Principal Industrial Engineer (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2025-08-01

Country:

United States of America

Location:

PW715: Asheville Site 330 Pratt Whitney Blvd , Asheville, NC, 28806 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Security Clearance:

None/Not Required

Pratt & Whitney is working to once again transform the future of flight—designing, building and servicing engines unlike any the world has ever seen. And because transformation begins from within, we’re seeking the people to drive it. So, calling all curious.

Come ready to explore and you’ll find a place where your talent takes flight—beyond the borders of title, a country or your comfort zone. Bring your passion and commitment and we’ll welcome you into a tightknit team that takes our mission personally. Channel your drive to make a difference into shaping an organization and an industry that’s evolving fast to the future.

At Pratt & Whitney, the difference you make is on display every day. Just look up. Are you ready to go beyond?

Pratt & Whitney is constructing an Advanced Casting Foundry (ACF) within its Asheville, NC factory. We’re looking for an Industrial Engineer who can assist the ACF with its production startup long term production planning. You’ll work both on the shop floor and also strategically to understand and help design robust, scalable operations for peak aerospace volume. And using your knowledge of the process, you’ll help coordinate with both operations for execution, and leadership for intermediate (3-6 month) and long (1-5 years) capacity, labor, and program plans.

What You Will Do:

• Active member in Foundry Operations Team to define and implement production plan to support an automated foundry.
• Study product requirements and determine capital equipment and labor staffing to meet requirements.
• Conduct machine capacity analysis and identify/manage improvement initiatives to baseline and increase efficiency (OEE\OLE).
• Develop methods to increase productivity, maximize efficiency and manage human capital more effectively.
• Recommend capital investment strategy to meet product delivery and cost targets.
• Evaluate the effects of schedule and product design changes.
• Participate in CORE events to layout equipment and workspace to baseline and improve production.
• Develop and implement production flow simulation to be use in daily production decision making.
• Working knowledge of product manufacturing / process technologies.

Qualifications You Must Have: 

• Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience in Industrial or Systems Engineering, Manufacturing, or Operations, or An Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years experience.

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Proficient in NX, Plant Sim and Process Sim packages.
• Master’s degree in industrial or systems engineering; MBA.
• Knowledge of turbine blade value stream and casting processes.
• Data mining & manipulation experience with Excel, VBA, SQL, other methods.
• Green Belt Six Sigma Certification.
• Lean Manufacturing Certification.

Learn More and Apply:

What is my role type? In addition to transforming the future of flight, we are also transforming how and where we work. We’ve introduced role types to help you understand how you will operate in our blended work environment.

This role is:

Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance workers, as they are essential to the development of our engines.

Candidates will learn more about role type and current site status throughout the recruiting process. For onsite and hybrid roles, commuting to and from the assigned site is the employee’s personal responsibility.

The salary range for this role is 101,000 USD - 203,000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time