CI Coordinator, Blackbelt

Adient plc; United States; On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Adient plc West Point Facility in the United States is seeking a Six Sigma professional to lead and execute process improvements in automotive seating. You will form project teams, apply DMAIC methods, and deliver cost, quality and time objectives set by leaders.

The role requires 2–5 years in industrial engineering, a Bachelor’s in IE, and automotive manufacturing experience. You will train teams, track progress, report to champions, and drive safe, compliant manufacturing improvements across

Qualifications

• 2 - 5 years of experience in industrial engineering.
• Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering.
• Experience in automotive manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Identify key individuals for team membership and secure their availability.
• Provide basic Six Sigma training to project team members.
• Apply Six Sigma tools and techniques to measure, analyze, improve, and control project processes.
• Report on project progress to Champion and leadership levels at least weekly or monthly.
• Prepare detailed plans to track project performance and assure timely completion and savings goals.
• Identify barriers to project success and solicit help from Champions when needed.
• Document improvement learnings and share best practices with other Black Belts.
• Identify and bring forward new project opportunities.
• Participate in Health/Safety/Environmental investigations and 8D process for root cause analysis.
• Ensure safety audits are complete for you and your team.
• Report accidents, illnesses, and environmental emergencies, alerting supervisor to conditions affecting others.

Skills

Six Sigma

Project management

Team leadership

Statistical analysis

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering

Job description

Summary

Using Six Sigma methodology leads project teams to deliver project cost, quality and time objectives established by the champion and his/her respective business unit executives.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Identifies key individuals for team membership and secures their availability directly or with the assistance of their champion.
• Provides basic Six Sigma training to project team members.
• Six Sigma tools and techniques apply to measure, analyze, improve, and control project processes.
• Reports on project progress to Champion and other appropriate leadership levels at least weekly/monthly.
• Prepares detailed plans to track project performance and assure timely completion and achievement of quality and savings goals.
• Identifies barriers to project success and solicits help from Champions when needed.
• Attends required training and acquired needed skills.
• Documents improvement process learning's and shares best practices with other Black Belts.
• Identifies and brings forward to Champion new project opportunities.
• Actively participates in Health/Safety/Environmental investigations and the 8D process in order to develop root cause analysis for problem resolution as required.
• Ensure required Safety Audits are complete for you and your team.
• Reporting accidents, occupational illnesses, and HSE&E emergencies, and inform supervisor of known HSE&E conditions which could adversely affect other team members, assets or to the public.
• Ensures compliance with all safety procedures and ensures safe working procedures in assigned production areas.

Qualification Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• 2 - 5 years of experience in industrial engineering
• Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering
• Experience in automotive manufacturing

Primary Location

West Point Facility Adient (NYSE: ADNT) is a global leader in automotive seating. With more than 65,000 employees in 29 countries, Adient operates ~200 manufacturing/assembly plants worldwide.

We produce and deliver automotive seating for all major OEMs. From complete seating systems to individual components, our expertise spans every step of the automotive seat-making process. We take our products from research and design to engineering and manufacturing — and into millions of vehicles every year.

For more information, please visit www.adient.com.