Lean Manufacturing CI Engineer

Rangen LLC; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Rangen Group is seeking a Continuous Improvement Engineer to drive operational excellence across feed production facilities in the United States. You will partner with plant leadership, operators, and cross-functional teams to identify waste, stabilize processes, and standardize best practices using data-driven Lean methods.

As a facilitator and coach, you will lead kaizen events, support 5S, Standard Work and PDCA cycles, and promote safety and feed quality in all improvements.

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%.

Responsibilities

• Spend significant time on the production floor engaging operators and identifying improvement opportunities.
• 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.
• Travel to support multi-site improvement initiatives.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering or equivalent experience

Tools

ERP/MES familiarity

Job description

The Rangen Group is seeking a Continuous Improvement Engineer to drive operational excellence across feed production facilities in the United States. You will partner with plant leadership, operators, and cross-functional teams to identify waste, stabilize processes, and standardize best practices using data-driven Lean methods.

As a facilitator and coach, you will lead kaizen events, support 5S, Standard Work and PDCA cycles, and promote safety and feed quality in all improvements.