Lean CI Engineer: On-Site Kaizen Leader (Travel)

Rangen Group; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Rangen Group seeks a Continuous Improvement Engineer to drive operational excellence across its feed production facilities, improving safety, quality, throughput, and efficiency. You will partner with plant and senior leadership, operators, and cross-functional teams to identify waste, stabilize processes, and standardize best practices using data-driven problem solving and Lean methodologies.

You will lead on-floor improvements, Kaizen events, and support SQDCP boards, applying PDCA and root

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering or equivalent experience.
• Lean and data-driven problem-solving experience.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Comfort working on the production floor with operators and supervisors.
• Willingness to travel up to 50–70%.
• Travel required up to 75% in the beginning, will get to a 50% level.

Responsibilities

• Spend significant time on the production floor engaging operators and identifying improvement opportunities at the source.
• Participate in daily Gemba walks with plant leadership to assess SQDCP performance and drive immediate countermeasures.
• Model Lean behaviors and drive cultural adoption through hands-on presence, enthusiasm, and coaching.
• Lead and facilitate kaizen events focused on SMED, waste elimination, material flow, and equipment reliability.
• Reinforce and support 5S, Standard Work, Problem Solving, Leader Standard Work, and Daily Management routines.
• Conduct time studies, process mapping, and bottleneck analysis across feed manufacturing processes.
• Drive improvements in throughput, labor utilization, equipment uptime and cost performance.
• Support implementation and follow-up on daily SQDCP boards.
• Identify top SQDCP gaps and convert them into structured CI projects using PDCA, A3s, and root cause analysis.
• Integrate safety and feed quality into all improvement activities.
• Support Quality Engineering, CAPA, and deviation investigations.
• Analyze production data including downtime, scrap trends, production variance, and throughput performance.
• Track CI actions, verify cost savings, and maintain accurate project documentation.
• Facilitate CI workshops, process improvement events, and on-site operator training sessions.
• Participate periodically in cross-plant kaizens and best practices sharing.
• Serve as a local technical resource for feed manufacturing processes.
• Document processes and support standardization efforts.
• Travel to support multi-site improvement initiatives.
• Other role responsibilities and projects assigned

Skills

Lean problem-solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Data analysis

Production floor presence

Continuous improvement

Education

Bachelor’s degree in industrial/manufacturing engineering

Tools

ERP/MES familiarity

Microsoft Office

Job description

Rangen Group seeks a Continuous Improvement Engineer to drive operational excellence across its feed production facilities, improving safety, quality, throughput, and efficiency. You will partner with plant and senior leadership, operators, and cross-functional teams to identify waste, stabilize processes, and standardize best practices using data-driven problem solving and Lean methodologies.

You will lead on-floor improvements, Kaizen events, and support SQDCP boards, applying PDCA and root