Manufacturing/Lean/CI Engineer

Metz Strategic Solutions; York (York County); On-site; USD 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Metz Strategic Solutions seeks expert implementers of Lean Manufacturing tools with extensive manufacturing experience in the York-Lancaster PA area. The role leads CI/Lean efforts, drives kaizen events, and implements standard work and daily management systems across the plant.

You will map value streams, train frontline leaders on improvement methods, and work with plant managers to identify and execute CI opportunities and capital projects.

Qualifications

• 4-year Engineering degree preferred; Associates with hands-on experience will be considered.
• 6-8 years progressive Operations/Lean/Engineering experience preferred.
• 20+ kaizen events completed with working implementation experience across tools listed.
• 75% on-the-floor involvement with managers/supervisors/engineers to drive improvements.

Responsibilities

• Lead CI/Lean efforts across the plant and drive kaizen events.
• Implement Standard Work and leader standard work for production managers and supervisors.
• Map value streams and identify opportunity areas for improvement.
• Develop and sustain a Daily Lean Management System including huddle and gemba practices.
• Train frontline leaders on conducting effective shift startups and soliciting employee input.
• Identify waste, prioritize improvement projects, and coach managers on CI tools.
• Manage capital improvement projects including automation and process upgrades.

Skills

Lean manufacturing

Kaizen facilitation

Gemba walks

Hands-on leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Associate degree with hands-on experience

Tools

VSM

5S/6S

TPM

Standard Work

One Piece Flow

Mistake Proofing

Kanban

SMED

A3 problem solving

Job description

Seeking individuals that are expert implementers of Lean Manufacturing tools with much manufacturing experience. This manufacturing plant is in the York-Lancaster PA area.

Essential Functions of Job:

• Lead all CI/Lean Efforts in these plants
• Lead kaizen events of 1-5 days long. This plant conducts many short kaizen events.
• Implement Standard Work throughout the plant including leader standard work for production managers, supervisors and team leads
• Map out each value stream and identify opportunity areas.
• Implement a very effective Daily Lean Management System. The right candidate must be experienced at developing others and working hands on with them everyday to implement these systems within their areas of control. This includes training front line leaders on how to conduct beginning of shift meetings effectively, asking their employees for any kind of improvements (SQDCM), conducting daily gemba walks in their areas, collecting the right, meaningful data, ensuring hour to hour boards are updated along with appropriate CA's where needed.
• Working with line leaders on identifying waste in their areas and taking needed corrective actions. Train them on the main forms of waste. Help them identify improvement projects.
• Work with managers in the plant to identify CI opportunities. Train managers on a variety of CI tools: VSM, 5S/6S, TPM, Standard Work, One Piece Flow, Mistake Proofing, use of Kanbans, Quick Changeover/SMED, Basic Problem Solving tools, and using A3's.
• Do audits of progress within the plant periodically and provide reports to management staff on progress within the plant.
• Manage key capital improvement projects in plant including Automation projects, equipment and process upgrades, etc.

Desired Experience/Education/Qualities:

• Prefer someone with a 4-year Engineering degree, however, even an Associates degree with the appropriate hands-on work experience will be considered
• Work experience-prefer someone who has progressed in a few different areas in a manufacturing plant. Prefer at least 6-8 years of progressive Operations/Lean/Engineering experience.
• Must have completed over 20 kaizen events and having working implementation experience with most of the tools listed above
• Must be a hands-on contributor. Company does NOT want someone who is going to sit at their desk most of the day. 75% of the candidates day should be on the floor working with managers/supervisors/team leads/engineers/maintenance/office personnel of improvement opportunities that impact the bottom line.

Jobs pay 85k-100k DOE