Lean and Continuous Improvement Engineer

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.

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

This Job Description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee and may be revised at any time by the Company.