About the role
About B-O-F Corporation
For over 70 years, B-O-F Corporation has led the industry in gravity flow shelving innovation — not by simply making fixtures, but by solving retail's most pressing problems through engineering insight, deep partnerships, and a relentless drive to do things better. From iconic products like the Milk Moover® to category-defining systems for single-serve and wine, we help retailers reduce labor, protect margins, and consistently outperform expectations.
We solve problems that most people don't even see, but retailers feel every day. Our team blends engineering precision, creative thinking, and hands-on collaboration to deliver solutions that help stores run smoother and sell more — and we've built a reputation that's trusted and respected across the industry.
Whether you're on the floor at our Illinois headquarters or out in the field with retailers, you'll be joining a team that's been built to last.
ABOUT THE ROLE
We are seeking an Industrial Engineer who will be responsible for improving how our plant runs. Day to day, that means studying our production processes and workflows, finding where time, cost, and material are being lost, and leading the changes that fix it. The work spans the full cycle. You’ll pull throughput, downtime, and quality data from our ERP system to establish a baseline. You’ll map the current state and identify root causes, then design the future state. Layout and workstation changes get modeled and validated in CAD before anything moves on the floor. Once a change is implemented, you’ll measure the results against the baseline and follow up to make sure the improvement holds.
Alongside project work, you’ll own the plant’s core industrial engineering fundamentals: time studies and labor standards, line balancing, capacity planning, and the standard work and process documentation that keeps operations consistent. You’ll also support new product and process introductions, flagging capacity or manufacturability risks before they become problems.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Find the bottlenecks and waste in our production processes, and lead the work to fix them through value stream mapping, root cause analysis, and kaizen events.
- Design and validate layout and process changes in CAD before they reach the floor, then plan and execute them with the plant team.
- Run line balancing, capacity studies, and time studies, and set labor standards.
- Support new product and process introductions, including capacity planning and workstation design, and flag manufacturability risks early.
- Use ERP data to build the case for change. Set baselines, measure results, and track throughput, downtime, and quality.
- Build and maintain operational reporting in Excel.
- Write and maintain standard work, work instructions, and process specifications, and keep them current as things change.
- Present recommendations to leadership with clear cost, savings, and payback figures. Explain them just as clearly to shop-floor staff.
WHAT YOU'LL BRING
- 3–7 years of experience in industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, or a related process-improvement role
- A bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field
- Experience on a small team where you owned projects end-to-end
- Working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement methods
- Proficiency in CAD (SolidWorks or equivalent)
- Experience working in an ERP or MES environment
- Comfort analyzing data in Excel or SQL
- Hands-on experience with time studies, line balancing, and capacity analysis
- A knack for turning data into concrete process changes, and for communicating them to technical and non-technical audiences alike
- Nice to have
- Six Sigma Green or Black Belt
- NetSuite experience
Benefits & Perks
- Two weeks of paid time off available to use upon start date
- 11 paid holidays including a floating holiday
- Paid volunteer day to dedicate your time to a cause of your choosing
- Affordable medical, dental, and vision insurance offerings for you and your family
- Employer-paid basic life and disability insurance
- 401(k) program with no waiting period and immediate vesting
- …and more!
B-O-F Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome candidates of all backgrounds and are committed to building a team where everyone has the chance to contribute and grow.
We want every candidate to have a fair opportunity to shine. If you need an accommodation to participate in our application or interview process, please reach out to us at [email protected] — we're happy to help.
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