liberty, NC
Work Environment: On-site, Monday–Friday
Schedule: 40 hours/week
Overtime: Approximately 20%
Travel: Approximately 5% domestic/international
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Position Overview
We are seeking an experienced Industrial Engineer to support battery manufacturing operations, capital projects, production readiness, and continuous improvement in a high-volume manufacturing environment.
This position will focus on designing, analyzing, improving, and documenting manufacturing systems and processes to improve safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, and operational efficiency .
Key Responsibilities
Analyze production requirements and develop efficient manufacturing concepts.
Improve production flow, material flow, staffing, work balance, and equipment/facility layouts .
Perform cycle-time studies, line balancing, bottleneck analysis, capacity planning, and utilization analysis .
Develop capacity models and evaluate labor, equipment, shift, and production requirements.
Lead and support Kaizen and continuous-improvement activities .
Perform structured root-cause analysis and implement sustainable countermeasures.
Develop manufacturing KPIs, dashboards, reports, and executive summaries .
Analyze manufacturing data to identify trends, losses, constraints, and opportunities.
Support equipment installation, commissioning, trials, production readiness, ramp-up, and handover.
Coordinate with Production, Maintenance, Quality, Safety, Facilities, vendors, contractors, and engineering teams.
Engineering Standards & Documentation
A key part of this position is developing and maintaining clear, repeatable engineering processes.
Responsibilities include creating and improving:
Engineering standards and procedures
Technical guides and specifications
Work instructions and process maps
Check sheets and templates
Training materials
Equipment acceptance and commissioning documentation
Lessons learned and process-control documentation
The position will also support document control, revision management, technical reviews, and continuous improvement of engineering standards.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering , or a related technical discipline.
5+ years of industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, production systems, or closely related experience.
Experience supporting high-volume manufacturing, automated production, equipment implementation, or manufacturing-system improvement .
Hands-on experience with: Capacity planning
Time studies
Line balancing
Labor planning
Bottleneck analysis
Production/facility layouts
Material flow
Standardized work
Experience developing or significantly revising engineering procedures, standards, specifications, technical manuals, or training materials.
Advanced Microsoft Excel and manufacturing data-analysis skills.
Strong analytical, technical-writing, project-management, and cross-functional communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with one or more of the following is highly desirable:
Automotive or battery manufacturing
Battery cell, module, or pack production
High-volume automated manufacturing
Greenfield startups or brownfield modifications
Equipment commissioning, launch, or production ramp-up
Power BI, SQL, Python, Minitab, or Tableau
FlexSim, AnyLogic, Plant Simulation, digital twins, or similar modeling tools
Toyota Production System (TPS)
Kaizen, PDCA, A3, TBP, JKK, or value-stream mapping
Engineering standards/governance and lessons-learned systems
Additional Details
Location: Toyota Battery Manufacturing North Carolina – Liberty, NC
Start Date: October 12, 2026
Overtime: Approximately 20%
Travel: Approximately 5% as required
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Worksite address
liberty, NC, 27298, US
Who can apply
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