AddressABOUT THE TEAM:
When you work with Henry Ford Health System (HFHS), you’re not just another employee, you are part of a community of experts dedicated to helping our patients and members and helping each other succeed. Working at Henry Ford is not just another job, it’s a way to do what you love and to be your best you! As a member of Henry Ford’s Transformation Consulting team, your primary responsibility will be to collaborate with senior leaders and drive transformative projects to deliver key, sustainable results that achieve Henry Ford Health System’s True North, differentiate HFHS in the market, and build organizational capabilities. You are a results-oriented - excellent at critical thinking, problem scoping & problem solving, communicating for impact, innovation and creativity, and growing relationships while leveraging the right resources for successful outcomes. As a Management Engineer, you embrace a philosophy of continuous learning and process improvement, and you will mentor and coach your team members.
GENERAL SUMMARY:
Under minimal supervision, the Principal Management Engineer performs project work of a complex nature across the health system. Project work may include technical analyses or may require facilitation of a large multi-disciplinary group of senior administrators and/or medical leaders from across the health system. The Principal Management Engineer applies a variety of improvement methodologies (including design thinking, agile, advanced analytics, human factors engineering, Lean) and group management techniques to support individuals and teams through improvement initiatives. The Principal Management Engineer may work individually with key stakeholders or as lead consultant of a project team. This individual may develop and teach continuous improvement training and education and works closely with other TC team members to meet education needs at all levels throughout the institution. Flexibility, innovation, and creativity are necessary characteristics of the successful candidate. Individual is expected to continuously learn and apply new continuous improvement methodologies, and to spread successful innovation through the institution.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
- Bachelor's degree required.
- A degree in industrial or related engineering, nursing, business administration (with quality/operations improvement emphasis), healthcare administration (with quality/operations improvement emphasis), organizational development, human factors, a science degree in a related field is preferred.
- Minimum of four (4) years of experience required.
- Equivalent industry training and experience preferred.
- Ability to manage, simultaneous assignments with potentially conflicting priorities and deadlines.
- Ability to be flexible and adaptable while still meeting goals and due dates.
- Experience applying problem solving approaches.
- Growing base of analytical/technical, facilitative, and process improvement tools/knowledge.
- Strong knowledge of effective data gathering techniques.
- Ability to thrive in a matrixed working environment.
