Senior Lean & Process Improvement Engineer

AAF International (American Air Filter); Washington (NC); Presencial; USD 80.000 - 110.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

AAF International (American Air Filter) is seeking a Continuous Improvement Engineer to act as a process SME for manufacturing operations. The role focuses on stabilizing processes, driving Lean culture, and sustaining improvements through standard work, problem solving, data analysis, and ROI justification.

Responsibilities include leading cross-functional Kaizen events, applying Lean tools (5S, Kanban, takt time), and partnering with Operations, Engineering, Quality, Maintenance and Supply

Formación

• 4-6 years of experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Experience owning manufacturing processes and supporting process control and sustainment.
• Working knowledge of Lean manufacturing principles and tools.
• Understanding of industrial automation and its application to manufacturing improvement.
• Experience developing ROI and cost justification for improvements or capital projects.
• Effective communication skills and cross-functional collaboration.
• Ability to support cultural change with data-driven analysis and practical problem solving.

Responsabilidades

• Serve as SME for assigned manufacturing processes and understand process flow, capability, constraints, and risks.
• Lead efforts to bring processes into statistical control using standard work, control plans, SPC, and visual management.
• Recommend and implement improvements to production processes, methods, and controls.
• Apply analytical and creative thinking to solve manufacturing problems and improve performance.
• Lead and facilitate Lean culture shift across the organization and act as a coach for Lean practices.
• Encourage employee engagement and ownership of continuous improvement at all levels.
• Partner with leaders to reinforce Lean behaviors, standard work, and routines.
• Help embed Lean thinking into daily management systems and decision-making.
• Utilize structured problem-solving methodologies (DMAIC, PDCA, Shainin Red X).
• Define problems, identify root causes, implement solutions, and establish sustainment controls.
• Support team-based problem-solving and knowledge sharing.
• Facilitate cross-functional Kaizen events and hands-on shop-floor involvement.

Conocimientos

Lean principles

Structured problem solving

Data-driven analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Change leadership

Communication

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

Herramientas

MTM

Statistical Process Control (SPC)

Visual management

Descripción del empleo

AAF International (American Air Filter) is seeking a Continuous Improvement Engineer to act as a process SME for manufacturing operations. The role focuses on stabilizing processes, driving Lean culture, and sustaining improvements through standard work, problem solving, data analysis, and ROI justification.

Responsibilities include leading cross-functional Kaizen events, applying Lean tools (5S, Kanban, takt time), and partnering with Operations, Engineering, Quality, Maintenance and Supply