Job Description

Description

The Continuous Improvement Engineer (CIE) is responsible for engaging, executing and delivering cost reduction, quality improvement and cycle time reduction in the areas of line performance, yields, defect, waste reduction and other opportunities. They utilize DMAIC Six-Sigma technologies, approaches, tools to isolate causes of variation and then work to apply variation and other waste reduction solutions that deliver financial and other established results.

Responsibilities include but may not be limited to the following:

• Identifies cost reduction projects through assessments, evaluations, observations, studies and collaborative inquiries into line/process performance metrics and observations.
• Frames-up financial and/or defect reduction potential and quantifies primary and secondary performance metrics for targeted financial improvements.
• Utilizes DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control) six-sigma processes and tools to isolate critical input variables that affect process variation and then works to ID viable changes, modifications, improvements to alleviate/reduce variation and deliver desired results. 
• Works with Supervisors, Managers, Employees to engage projects and deploy improvement solutions including procedural changes, line modifications and other changes to process steps and/or equipment operation to ensure improvements are sustained in delivering results.
• Identifies additional project hopper opportunities and works with Plant Controller in vetting opportunities.  Prioritizes efforts in collaboration with Plant Manager and staff .
• Serves as technical resource to leaders in applied statistics, process assessment techniques, cost determinations, project planning and execution, control plan implementation and savings impact calculations.  Supports & coaches problem solving efforts and deployment of SPC control-charting tools. 
• Partners with Supervisors, Quality, Maintenance, others in problem root-cause evaluation and solution deployment.  Is integral member of the line/process team.
• Supports Line Performance Improvement/OEE Improvement efforts through socio-technical design applications of daily team problem solving and solutioning efforts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, industrial engineering, statistics, business, or other sciences (i.e., Biology, Chemistry, Food Science, etc.)
• Manufacturing floor experience (Supervision, CI, Quality, Maintenance).
• Strong analytical evaluation skills.  Training as six-sigma black belt (BB).
• Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Minitab statistical software.
• Demonstrated industrial problem-solving experience.
• Strong interpersonal skills – outgoing personality energized by people and teamwork.
• Energetic, self-starting individual with skills in navigating the organization to get things done and a passion to figure out tough challenges.
• Prefers floor interactions and efforts in daily work to office environments.
• Must be at least 18 years of age or older