Senior Industrial Engineer - Contract
Disher
Portage, MI · Posted October 7, 2026
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About the job
Senior Industrial Welding Engineer - Contract DISHER is seeking a Senior level Industrial Engineer to support a 2-year project with our customer team in the Medical Device industry.
What it's like to work here: Make a positive difference! It’s why we exist. We are always looking for teammates who are eager to use their diverse set of talents with our customers, coworkers, and communities. We want to leave this world better than we found it.
What you will get to do
Define the ideal future-state layout and align value streams across the entire business.
Execute re-lay out the whole building.
Heavy AutoCAD layout work, material flow through the site, inefficiency identification, and physical equipment move planning (pick-and-place of multi-station assembly lines, inventory placement, materials impact on the building).
Secondary support on minor efficiencies during individual line moves.
Onsite in Portage MI.
Work 40 hours/week.
What will make you successful
8+ years of Industrial Engineering in a high volume manufacturing environment.
Strong AutoCAD and facility layout skills (primary task).
Needs to be hands on and ready to help where needed.
Experienced in value stream mapping and material flow analysis at a building or site level.
Prior involvement in plant rearrangement, line relocation, or greenfield/brownfield layout projects.
Not a time-study line balance specialist but a very skilled in a cell-level time study.
Previous experience in Medical Device, Automotive or Consumer Goods industry.
Experience in many small moves or smaller-scale relocations (full building move experience is NOT required but helpful)