Continuous Improvement Engineer

PSC Industries, Inc.; Milledgeville (GA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

PSC Industries in Milledgeville, GA seeks a Continuous Improvement Engineer to drive process improvements, lean initiatives, and cost reductions. The role collaborates with quality, manufacturing, and sales to improve safety, efficiency, and productivity while guiding tooling, CNC programming, and packaging proposals.

The position requires an industrial/manufacturing engineering background, AutoCAD, strong communication, and Lean Six Sigma exposure to lead Kaizen, Kanban, and 5S projects.

Qualifications

• Industrial/Manufacturing Eng degree or equivalent experience.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Lean manufacturing knowledge with Kaizen, Kanban, 5S, Six Sigma.

Responsibilities

• Process improvement goals and packaging proposals.
• Cost Reduction Program.
• Supports Quality.
• Work with a team to improve quality, safety, efficiency and productivity.
• Conduct Time Studies.
• Program CNC equipment.
• Create tooling layouts and order specialty tooling.
• Support Sales, Quality and Manufacturing goals.
• Follow CIP philosophy and meet yearly cost savings goals.
• Lead Lean applications: Kaizen, Kanban, 5S, Process Flow, Production Smoothing.
• Collect data to report production efficiencies.
• Initiate CARs to improve equipment performance.
• Ensure efficiency and continuous improvement of processes.
• Analyze and improve plant and labor utilization for costs and reliability.
• Facility and warehouse layout improvements for optimal flow.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Communication skills

Engineering drawings

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Lean Six Sigma

Education

Industrial or Manufacturing Engineering degree

Tools

AutoCAD

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Description

Job Description

PSC INDUSTRIES

Location: Milledgeville, Georgia

Job title: Continuous Improvement Engineer

Reports to: General Manager / Plant Manager

Exempt

Type of position: Full-time

Hours_40 +hours/week

Start Time: 8:00 am

General Description:

• Process improvement goals and packaging proposals.
• Cost Reduction Program.
• Supports Quality.
• Work and communicate with a team to continuously improve quality, safety, efficiency and productivity.
• Conduct Time Studies
• Program CNC equipment
• Create tooling layouts. Order specialty tooling.
• Support Sales, Quality and Manufacturing goals.

Detailed Description:

• Follow the C.I.P. philosophy. Meet yearly cost savings goal. Involve employees with cost savings projects.
• Conduct LEAN APPLICATION projects (including Kaizen events, Kanban systems, 5S, Process Flow, Production Smoothing, etc). These events will include basic levels of training for Plant Managers, Supervisors and the hourly workforce with the focus solely on creating positive financial results for the organization.
• Collect information and data to report detailed information regarding the facility’s production efficiencies.
• Initiate Capital Appropriation Requests (CAR) to maintain and improve the performance of existing equipment including new equipment purchases to further efficiency gains for the facility.
• Ensure efficiency and continuous improvement of business processes and manufacturing systems.
• Perform thorough analyses and propose improvements to process, plant, and labor utilization to increase efficiencies, continuously improve process reliability, and control of production costs.
• Facility layout review and improvements for best possible flow.
• Warehouse layout for the most efficient inbound and outbound product flow.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Prefer Industrial or Manufacturing Engineering degree but will consider combination of experience and education.
• AutoCAD experience required.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office programs (Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Point)
• Good written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings.
• Detail oriented.
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Background that includes exposure to Lean Mfg., Kanban, Kaizen, 5-S, and Six Sigma methodology

Prepared by: Kelly R. Caudill

Title: Engineering Manager

Company Description

ABOUT US -

PSC (Packaging Service Corporation) started and was founded in 1954 in Louisville, KY by D. Covington Logan. Mr. Logan had an extensive background in industrial packaging, and he felt the company could offer a valuable service to small businesses that did not employ fulltime packaging engineers.
It became immediately apparent that much larger companies could also benefit from this type of service. In 1962, PSC’s operation enlarged to include a warehouse and manufacturing facility. This provided PSC with the capability to deliver fast, dependable service to its customers.

PSC Industries leads the market with some of the most extensive die cutting equipment. We have the capability to offer cutting with multi-station precision high speed rotary presses, laser rotary, multi-axis water jet, large belt press, mechanical & hydraulic flat bed, as well as 3D contour cutting.

Depending on your application and material selection, PSC Industries can offer the most effective processing method in the industry.