This role involves leading capital projects and new plant startups, focusing on manufacturing efficiency and automation technology implementation while managing cross-functional teams and project budgets.
Meyer Utility Structures is searching for a Sr. Industrial Engineer to support our Engineered Structures segment, based out of Fort Worth, TX or Tulsa, OK. The Industrial Engineer – Capital Projects & New Plant Development is a hands-on manufacturing engineering leader responsible for driving capital equipment projects, technology deployment, and new facility startups across a multi-plant metal manufacturing network. This role leads both greenfield plant launches and brownfield expansions, working in union and non-union environments. This position blends project management, industrial engineering, and operational leadership to deliver safe, efficient, and scalable manufacturing operations.
Meyer Utility Structures is a proud subsidiary of the infrastructure company, Arcosa, Inc. We commit to and pride ourselves on providing reliable structures, superior service, and product solutions. Meyer Utility Structures is an industry leader in the engineering design and fabrication of concrete, lattice, and tubular steel structures for transmission, distribution, and substation applications.
What You’ll Do:
Capital Projects & Equipment Deployment:
- Lead capital project execution from concept through commissioning:
- Ensure that capex investments translate to measurable gross margin expansion and cost reduction
- Equipment specification, RFQs, vendor evaluation, and CapEx justification
- Manage FAT/SAT, installation, and ramp-up of major equipment and production lines
- Develop plant layouts, material flow designs, and utilities planning
- Build ROI models tied to labor productivity, throughput, scrap reduction, and safety improvements
- Minimize cost overruns, change orders
- Manage phasing of cash outlays by month and quarter and coordinate changes with plants across the enterprise
- Report monthly on project capital performance and forecasts
New Plant Startups & Expansions:
- Serve as technical lead for greenfield site launches and brownfield expansions
- Minimize ramp losses, underabsorbtion while accelerating time to profitability
- Develop launch schedules, ramp plans, staffing models, and training strategies
- Coordinate with construction, utilities, IT, maintenance, safety, quality, and operations teams
- Ensure production readiness prior to start of production (SOP)
Technology & Automation Strategy:
- Identify and implement new manufacturing technologies including:
- Automation, robotics, CNC equipment, saw lines, roll-forming, press lines, finishing systems, and material handling
- Lead pilots, proof-of-concepts, and standardization across sites
- Deliver improved YOY throughput, yield, labor efficiency, lower downtime
- Drive digital manufacturing initiatives (MES, OEE, data capture, SPC, condition monitoring)
Industrial Engineering & Continuous Improvement
- Perform time studies, line balancing, and capacity modeling
- Develop standard work, labor standards, PFMEAs, and control plans
- lean manufacturing initiatives to improve safety, quality, and productivity
- Support union and non-union workforces through change management
Project & Stakeholder Leadership:
- Build schedules, budgets, and risk registers
- Lead cross-functional teams across multiple internal plants and vendor partners
- Communicate progress, risks, and ROI to executive leadership
What You’ll Need:
- Bachelor’s degree in Industrial, Mechanical, or Manufacturing Engineering
- 8+ years in heavy manufacturing or metal processing environments
- Demonstrated experience leading capital projects and plant startups
- Strong knowledge of:
- Metal forming, machining, fabrication, or structural product manufacturing
- Automation, robotics, PLCs, and industrial controls
- Strong financial and project management skills
- Greenfield startup leadership experience preferred
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt preferred
- MS Project, Smartsheet, AutoCAD or Finario experience preferred
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