Industrial Engineer 3

PDS Defense - Lake Charles, LA

Full-time - Mid Level

Lake Charles, LA

About the position

The Industrial Engineer 3 position at PDS Defense, Inc. in Lake Charles, LA, involves planning and controlling production schedules for the Navy E-6B program, which serves as an airborne command post and communications relay. The role requires integrating multiple program schedules, resolving resource conflicts, and advising management on production status and potential issues. The engineer will also analyze workflows to improve efficiency and may assist in establishing safety measures and training programs.

Responsibilities

• Plans, prepares, issues and controls production schedules; integrating multiple program schedule requests into one executable schedule for production teams
• Resolves conflicts between competing programs for common resources
• Advises management of the status of work in progress, material availability, and potential production problems
• Creates, maintains and statuses network-based Master Production Schedules in support of E-6B programs
• Understands critical path schedule network processing, driven by logic, durations and date constraints
• Experience with IMP/IMS schedule structure and Work Breakdown Structures
• Exports schedule data to Excel and collaborates with responsible parties to report schedule status and productivity metrics
• Identifies and analyzes critical and driving paths
• Resource loads schedules, including labor and material
• Integrates external customer or subcontractor program activity into the master production schedule
• Analyzes and designs sequence of operations and workflow to improve efficiencies in production facilities and equipment layouts
• Establishes methods for maximum utilization of production facilities and personnel
• Conducts studies on cost control, cost reduction, inventory control, and production record systems, developing plans for facility modifications and operating methods

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in relevant area of study and 4 years of experience
• High energy, results-oriented, self-motivated, proactive, team player
• Strong problem-solving and analysis skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to multitask and prioritize
• Strong attention to detail

Nice-to-haves

• Experience utilizing all aspects of Microsoft Project to manage IMS
• Able to obtain/maintain a Top-Secret DoD clearance
• Experience on new programs

Benefits

• Direct deposit
• Free career counseling services
• 401(k)
• Select paid holidays
• Short-term disability insurance
• Skills training
• Employee referral bonus
• Affordable medical coverage plan
• DailyPay (in some locations)