Continuous Improvement Engineer

FPC of Savannah; Illinois; On-site; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading chemical manufacturer seeks a Continuous Improvement Engineer to join their engineering team in Illinois. This role involves leading Lean projects and driving process improvements across operations. Ideal candidates will have a degree in Chemical Engineering and relevant experience in a manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years experience in chemical manufacturing environment.
• Experience with small project budgets ($50k to $250k) is a plus.
• Go to Gemba mentality with a bias for action.

Responsibilities

• Lead Lean projects across the plant and present results to management.
• Develop transformative best practices to drive productivity.
• Value stream map processes to identify and eliminate waste.

Skills

Process Improvement

Lean Methodologies

KPI Development

Project Management

Collaboration

Education

BS Chemical Engineering

Job description

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Base pay range

$90,000.00/yr - $115,000.00/yr

Additional compensation types

Annual Bonus

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VP of Continuous Improvement Recruitment at FPC of Savannah

Our client is an industry leading chemical manufacturer, seeking a high-potential CI Engineer for their organization. Here you'd be part of an 8-member engineering team, responsible for supporting daily production + OPEX needs at the site!

Responsibilities:

• Lead Lean projects across the plant, presenting results to upper mgmt
• Challenge conventional thinking by evaluating and setting stretch targets to drive the organization to growth opportunities.
• Support diverse teams to identify process improvement opportunities (ops, maintenance, supply chain, etc)
• Develop transformative "best practices" to drive improved productivity and scalability.
• Collaborate with leaders across operations and engineering to identify and deploy meaningful KPI's.
• Act as the project mgr for some smaller <$50k projects
• Value stream map processes to identify/eliminate waste.

To be considered, you'll need:

• BS Chemical Engineering (BSME/BSEE considered with chemicals experience)
• 3-5 years of experience in chemical mfg environment (surfactant/vegetable oil processing exposure a plus!)
• Small 50k-250k project experience a plus!
• Go to Gemba mentality with a bias for action

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Manufacturing and Engineering

• Industries

  Chemical Manufacturing

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