How to hire an industrial engineering manager

How to hire an industrial engineering manager, step by step

Here's a step-by-step industrial engineering manager hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write an industrial engineering manager job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new industrial engineering manager
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   Before you post your industrial engineering manager job, you should take the time to determine what type of worker your business needs. While certain jobs definitely require a full-time employee, it's sometimes better to find an industrial engineering manager for hire on a part-time basis or as a contractor.

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   You should also consider the ideal background you'd like them an industrial engineering manager to have before you start to hire. For example, what industry or field would you like them to have experience in, what level of seniority or education does the job require, and how much it'll cost to hire an industrial engineering manager that fits the bill.

   This list shows salaries for various types of industrial engineering managers.

   Type of Industrial Engineering Manager	Description	Hourly rate
   Industrial Engineering Manager	Industrial engineers find ways to eliminate wastefulness in production processes. They devise efficient systems that integrate workers, machines, materials, information, and energy to make a product or provide a service.	$34-75
   Co-Operations Engineer	A Co-Operations Engineer ensures that operations-related activities are performed in compliance with company standards and regulations. They optimize the overall efficiency of business.	$14-27
   Process Engineer	A Process Engineer is responsible for coming up with innovative ways to process particular raw materials into different kinds of products. They can also modify various existing machines or maintain their quality by monitoring its functions and conducting tests and examinations... Show more	$29-51

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Project Management
   • Lean Manufacturing
   • Logistics
   • Process Improvement
   • IE
   • Cost Reduction
   • Lean Six Sigma
   • Sigma
   • Facility Layout
   • Capacity Analysis
   • Data Analysis
   • Value Stream
   • Kaizen
   • WMS

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   Responsibilities:

   • Manage and configure zones, items and locations in Manhattan WMS.
   • Conduct the conference room pilot, train end users and team leads on the JIT application.
   • Manage all functions of the IE group including preparing budgets, estimating costs, start-up curve and staffing for projects.
   • Lead logistics process, operation improvement and cost containment initiatives.
   • Manage projects of distribution and supply chain projects, including primary involvement with WMS implementation and administration.
   • Manage QA for research orient development efforts and for high visibility, production focuse development efforts tie to revenue generation.

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3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your industrial engineering manager job description is a great way to entice the best and brightest candidates. An industrial engineering manager salary can vary based on several factors:

   • Location. For example, industrial engineering managers' average salary in south dakota is 40% less than in connecticut.
   • Seniority. Entry-level industrial engineering managers earn 55% less than senior-level industrial engineering managers.
   • Certifications. An industrial engineering manager with a few certifications under their belt will likely demand a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for a prestigious company or an exciting start-up can make a huge difference in an industrial engineering manager's salary.

   Average industrial engineering manager salary

   $106,039yearly

   $50.98 hourly rate

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   Entry-level industrial engineering manager salary

   $71,000 yearly salary

   Updated January 21, 2026

   Average industrial engineering manager salary by state

   Rank	State	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
   1	California	$135,551	$65
   2	Washington	$117,147	$56
   3	Massachusetts	$116,427	$56
   4	Maryland	$115,767	$56
   5	Texas	$113,427	$55
   6	Michigan	$109,809	$53
   7	Arizona	$107,316	$52
   8	Wisconsin	$101,882	$49
   9	Kansas	$101,233	$49
   10	North Carolina	$100,842	$48
   11	Colorado	$99,918	$48
   12	Illinois	$96,198	$46
   13	Georgia	$96,170	$46
   14	Iowa	$92,755	$45
   15	Ohio	$90,014	$43
   16	Florida	$89,758	$43
   17	Utah	$88,535	$43
   18	Tennessee	$87,925	$42
   19	Indiana	$83,728	$40
   20	Missouri	$82,062	$39

   Average industrial engineering manager salary by company

   Company

   Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
   1	Meta	$155,951	$74.98	501
   2	Western Digital	$127,069	$61.09	5
   3	Intuitive Surgical	$125,757	$60.46	7
   4	Applied Materials	$121,020	$58.18	20
   5	Microsoft	$120,781	$58.07	42
   6	Accenture	$118,358	$56.90	606
   7	Kohl's	$115,768	$55.66
   8	Texas Instruments	$114,971	$55.27	26
   9	The TJX Companies	$114,638	$55.11	5
   10	Safran	$114,250	$54.93	35
   11	HP	$110,549	$53.15	14
   12	Skyworks Solutions	$110,497	$53.12	10
   13	Nebraska Medicine	$109,242	$52.52
   14	Sysco	$107,913	$51.88	11
   15	Nordstrom	$107,732	$51.79	8
   16	FCA US LLC	$107,632	$51.75	8
   17	Micron Technology	$106,430	$51.17	50
   18	United	$105,776	$50.85	3
   19	Mars	$105,614	$50.78	5
   20	Siemens Enterprise Communications Inc	$105,517	$50.73

