Onsite Lean CI Engineer - Travel-Heavy Impact

Rangen Group; Coraopolis (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Top tier benefits

Job summary

Rangen Group seeks a Continuous Improvement Engineer to drive operational excellence across our feed production facilities in the U.S. You will partner with plant and senior leadership to identify waste, stabilize processes, and standardize best practices using Lean methods.

You will spend significant time on the production floor, conduct time studies and kaizen events, and help implement 5S and standard work with cross-functional teams.

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 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.

Skills

Lean thinking

Data-driven problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

On production floor presence

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in industrial/manufacturing engineering

Tools

ERP/MES familiarity

Job description

Rangen Group seeks a Continuous Improvement Engineer to drive operational excellence across our feed production facilities in the U.S. You will partner with plant and senior leadership to identify waste, stabilize processes, and standardize best practices using Lean methods.

You will spend significant time on the production floor, conduct time studies and kaizen events, and help implement 5S and standard work with cross-functional teams.