Continuous Improvement Engineer - Rocky Mount, NC
- Analyze the current situation and identify and prioritize opportunities for improvement based on data and hard facts.
- Develop continuous improvement strategies by translating business objectives into actionable projects.
- Communicate and exemplify the company’s continuous improvement philosophy, vision and expectations.
- Share lean and continuous improvement best practices throughout the organization.
- Act as a Lean/Continuous Improvement business partner to all departments and levels (top leadership to shop floor), challenging processes, proposing ideas and driving change.
- Act as a change agent around continuous improvement opportunity.
- Train teams in improvement processes to optimize floor layout and material flow using lean concepts.
- Create and manage sustainable improvement through SQDC, PDCA, RCPS, 30 Day Follow-Up meetings, Steering Committee, Sustainment Metrics etc.
- Create and deliver Lean training for all levels of the organization.
- Develop a lean culture of participation and engagement throughout the facility.
- Prepare lean savings budget and coordinate/execute actions to reach targets.
- Act as Project Manager for lean and continuous improvement related projects.
- Support lean and continuous improvement initiatives for current business and develop plans and recommendations for future business, including layout, flow and people allocation.
- Find opportunities to reduce cost, lead-time and inventory.
- Identify quality improvement opportunities.
- Evaluate workflow and cell design and develop improvements to enhance safety and productivity.
- Lead value stream mapping exercises to determine and record business improvement areas.
- Design and leads projects to implement continuous improvement actions and achieve future state.
- Track and complete cost reduction on process improvements.
- Document and communicate improvements in manufacturing overhead, efficiency and utilization.
- Minimum experience of 3-5 years in Lean Manufacturing. Must know what “Good looks like.”
- Exposure to a Lean Environment or Lean tools: Value Stream Mapping, 5S implementation, root cause problem solving, 7KOW, FMEA, etc.
- Bachelor’s in Manufacturing Engineering or Industrial Engineering or related field.
- Must be able to explain and convince why people should follow a certain direction (sell your ideas to others).
- Must be able to reach consensus with Top Management and support the given vision/ direction.
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