MTM Expert - Industrial Engineer

SWJ Technology specializes in providing engineering, planning, and project management services across various industries. We are currently seeking an MTMExpert/Industrial Engineer for a client in the automotive industry, specializing in car manufacturing. This role is a contractor position based in Vance, AL, that requires onsite presence. If you’re eager to grow your career and make a meaningful impact on exciting projects, we look forward to your application.

PURPOSE:

The MTM Expert / Industrial Engineer is responsible for analyzing, documenting, and optimizing manual assembly processes using Methods-Time Measurement (MTM) and approved time standards. This position supports production and process planning by developing accurate labor-time and staffing requirements, evaluating work content against takt time, and identifying opportunities to improve productivity, line balance, and workstation efficiency.
The role works closely with manufacturing, production, logistics, industrial engineering, and ergonomics teams to ensure that planned and existing assembly processes are practical, efficient, and aligned with production requirements.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Analyze planned and existing manual assembly operations using MTM and approved time standards.
• Develop and maintain documented work methods, operation sequences, standard work, and standard-time calculations.
• Evaluate work content against takt time and identify workload imbalances, bottlenecks, and productivity improvement opportunities.
• Provide labor-time, staffing, and capacity inputs to production and process planners.
• Analyze the impact of product variants, engineering changes, tooling, equipment, and workstation arrangements on assembly time.
• Support line balancing and optimization of manual assembly processes.
• Collaborate with production, manufacturing engineering, logistics, and ergonomics teams to develop practical process improvements.
• Evaluate workstation design and work methods from an efficiency and ergonomic perspective.
• Validate planning assumptions during trials, pilot builds, and production ramp-up.
• Update MTM analyses, standard times, and planning documentation as processes change.
• Communicate time-analysis results and planning assumptions clearly to relevant stakeholders.
• Identify deviations between planned and actual work content and recommend corrective actions.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's Degree in Industrial, Mechanical Engineering or a related technical field, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
• Demonstrated practical experience applying MTM in automotive assembly or a comparable manufacturing environment.