Industrial Cost Engineer
Holley
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Bowling Green • Kentucky • United States
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About the role
- Serve as the primary owner of BOM/Router cost integrity for assigned product lines
- Ensure BOMs, routings, labor standards, and overhead assumptions accurately reflect current manufacturing processes
- Validate BOM / Router updates across Engineering, Purchasing, and Manufacturing
- Analyze material, labor, and overhead costs to identify cost drivers and improvement opportunities
- Support variance analysis between standard and actual costs and drive corrective actions
- Partner with Finance to support annual standard cost updates and margin analysis
- Support make/buy, sourcing, and supplier change decisions with data-driven cost analysis
- Partner with Product Development and Engineering to establish accurate initial BOMs and cost estimates
- Ensure manufacturability and cost targets are considered early in the design process
- Track cost changes throughout development and into production launch
- Work closely with Manufacturing Engineering and Operations to validate labor standards and process assumptions
- Partner with Purchasing to reflect supplier pricing, tooling amortization, and MOQ impacts
- Support Sales, Product Management, and Finance with cost data for pricing, quoting, and margin decisions
- Identify opportunities to simplify BOM structures and improve data governance
- Support cost reduction initiatives through value engineering and process optimization
- Help establish best practices for BOM / Router accuracy, cost change management, and documentation
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field
- 3–7 years of experience in industrial engineering, cost engineering, or manufacturing cost analysis
- Strong working knowledge of BOM structures, routings, and standard costing
- Experience in a manufacturing environment (automotive or aftermarket preferred)
- Proficiency with ERP systems (Oracle, SAP, JD Edwards, Epicor, etc.)
- Advanced Excel skills; ability to analyze and present complex cost data
- Ability and willingness to travel (up to 30-50% of time), including overnight travel.
- Preferred Experience in aftermarket automotive manufacturing
- Familiarity with lean manufacturing principles
- Exposure to NPI processes and cross-functional product development
- Experience working with multi-site manufacturing operations
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
BOM structuresroutingsstandard costingcost analysiscost reductionvalue engineeringprocess optimizationdata governancemanufacturing processesvariance analysis
Soft Skills
analytical skillscommunicationcollaborationproblem-solvingattention to detailorganizational skillsdata presentationcross-functional teamworkcost managementdecision-making