Continuous Improvement Engineer - The Planet Group
Troy, OH 45373
About the Job
Job Description
Our client is North Americas largest garage door manufacturer. They are looking to bring on a Continuous Improvement Engineer at their Troy, OH location. The ideal candidate would have 5 years of CIE experience in a manufacturing environment.
Position Responsibilities
Job Requirements/Qualifications
Position Responsibilities
- Promote safety and ensure a safe work environment
- Support and train 5S throughout the plant
- Understand, determine necessary changes, and contribute to the creation of engineering labor standards
- Assist in the continued development, training, coaching, and implementing of the front-line management system
- Monitor, track, and improve manufacturing efficiency
- Assess and develop processes that deliver required results in the areas of safety, quality, delivery, and cost.
- Contribute ideas to budget development and determine ways to support plant leadership in controlling and reducing labor costs
- Formulate short- and long-term operating objectives in cost reduction, quality improvement, and new product integration.
- Develop and maintain a partnership with supporting areas including scheduling, materials, engineering, and maintenance.
- Establish machine and labor capacity analysis on critical processes.
- Response to customer feedback and complaints.
- Ensure compliance with all regulatory bodies and prepare for audits.
- Develop a playbook for labor assignments within all production areas that assists line leaders in making staffing adjusts to counter changing customer demand
- Develop high performance work teams thru teaching of problem solving, Kaizen, and other lean principles
- Drive a continuous improvement culture
- Analyze actual production methods and establish best practices in order to standardize processes within and between plants
Job Requirements/Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent education plus experience.
- Minimum of 5 years' of demonstrated continuous improvement experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Experienced in implementation of lean manufacturing concepts.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Strong developer of teams.
Source : The Planet Group