Regional Industrial Engineer
Novolex · Dallas, TX
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Industrial
- Travel
- 25%
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 10+ years
- Industry
- Packaging
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level industrial role at Novolex (packaging) in Dallas, TX.
- They ask for
- 10+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Automation
- Day to day
- about 25% travel
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 9, 2026
Industrial Engineer roles in Texas: typical posted base $83k–$131k.
Median of the low and high ends of 8 live postings that list pay, out of 26 industrial engineer openings in Texas, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 25 other live industrial postings in Texas.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- More than usual (10+ vs 3+)
Typical $83k–$131k, from 8 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Lean 46%
- ✓ Automation 35%
- Time studies 27%
- Six Sigma 23%
- Tooling 23%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Union environment, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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- What does a normal week look like on your team?
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This plant: Novolex in Dallas
1 other open role at this site.
- Quality Manager · Quality · Manager
Regional Industrial Engineer at Novolex in other locations
Novolex lists this title in 2 places. Pick the plant you can get to.
Full description from NovolexAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Responsibilities
- ◆Works as a Liaison between Distribution Operations, Engineering, and our Solutions and Equipment suppliers
- ◆Works with Distribution Operations to identify and validate potential process, system or layout changes to help improve product flow or productivity.
- ◆Acts as a subject matter expert on our current and new physical automation technologies and analyze operations and workflow
- ◆Make sure systems make the best integrated use of workers, machines, materials, information, and energy.
- ◆Analyzes movement data to determine order profiles, storage media application, product slotting, velocity, SKU affinities, and ABC analysis
- ◆Work with vendors and engineering partners to identify operational equipment and automation solutions, build business cases, and recommend new technologies
- ◆Ideation of alternatives for process, equipment application, and system design to optimize end-to-end solutions and lower costs
- ◆Implement Continuous system improvements by coordinating the activities of vendors, internal resources and operations
- ◆Maintains responsibility for return on investment analysis and ensures that implemented systems are meeting designed goals.
- ◆Provide insight into our processes and functions that affect our direct and indirect operating costs
Qualifications
- ✓BS degree in Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain automation, or Engineering discipline.
- ✓2-10 years of experience in multi-facility distribution operations preferred with varying degrees of automation solutions.
- ✓Strong leadership, communication and interpersonal skills; demonstrates the ability to work well with a variety of individuals.
- ✓Experienced in warehouse data analytics, high analytical ability, skilled at analyzing and summarizing data, and the ability to clearly communicate, both written and verbally.
- ✓Travel up to 25%
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Company Benefits
What You'll Get From Us
Benefits
With safety as our top priority and a commitment to employee well-being an important focus, we offer comprehensive and competitive benefits that include medical, dental and vision insurance as well as a variety of other well-being resources focused on mental, physical and financial health. Specific benefits and well-being programs may vary depending on where you work.
Community Engagement
At Novolex, giving back to the local communities that support us is important. Our Focused Giving Program prioritizes support for organizations whose missions promote sustainability initiatives or address food and hunger needs. We also encourage facility level support of activities in the communities where our employees live and work.
Training and Development
We offer constant opportunities for advancement. From skills development to advanced education programs, training and development programs and courses are available through MyLearning. Programs include company and industry training curricula, support for formal education through the Tuition Reimbursement Program (Non-Union), and a Learning Management System that supports and enhances employee skills at all levels of the organization.
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Company Overview
Why Choose Us?
Novolex is a leading manufacturer of food, beverage, and specialty packaging that supports multiple industries including foodservice, restaurant delivery and carryout, food processing, grocery and retail, and industrial sectors. Novolex manufacturing and sourcing expertise spans a diverse range of substrates including resin, paper, molded fiber, aluminum and more. We provide customers a broad array of stock and customized solutions with 120 product categories, 250 brands and over 39,000 SKUs.
Our Sustainability Commitment
The Novolex sustainability vision is built upon three pillars: our products, our operations and our people. Each is critically important to our growth and future as a business. These pillars form the foundation of our company-wide commitment to sustainability, helping us achieve our ambitious goals through our wide-ranging initiatives.
Job Description
The ideal candidate should have 2-10 years of experience working with the application of distribution material handling solutions, automation, and AGVs/AMRs in the distribution and warehousing space. Experienced in automation design considerations and volumetrics (SKUs, pallets, cases, cube, storage, truckloads, rates, velocity); and possess strong operational knowledge, good communication skills and focus on customer order fulfillment.
Immediate focus on building slotting and storage strategies. Focus on development of standards for the entire facility. Work on the development of broader integrated solutions with technologies including pallet pick and put away systems, case picking, auto loading & unloading solutions and automated pallet storage systems
Project Management
- •Manage material handling vendors through design, scheduling, permitting, installation, commissioning, punch lists, etc.
- •Validates all equipment installation and function, including necessary testing of automated material handling equipment
- •Effectively communicates relevant project information to Engineering and Operations leadership
- •Adhere to budget, schedule, design and coordinate a wide variety of logistics improvement projects
- •Oversee vendor performance (timing, schedule and budget)
- •Provide technical troubleshooting and ongoing support strategies
- •Help establish appropriate metrics and reports
