Bizoforce Hiring – Project Manager, Industrial Engineering | Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Bizoforce is hiring an experienced Project Manager – Industrial Engineering to lead industrial engineering programs for a large-scale greenfield manufacturing facility. This role is responsible for managing the complete factory industrialization journey, from initial capacity planning and facility layout through production line design, equipment installation, commissioning, production ramp-up, and operational handover. The ideal candidate will combine strong industrial engineering expertise with proven project management capabilities and cross-functional leadership. The candidate will translate product, production volume, quality, safety, cost, and schedule requirements into integrated execution plans while ensuring successful factory launch within demanding timelines.

Experience (in Years)

• Required Experience: 10–15 years.
• Relevant Experience: Industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, production launch, or industrialization.
• Project Leadership: Experience leading projects or programs involving cross-functional teams and complex manufacturing operations.
• Industry Experience: Large-scale manufacturing environments such as automotive, battery, energy, aerospace, heavy equipment, or high-volume discrete manufacturing.

Required Skills

• Project and Program Management: Project planning, scheduling, budgeting, resource allocation, risk management, and stakeholder communication.
• Industrial Engineering: Time studies, line balancing, capacity planning, facility layout, ergonomics, and material flow.
• Greenfield Manufacturing Launch: Factory industrialization, production line readiness, equipment installation, commissioning, and ramp-up.
• Capacity and Throughput Planning: Capacity modeling, takt time, cycle time, bottleneck analysis, and throughput optimization.
• Production Readiness: Station, equipment, tooling, manpower, material, documentation, and quality readiness tracking.
• Manufacturing Performance: OEE, downtime, yield, scrap, rework, labor utilization, and first-time quality.
• Cross-Functional Coordination: Collaboration with manufacturing, product, equipment, controls, quality, supply chain, facilities, construction, EHS, maintenance, and operations teams.
• Risk and Dependency Management: Critical path scheduling, issue escalation, change control, and risk mitigation.
• Continuous Improvement: Lean manufacturing, Kaizen, 5S, Value Stream Mapping (VSM), SMED, Poka-Yoke, and standardized work.
• Communication and Leadership: Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Skills / Good-to-Have Technical Experience

• PMP, PgMP, or equivalent project management certification.
• Experience in greenfield facility development, major plant launches, or large-scale capacity expansion programs.
• Hands-on experience with production line launch, equipment commissioning, process validation, run-at-rate, and ramp-up stabilization.
• Experience with simulation and layout tools such as Plant Simulation, FlexSim, AutoCAD, and Visio.
• Knowledge of 3D factory visualization and discrete event simulation.
• Expertise in PFEP, packaging strategy, material replenishment, sequencing, line-side delivery, warehouse interfaces, and internal logistics.
• Familiarity with APQP, PFMEA, control plans, production trials, and readiness reviews.
• Knowledge of MES, SCADA, Andon, OEE dashboards, ERP, SAP, PLM, and Teamcenter.
• Experience with project management tools such as MS Project, Primavera, Smartsheet, or Jira.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification.
• Experience managing capital expenditure budgets, vendor contracts, and system integrator deliverables.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Production Engineering, or a related field.
• Strong experience in industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, production launch, or industrialization.
• Proven ability to manage complex manufacturing projects and coordinate multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, production systems, facility planning, and industrial engineering fundamentals.
• Experience managing schedules, budgets, resources, risks, and project dependencies.
• Excellent communication, leadership, analytical, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment with evolving requirements and aggressive launch timelines.

Key Responsibilities

Project and Program Management

• Lead industrial engineering workstreams from concept planning through production launch and ramp-up.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, milestones, critical path schedules, resource plans, budgets, and risk registers.
• Manage the scope, schedule, and cost of industrial engineering deliverables.
• Track dependencies across design, procurement, construction, equipment delivery, installation, and commissioning.
• Establish program governance through status reports, KPI dashboards, RAID logs, change control, and executive updates.
• Identify and escalate critical risks and issues to maintain launch schedules.

Factory Planning and Industrial Engineering

• Coordinate factory master planning, including line layouts, equipment placement, operator movement, material flow, utilities, ergonomics, safety, maintainability, and scalability.
• Manage capacity planning, throughput modeling, simulation, bottleneck analysis, and what-if scenarios across production volumes, product mix, and shift patterns.
• Oversee labor and manpower planning, including staffing models, headcount ramps, skill requirements, training plans, and labor utilization targets.
• Ensure industrial engineering requirements are integrated into the overall plant design in collaboration with engineering and operations teams.

Production Line Launch and Readiness

• Lead readiness tracking for production stations, equipment, tooling, manpower, materials, documentation, and quality requirements.
• Conduct launch readiness reviews and project gate reviews.
• Support equipment installation, commissioning, debugging, process validation, and run-at-rate activities.
• Coordinate production ramp-up stabilization and transition to steady-state operations.
• Support PFEP integration, including packaging, sequencing, replenishment, point-of-use storage, line-side delivery, and warehouse interfaces.

Manufacturing Performance and Continuous Improvement

• Monitor OEE, cycle time, downtime, yield, scrap, rework, labor utilization, first-time quality, and throughput.
• Drive corrective actions when manufacturing performance targets are not achieved.
• Lead root-cause analysis and countermeasures for issues involving line balance, material flow, operator efficiency, ergonomics, equipment interaction, and capacity constraints.
• Implement continuous improvement and cost reduction initiatives using Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, 5S, VSM, SMED, Poka-Yoke, and structured problem-solving methods.

Supplier and Stakeholder Coordination

• Coordinate with Manufacturing Engineering, Product Engineering, Layout Engineering, Equipment Engineering, Controls Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Facilities, Construction, EHS, Maintenance, and Operations.
• Manage supplier and system integrator interfaces for layout, simulation, automation, and material handling.
• Track vendor schedules, costs, deliverables, and dependencies.
• Maintain effective communication with stakeholders across shop-floor operations, engineering teams, and executive leadership.

Standards and Knowledge Management

• Capture lessons learned from factory launch activities.
• Develop reusable launch playbooks, templates, and standards for future production lines and facilities.
• Promote consistent project management and industrial engineering practices across manufacturing programs.

Assignment Details

• Job Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
• Work Mode: On-site
• Job Type: Full Time
• Open Positions: Multiple
• Working Hours: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
• Hours per Week: 40 hours
• Timesheet Cycle: Weekly
• Job Status: Active