Lean Manufacturing Engineer – Continuous Improvement Lead

MillerKnoll, Inc.; East Greenville (Montgomery County); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Knoll, doing business as MillerKnoll, Inc., seeks a Manufacturing Engineering professional to lead continuous improvement in the panels department. The role emphasizes lean deployment, problem solving, and collaboration across manufacturing, quality, and product development teams.

The candidate will implement standardized work, kaizen, and other lean tools, while driving cost reductions and safety improvements in production lines.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree or equivalent required.
• Experience with lean manufacturing practices and problem solving.
• Strong MS Office skills (Excel/PowerPoint) and data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead continuous improvement projects in the panels department.
• Develop sustainable improvements using servant leadership and lean tools.
• Implement engineering change notices with quality and product development teams.
• Deploy standardized work, kaizen, 5S, value stream mapping and other lean methods.
• Review scrap, process failures, and customer claims for corrective actions.
• Document design changes and ensure BOM/drawings are updated.
• Initiate production-line process improvements and cost-reduction initiatives.
• Support product launches and post-launch manufacturing engineering activities.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing, Quality and Product Development.

Skills

Engineering degree

Lean manufacturing

MS Office suite

Analytics automation

Automation tools

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent

Tools

MS Access

Alteryx

Ignition

Job description

Knoll, doing business as MillerKnoll, Inc., seeks a Manufacturing Engineering professional to lead continuous improvement in the panels department. The role emphasizes lean deployment, problem solving, and collaboration across manufacturing, quality, and product development teams.

The candidate will implement standardized work, kaizen, and other lean tools, while driving cost reductions and safety improvements in production lines.