Job Description:

The Lean and Continuous Improvement Engineer position is responsible for maximizing performance improvement and cost savings by proactively identifying areas for improvement, leading lean initiatives, and projects, utilizing lean tools and techniques, analyzing and reporting key metrics, communicating continuous improvement activities, and training team members to accomplish the same.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES/ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

· Executes continuous improvement strategies by translating business objectives into actionable projects.

· Communicates the company’s continuous improvement philosophy, vision, and expectations.

· Shares lean and continuous improvement best practices through the organization.

· Partners with each department to streamline, improve and sustain process with a primary focus on safety, quality, delivery, and cost.

· Acts as a change agent around continuous improvement opportunities.

· Identifies opportunities to reduce cost, lead-time, and inventory.

· Identifies quality improvement opportunities.

· Evaluates workflow and cell design and recommends 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.

· Develops measurement systems supporting lean manufacturing philosophy.

· Tracks and executes cost reduction on process improvements.

· Documents and communicates improvements in manufacturing overhead, efficiency and utilization.

· Develops and sustains employees training and development on lean concepts.

· Trains teams in improvement processes, optimizes floor layout and material flow using lean concepts.

· Executes the NPS philosophy across the plants.

· Leads and/or participates in local and central transformation initiatives.

· Own, manage, and support MES reports for the plants through report creation and production support.

· Engaged in 5S efforts across the plants.

· Facilitate dimensional rollouts to achieve operational excellence.

· Engage in cross-functional initiatives across all departments in the plant.

· Follow all safety procedures, including the use of PPE as required.

· Other duties as assigned.

 

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

· Bachelor’s degree in related field.

· 2-4 years relevant experience in a manufacturing setup.

· Six Sigma Green belt certification.

· Strong Excel and data analytical skills.

· Strong math, reading, problem solving and communication skills.

· Ability to work in a cross-functional team setup as a facilitator or a leader.

PREFERRED KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS ·

5+ years of relevant experience in a manufacturing setup processing polymers/plastics in a highly automated environment.

Power BI skills and dashboard creation for key metrics, preferred. · Creo/Pro-E/AUTOCAD experience preferred. ·

MES experience preferred. · Project management experience preferred.

Computer skills, including Microsoft Office applications (required) and SAP experience (preferred).

WORK ENVIRONMENT: ·

Works in an office, clean manufacturing (Cleanroom) and warehouse environment that may include moderate noise levels. ·

Some travel required. 

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