About Careertakes

👉 Important disclosure: Careertakes is a third-party recruiting platform supporting this hiring process. If selected, you will be employed directly by our client, Engineering.

Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.

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What You’ll Do

This contract role supports manufacturing and production operations by applying industrial engineering methods and lean principles to improve throughput, stability and quality.

• Apply basic industrial engineering concepts, techniques and decision tools to manufacturing and service operations
• Develop and maintain models, databases and spreadsheets for data analysis (statistics, operations research, engineering economics)
• Observe build processes, perform work observations and time studies to document current time standards
• Recommend process improvements and deploy standard processes using Lean methodology
• Analyze value streams for capability, capacity, throughput, workflow and factory layout
• Support creation of time standards to enable scheduling software and improve production planning
• Collaborate with manufacturing, engineering and production-support teams to identify risks and root causes for quality and safety issues

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What We’re Looking For

Minimum required qualifications — candidates must meet all of the following:

• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Engineering or equivalent combination of technical education and experience
• Exposure to or experience in engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, or production environments
• Experience performing work observations and time studies
• Self-starter with strong collaboration and communication skills

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Preferred Qualifications

• 1+ years working with Lean Manufacturing and knowledge of lean principles
• Experience developing and deploying standard processes across production teams
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage time effectively

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Typical Day / Project Work

• Validate current hours per order/job and document existing performance
• Create and validate new time standards to support implementation of scheduling software
• Analyze value-added vs non-value-added activities and recommend process changes
• Conduct observations across shifts (may require occasional evening or night observations)
• Elevate quality and safety hazards for further root-cause investigation and corrective action

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Role Details

• Compensation: $35–$42 per hour (contract)
• Duration: 4–5 months (contract)
• Employment type: Full-time (contract)
• Location: Pecan Way Terrace, SC — 100% onsite
• Shifts: Primarily 1st shift; some observations across all 3 shifts may be required

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About the Confidential Client

Confidential Client is hiring for an onsite engineering contract role focused on process stability, time standards and lean-driven improvements in a manufacturing setting. Candidates will be engaged with multiple production and engineering stakeholders to deliver measurable improvements in throughput and quality.

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Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency

Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.

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