Continuous Improvement Engineer

Continuous Improvement Engineer

This position will be responsible for participating in Lean events, assisting in the coordination of events, and assisting in the identification of lean initiatives and opportunities. In addition, this position will assist in training and developing employees within the location in relation to Lean concepts and tools, allowing individuals to drive continuous improvements within their departments.

A Day In The Life

Continuous Improvement Leadership:

• Develops continuous improvement strategies by translating business objectives into actionable projects
• Communicates and exemplifies the company's continuous improvement philosophy, vision and expectations
• Shares lean and continuous improvement best practices through the organization
• Acts as a Lean/Continuous Improvement business partner to all departments and levels (top leadership to shop floor), challenging processes, proposing ideas and driving change
• Acts as a change agent around continuous improvement opportunity
• Trains teams in improvement processes, optimizes floor layout and material flow using lean concepts
• Implement and utilize Sustainment Techniques (SQDC, 30 Day Follow-Up Meetings, Steering Committee, and Sustainment Metrics etc.)
• Develops employee training and development on lean concepts
• Develops a lean culture throughout the location

Lean/Six Sigma:

• Prepares lean savings budget and coordinates/executes actions to reach targets
• Acts as a Project Manager for lean and continuous improvement related projects
• Support lean and continuous improvement initiatives for current business and also develop plans and recommendations for future business, including layout, flow and people allocation
• Identifies opportunities to reduce cost, lead-time and inventory
• Identifies quality improvement opportunities
• Evaluates workflow and cell design, and develops improvements to enhance productivity and safety
• Looks for opportunities to maximize efficiency and reduce waste
• Leads value stream mapping exercises to determine and record business improvement areas
• Designs and leads projects to implement continuous improvement actions and achieve future state
• Tracks and executes cost reduction on process improvements
• Documents and communicates improvements in manufacturing overhead, efficiency and utilization

What Will Help You Thrive In This Role?

• Bachelors degree within the Engineering field is highly preferred with 5 plus years experience in Lean/Continuous improvements
• We're looking for someone who has 5+ years of experience with Continuous Improvement / Lean responsibilities
• Six Sigma a plus
• Lean manufacturing experience in areas of machinery, fabrication, automation/robotics type of manufacturing