Sr. Continuous Improvement Engineer

Schneider Electric - Global; Smyrna (TN); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading global company as a Sr. Continuous Improvement Engineer, where you'll drive transformation in project engineering practices. This role focuses on enhancing order execution excellence in a dynamic environment, requiring strong engineering expertise and leadership skills. A competitive benefits package is offered, complementing a flexible hybrid work schedule.

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) matching

Stock options

Flexible hybrid work schedule

Training & development opportunities

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience as an Order/Application Engineer with ETO products.
• In-depth understanding of the end-to-end ETO business processes.
• Ability to drive process and culture change.

Responsibilities

• Lead continuous improvement efforts across project engineering.
• Serve as the primary point of contact within project execution to resolve barriers.
• Align Order Execution processes across all project engineering teams.

Skills

Project Engineering

Lean Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering

Job description

What will you do?

Discover the opportunity to join an international, dynamic, and responsible company that fosters the development of all its people around the world. Every day, we empower employees to achieve more and experience exciting careers. Find out how our values and unique position make Schneider Electric the employer of choice.

Schneider Electric’s Power Systems Division North America Operations has an outstanding opportunity for a passionate and motivated individual to assume the role of Sr. Continuous Improvement Engineer supporting our Medium Voltage Project Engineering Team.

Overview:

The Medium Voltage Project Engineering Team, responsible for providing engineered-to-order solutions for customer projects at Smyrna & Mt. Juliet manufacturing facilities, seeks a Sr. Continuous Improvement Engineer. This position is responsible for leading continuous improvement efforts across a diverse landscape, aligning front-office and back-office people, processes, and technology to transform our Project Engineering domain to gain consistency in practices and customer experience worldwide, while optimizing across operations, specialized support, system-wide governance, and continuous improvement.

What do you get to do in this position?

• Functional workstream leader for project engineering domain with a focus on end-to-end order execution excellence
• Serve as the primary point of contact within the project execution domain to effectively resolve barriers, implement solutions, and support continuous improvement.
• Provide experience and exposure opportunities to leverage the Electrifier community & sharing of ideas and leveraging best practices by leading the OE Communities of Practice
• Serve as the Quality champion for their location to analyze order change notification (OCN) data and identify quality initiatives to deliver end-to-end engineering quality and customer satisfaction.
• Audit/Lead Schneider Production Systems (SPS) Front End activities for the team
• Identify training & development needs across the total engineering domain
• Exercise judgment within broadly defined practices and policies in selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria (based upon SPS principles) for obtaining results
• Work across several lines of business with multiple stakeholders
• Develop and maintain excellent working relationships across all levels of the organization
• Utilize Lean skills to address complex process opportunities with simple solutions
• Identify constraints to achieving goals and collaborate to find and implement effective solutions
• Align Order Execution processes across all project engineering teams
• Input into our future tools, processes, business transformation projects (Titan, SE Advantage, ACE OE, SEE XP, Central Scheduling/Loading)

Primary Skills and Qualifications

Skills and competencies show up in many different ways and can be based on life experiences as well as work experience. If you do not necessarily meet all the listed requirements, we still encourage you to apply for the position.

• Bachelor of Science, preferably within an Engineering-based discipline (Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial), but will consider Business, Computer Science, or other related technical fields
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience as an Order/Application Engineer with ETO products
• In-depth understanding of the end-to-end ETO business processes, tools, and applications
• Significant knowledge and experience within Project Engineering with proven success managing large orders, complex projects, and key accounts responsibility
• Demonstrated business acumen, time, and priority management skills
• Ability to drive process and culture change in a mature organization with success in leading improvement activities and delivering results
• Collaborative, proactive, able to adapt to a dynamic and fast-changing environment
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal skills
• Strong organizational skills including the ability to handle multiple demands and assignments in parallel, prioritize tasks effectively and efficiently
• Ability to perform root cause analysis and develop action plans to eliminate barriers using problem-solving tools
• Self-directed, reliable, and results-oriented individual who drives results through themselves and others, positively impacting KPIs

Company and Culture:

We offer a competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), stock options, a flexible (hybrid) work schedule, training & development opportunities, and more.