Continous Improvement Engineer

General Statement of Responsibilities: Leads improvement projects throughout the facility that are driven by identified constraints within a value stream. Relentless approach to identifying and eliminating waste in order to reduce overall costs. Passionate about improvement and helping people to find a "smarter" way to do their job. 

 

Essential Duties (Other duties may be assigned as necessary):

• Create value stream maps for plant processes; use information from these maps to drive continuous improvement activities.
• Lead standard work teams and assist in standard work development. 
• Lead culture change through Kaizen activities and by training other employees on basic Lean and Six Sigma principles and concepts.
• Project Management - create detailed project plans in order to manage multiple projects, achieve business plan results, and meet project deadlines.
• Improve Plant 5S, 3D and Visualization - must possess a very strong working knowledge of these concepts.
• Lead setup reduction projects - must possess a very strong working knowledge of SMED principles and techniques.
• Possesses strong people skills and excellent communication skills.
• Possesses ability to overcome objections in a positive/favorable manner. 
• Supports the Plant quality systems goals/improvements & productivity goals/improvement within the scope of the job.
• Supports the Plant safety programs/goals within the scope of the job.
• Regular and predictable attendance.
• Compliance to applicable Company, Corporate, State, & Federal regulations.