Principal Engineer, Continuous Improvement

Celanese; Forlì; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Celanese in Europe is seeking a Principal Engineer, Continuous Improvement to lead data-driven transformation across manufacturing and transactional processes.

You'll coach cross-functional teams, implement Lean Six Sigma projects, and drive standardization of best practices while advancing digitalization for predictive maintenance and cost efficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in science, engineering or related technical discipline.
• Black Belt or higher Lean Six Sigma certification preferred.
• Strong statistical background and data analysis skills.
• Experience in chemical manufacturing or related industry advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional DMAIC projects to identify waste and improvement opportunities.
• Support productivity programs and site performance against yearly goals.
• Drive data-based decision-making in manufacturing and transactional processes.
• Analyze data to uncover trends and drive predictive/preventive actions.
• Establish continuous improvement culture across the global organization.
• Provide training on data analysis, lean and Six Sigma tools.
• Sustain improvements and embed new processes in workflows.
• Collaborate with senior management and translate expectations into deliverables.
• Assist digitalization and automation efforts for predictive maintenance.
• Standardize best practices and implement KPIs across sites.

Skills

Lean Manufacturing

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

Statistics / Data analysis

Interpersonal communications

Minitab

Power BI

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in science/engineering

Tools

MiniTab

SAP

Power BI

Job description

Overview

The Principal Engineer, Continuous Improvement enjoys data mining, identifying improvement opportunities, leading teams to identify root cause and implement and sustaining improvements.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects of cross functional global teams through the DMAIC cycle to identify non-value added steps and waste in the process and identify and evaluate opportunities for improvement.
• Help manage company productivity program and support sites in achieving their yearly goals.
• Drive a culture of data-based decision making in both transactional and manufacturing processes.
• Analyze data to discover trends and issues and identify predictive and preventative actions to improve reliability and reduce variation in a process.
• Help establish a structure and culture of continuous improvement across the global corporation
• Provide training on data analysis, lean and Six Sigma tools.
• Implement a structure to sustain improvements and embed the new processes into the current workflow.
• Lead and assists in defining, setting and implementation performance improvement strategies at locations.
• Collaborate with and influence senior management on areas of improvement and translate mgmt. expectations into project deliverables.
• Assist and lead digitalization and automation efforts globally that will assist in predictive maintenance etc.
• Drive the standardization, implementation and communication of organizational best practices
• Drive the implementation of Organizational Management at sites and the implementation of Leading and Lagging KPIs.

Qualifications

Required Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Lean Manufacturing training and implementation of Lean Tools in both Manufacturing and Transactional environments
• Lean Six Sigma training and certification, a mininimum of Black Belt (preferred Master Black Belt, or Lean Master Black Belt)
• Strong statistical background and skilled at data analysis
• Working knowledge of MiniTab (SAP and Power BI preferred)
• Ability to interface and collaborate with senior mgmt. on opportunities and project status
• Broad and deep knowledge of Quality theories/tools that can be implemented in a Chemical Industry
• Ownership mentality, passionate about improving our processes and cost efficiency
• Strong interpersonal written and verbal communication skills to communicate within the team and with customers

Required Years’ Experience

• Minimum 5 years of work experience in Lean Six Sigma manufacturing tools and Data Analysis

Required Education

• A Bachelor’s degree in science, engineering or a related technical discipline

Travel Requirements

• Domestic and International travel. 25-50% of time

Location

• Europe Forli, Italy or Frankfurt, Germany.