4. Writing an industrial engineering manager job description

   A job description for an industrial engineering manager role includes a summary of the job's main responsibilities, required skills, and preferred background experience. Including a salary range can also go a long way in attracting more candidates to apply, and showing the first name of the hiring manager can also make applicants more comfortable. As an example, here's an industrial engineering manager job description:

   Industrial engineering manager job description example

   At Pentair, you will work along-side passionate problem-solvers who are committed to the future of our planet. We put our purpose into practice, inspiring people to move, improve and enjoy life's essential resources for happier, healthier lives. From our residential and business water solutions, to our sustainable innovations and applications, our 11,250 global employees serve customers in more than 150 countries, working to help improve lives and the environment around the world.
   
   As a Pentair employee, you would enjoy a wide array of benefit options to help keep you and your family healthy and protected, a generous 401(k) and ESPP to help you save for retirement, plus paid time off and wellness programs to encourage a healthy work/life balance.
   
   We have an opportunity for a FP&A Manager to join our Commercial and Infrastructure Flow team. This role is responsible for driving short and long-term financial planning and analysis activities by partnering with cross-functional leadership across the business unit. Key areas of ownership for the role include sales and margin analytics, forecasting and planning, and opportunity identification.
   You Will:
   Act as a key business partner to the BU Product Category leaders to ensure the delivery of sales and standard margin commitments.Responsible for driving standardization in management reporting.Accomplishes department objectives by providing leadership and coaching.Develop operating plans and forecasts with analysis of order trends and backlog, including development of bottoms up financials, with identified areas for growth and margin expansion.Tracks and analyzes performance against the financial plan and forecast, including identification of risks and opportunities.Manage the BU Sales, Inventory, Operations and Planning (SIOP) process.Utilize Lean tools to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of financial processes to improve standardization, predictability and financial results.Support new product business cases/capital expenditure requests.Perform ad-hoc analysis at the request of various levels of management as needed.
   
   Key Qualifications:
   Bachelor's degree with Finance or Accounting major; MBA, CMA, or CPA preferred Minimum of 7 years of progressive experience in FP&A, Operational Finance, or Controllership, multinational manufacturing industry experience preferred Knowledge of US GAAP and International Accounting Standards (IAS) Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, as well as experience working with OneStream, PowerBI, and SAP (or similar systems) Experience in Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Production Planning and/or Integrated Business Planning (IBP) processes Excellent communications skills, both verbal and written, with ability to complete necessary analytical reports and provide written commentary and interpretation Ability to build relationships quickly and to influence effectively in ambiguous situations
   
   Pentair is an Equal Opportunity Employer
   
   Diversity and Inclusion:
   With our expanding global presence, cross-cultural insight and competence are essential for our ongoing success. We believe that a diverse workforce contributes different perspectives and creative ideas that enable us to continue to improve every day. Race, gender, ethnicity, country of origin, age, personal style, sexual orientation, physical ability, religion, life experiences and many more factors contribute to this diversity.
   We take ongoing action to improve the diversity of our workforce by:
   Ensuring leadership involvement and ownership Attracting and retaining diverse talent at all levels Fostering a globally aware, inclusive culture Ensuring our practices are fair and non-discriminatory

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5. Post your job

   There are various strategies that you can use to find the right industrial engineering manager for your business:

   • Consider promoting from within or recruiting from your existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals from friends, family members, and current employees.
   • Attend job fairs at local colleges to find candidates who meet your education requirements.
   • Use social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter to reach potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your industrial engineering manager job on Zippia to find and recruit industrial engineering manager candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   During your first interview to recruit industrial engineering managers, engage with candidates to learn about their interest in the role and experience in the field. During the following interview, you'll be able to go into more detail about the company, the position, and the responsibilities.

   It's also good to ask about candidates' unique skills and talents. You can move on to the technical interview if a candidate is good enough for the next step.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new industrial engineering manager

   Once you've selected the best industrial engineering manager candidate for the job, it's time to write an offer letter. In addition to salary, this letter should include details about the benefits and perks you offer the candidate. Ensuring that your offer is competitive is essential, as qualified candidates may be considering other job opportunities. The candidate may wish to negotiate the terms of the offer, and you should be open to discussion. After you reach an agreement, the final step is formalizing the agreement with a contract.

   It's also good etiquette to follow up with applicants who don't get the job by sending them an email letting them know that the position has been filled.

   To prepare for the new employee's start date, you can create an onboarding schedule and complete any necessary paperwork, such as employee action forms and onboarding documents like I-9 forms, benefits enrollment, and federal and state tax forms. Human Resources should also ensure that a new employee file is created.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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