Continuous Improvement Engineer

CapstoneONE Search; Grand Haven (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Competitive benefits

Retirement plan

Job summary

CapstoneONE Search seeks a Continuous Improvement Engineer to lead Lean Manufacturing initiatives and CI strategy, driving margin improvements through sustainment of KPI delivery and waste elimination.

The role requires a Bachelor's in a technical field and at least four years in CI/Lean manufacturing within high-speed environments. Relocation assistance may be available for highly-qualified candidates outside the immediate area.

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in technical field is preferred/degree required.
• Candidate should possess at least 4 years of CI/Lean manufacturing experience within high speed manufacturing environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the onsite efforts on Lean Manufacturing & Continuous Improvement.
• Act as a resource for continuous improvement techniques such as Hochin, Kaizen and other Lean methods.
• Lead the activities of the CI group including interaction with maintenance and Operations to drive site-wide improvements.
• Facilitate CI events to drive 6S and yield improvements, removing waste, and improving production processes.
• Engage production personnel to participate in improvement opportunities.
• Demonstrate ability to drive change and communicate improvements across the organization.
• Deliver continuous improvement training to groups.

Skills

Lean manufacturing

Continuous improvement

Kaizen

Education

Bachelors degree in technical field

Job description

We are representing a FORTUNE 500 manufacturing organization who is actively seeking a Continuous Improvement Engineer that will be responsible for Lean Manufacturing and CI strategy while executing deployment driving margin through sustainment of plant KPI's/deliverables and waste elimination.

Position Overview:

• Candidate will lead the onsite efforts on Lean Manufacturing & Continuous Improvement.
• Act as a resource to the organization for the use of continuous improvement techniques such as the Hochin, Kaizen and various Lean Manufacturing techniques and other improvement methods.
• Lead the activities of the CI group including their interaction with maintenance function, Operations to drive site wide improvements.
• Facilitate special CI events activities to drive 6S, plant improvement performance in capitalizing on removing waste and improvement of yield, and production processes.
• Drives engagement with production personnel to participate suggest improvement opportunities.
• Demonstrated ability to effect change in a manufacturing environment and ensure improvement activity is being communicated, understood, and supported within the organization.
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate groups and deliver continuous improvement training.

Requirements:

• Bachelors Degree in technical field is preferred/degree required.
• Candidate should possess at least 4 years of CI/Lean manufacturing experience within high speed manufacturing environments

Our client offers a highly competitive portfolio of insurance and retirement benefits along with other attractive perks. Relocation assistance may be available for highly-qualified candidates outside of the immediate geographic area.