Continuous Improvement Engineer

Kelvion • Catoosa, OK

256d

About The Position

Serves as a resource to an organization to facilitate problem solving, assists all levels of employees and management in identifying waste and improvement opportunities, instructs on appropriate process improvement methods, and leads effective implementation and use of Continuous Improvement (CI) tools and methods.

Requirements

• Bachelor Degree in manufacturing, engineering or a related field.
• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in a manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Assures that all practices are utilized to drive results and that projects are completed on time.
• Ensures that standard operating procedures exist to meet both the short- and long-term needs of the business and shares best practices with affected work groups.
• Leads audit processes, addresses nonconformities from audits, and uses data to drive decisions to help specific departments or the organization become more proactive in process control and reaction and in identifying and communicating quality or process issues.
• Implements and audits lean manufacturing process, including but not limited to kaizens, 5S, etc.
• Conducts training and assessments as directed.
• Provides support to production departments utilizing various continuous improvement tools.
• Performs regular assessments to ensure the correct application of methods, coaching, and knowledge sharing.
• Recommends new policies or procedures as necessary to ensure improved products or services.
• Contributes to identification of new metrics for judging efficiency and productivity.
• Aids in the development of materials, tools, and presentations in support of continuous improvement issues.
• Works with departments to improve the overall safety record of the plant, ensures all departments have identified continuous improvement projects, and ensures projects are progressing within projected timelines.
• Work with plant and/or department management to simplify and combine processes.
• Document current and ideal practices and use post-completion audits to assure compliance of improvements.
• Regular attendance, ability to arrive at work punctually, ability to work on-site.
• Ability to work cooperatively with others, ability to deal respectfully with the public, customers, vendors, other employees, managers, and executive management.
• Ability to perform multiple tasks concurrently, ability to work in a fast-paced environment, ability to interchange with others in the department.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Short-term disability insurance
• Long-term disability insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Holidays
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with a company match

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees