Continous Improvement Engineer

ProAmpac • Huntley, IL

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About The Position

The Continuous Improvement Engineer provides leadership and support for deploying a strategic plan that promotes customer satisfaction through efficient production of superior-quality products. The role promotes Continuous Improvement frameworks, assessments, and other initiatives that support a total quality culture, including direct engagement with facilities to understand workplace realities. It provides hands-on technical and functional leadership to improve technical and procedural standards.

The engineer works with enterprise, business unit, and facility leaders and process owners to spread manufacturing best practices, improve processes, reduce waste, and achieve budgeted savings. The role helps advance a quality and continuous improvement culture, supports Lean capability development, balances quality, productivity, and safety, and promotes the Quality Vision and Quality/CI strategic plan. Significant travel is required. The salary range is $80,000–$100,000, based on experience.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in a technical discipline.
• Five years of experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrable roots in a Lean culture.
• Familiarity and working knowledge of ISO/SQF.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical reference.
• Well-versed in contemporary quality and manufacturing philosophies.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work with customers, vendors, and employees at every level of the organization.
• Strong leadership and coaching practices, including a hands-on “Go See” approach to calibrate expectations and mentor on improvement opportunities.
• Significant travel is required.

Nice To Haves

• Lean Six Sigma certification is highly desired.
• Flexible Packaging industry experience is a plus but not required.

Responsibilities

• Work with enterprise leadership, business unit and facility leaders, and process owners to identify, develop, adopt, and spread manufacturing best practices, while driving accountability at all levels.
• Support facility managers in improving processes to reduce waste, decrease changeover times, reduce inventory, improve quality, strengthen root-cause analysis and problem solving, and develop workforce capabilities and skill versatility.
• Lead change and model behaviors such as goal orientation, perseverance, process orientation, follow-through, and communication.
• Prioritize improvements that help businesses achieve budgeted savings through process improvements.
• Promote strategies and best practices that accelerate transformation to a quality and continuous improvement culture.
• Promote the principles, practices, and behaviors needed to develop an enterprise of Lean thinkers and practitioners.
• Balance quality, productivity, and safety to achieve positive results.
• Promote the Quality Vision and Quality/CI strategic plan and help improve the plan over time.
• Interface with internal and external stakeholders to understand and reconcile requirements.
• Facilitate peer networking among quality/CI managers.
• Implement audits for Continuous Improvement systems.
• Support a healthy and safe work environment by following workplace regulations, policies, and initiatives, and reporting first-aid injuries, accidents, and workplace hazards.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level