On‑Floor Lean Engineer: Drive Faster, Safer Processes

Fleetwood Group, Inc.; Holland Charter Township (MI); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Fleetwood Group, Inc. in Michigan is seeking an experienced Continuous Improvement Engineer to lead floor-based improvements using TPS and Lean to make processes safer, simpler, and more reliable.

You will observe operations, work with teams, and drive practical changes that reduce waste and improve flow. The role emphasizes hands-on problem solving, data-driven analysis, and close collaboration with operators and leadership to turn ideas into standard work and measurable gains in safety,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Spend significant time on the manufacturing floor observing processes, talking with team members, understanding problems, and identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Work with production teams, supervisors, and other engineers to improve safety, quality, delivery, productivity, cost, and employee experience.
• Apply Toyota Production System and continuous improvement principles such as standard work, visual management, 5S, flow, pull, waste elimination, root-cause problem solving, PDCA, and mistake-proofing.
• Identify and eliminate non-value-added work, unnecessary motion, excess WIP, bottlenecks, rework, downtime, and other sources of waste.
• Take improvement ideas from observation to analysis to experiment to implementation to standardization.
• Lead and participate in improvement projects, while maintaining a strong bias toward simple, practical solutions that can actually be implemented.
• Use data and engineering analysis when appropriate, while recognizing that good improvement starts with understanding the process and going to the source of the problem.
• Support manufacturing engineering activities including process development, equipment improvements, tooling, fixtures, layouts, material flow, capacity analysis, and manufacturing methods.
• Assist in evaluating and implementing new equipment, technology, and manufacturing processes when they provide a clear improvement in safety, quality, delivery, or cost.
• Collaborate with Product Development and Engineering to ensure new products are designed with manufacturing, quality, cost, and flow in mind.

Skills

Lean Manufacturing

Problem Solving

Root Cause Analysis

Process Observation

Data Analysis

Communication

Team Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

MS Excel

Job description

Fleetwood Group, Inc. in Michigan is seeking an experienced Continuous Improvement Engineer to lead floor-based improvements using TPS and Lean to make processes safer, simpler, and more reliable.

You will observe operations, work with teams, and drive practical changes that reduce waste and improve flow. The role emphasizes hands-on problem solving, data-driven analysis, and close collaboration with operators and leadership to turn ideas into standard work and measurable gains in safety,