Continuous Improvement Engineer - Boonton, NJ
About The Position
The Continuous Improvement Engineer develops, optimizes, standardizes, and sustains manufacturing processes to improve safety, quality, delivery, and cost. The role leads continuous improvement initiatives across Hubbell Utility Automation’s manufacturing operations in Boonton, New Jersey. It works with production, quality engineering, and product engineering teams to improve process performance, support product transfers and launches, and advance operational excellence. The position also develops manufacturing processes and controls, documentation, standard work, tooling, fixtures, and workflow improvements.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Minimum 3–5 years of experience in an electronic, mechanical, or relevant manufacturing environment.
- Lean manufacturing experience.
- Experience working on continuous improvement projects.
- Experience conducting value stream mapping, time studies, and process optimization activities.
- Experience creating and maintaining manufacturing documentation, process flows, and standard work.
- Strong project management and interpersonal skills.
- Familiarity with ISO 9000.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with electronic and printed circuit board (PCB) assemblies.
Responsibilities
- Lead lean manufacturing initiatives to reduce waste, improve flow, and increase productivity.
- Facilitate kaizen events and continuous improvement workshops.
- Conduct value stream mapping and develop future-state plans.
- Apply lean Six Sigma tools and methodologies to improve process capability and reduce variation.
- Identify, prioritize, and execute projects that improve quality, delivery, cost, and safety performance.
- Analyze manufacturing data to identify trends and improvement opportunities.
- Monitor and improve KPIs, including throughput, cycle time, OEE, labor efficiency, yield, scrap, and rework.
- Perform time studies, capacity analysis, labor utilization studies, and line balancing.
- Identify bottlenecks and implement solutions to increase manufacturing capacity and efficiency.
- Lead structured problem-solving using DMAIC, A3, 8D, and root cause analysis.
- Support PFMEA development, control plans, and risk mitigation.
- Drive corrective and preventive actions to improve manufacturing performance.
- Partner with quality engineering and production teams to improve process capability and product quality.
- Work with product engineering on product transfers, product changes, and new product launches.
- Support capital equipment evaluations, justifications, and implementation.
- Train and mentor production personnel on process changes and best practices.
- Lead and influence cross-functional teams toward operational excellence objectives.
- Create and sustain process flows, manufacturing standards, work instructions, and visual management systems.
- Establish standard work methodologies and ensure process consistency across manufacturing operations.
- Support new product introductions by developing scalable manufacturing processes and production readiness plans.
- Develop, implement, and maintain robust manufacturing processes and process controls.
- Design and implement manufacturing fixtures, tooling, and workflow improvements.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
