Lean Engineer- Manufacturing

Jabil•Memphis, TN

About The Position

At Jabil (NYSE: JBL), we are a trusted partner for top brands, providing comprehensive engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing solutions. With 60 years of experience and over 100 sites globally, Jabil offers scalable and customized solutions. The company is committed to building sustainable processes, minimizing environmental impact, and fostering diverse communities. This Lean Six Sigma Engineer position focuses on educating, promoting, and mentoring continuous improvement across Jabil using Lean manufacturing and Six Sigma tools (VSM, SMED, Kaizen DMAIC, PDCA). The role aims to optimize processes and operations by minimizing or eliminating non-value-add activities (waste) and identifying opportunities to update, change, or correct current processes to reduce errors.

Requirements

QIS
LPA
JOS
Lean Bronze
PDCA
VSM
Statistical Process Control
SMED
Kronos
Ergonomic analysis
Decision time and motion Understanding ROI Tool
Persuasive and assertive communication skills
Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Excel, Word) Packages
Simulation (Arena or GPSS or Pro-model or Flexsim, etc)

Responsibilities

Propose and implement process improvements that impact positively on specific areas, such as DL efficiency
Coordinate the development of VSM's, Kaizen workshops in their respective area of responsibility, as requested
Conduct ergonomic studies and analyze proposed ideas for improvement in conjunction with Industrial Engineers and processes implemented to positively impact ergonomics of workstations
Keep improving assigned areas through monitoring and action format Lean Index
Identify opportunities for reducing costs and improving productivity while coordinating the implementation of these improvements
Responsible for assigning workload and activities. Make improvement projects based on the reduction in the variation of processes (Six Sigma)
Responsible for devising, implementing and monitoring error-proof devices in areas where opportunity is identified.
Recommend and document methods to improve efficiency, reducing waste in materials and equipment.
Apply, educate, promote, and spread culture in the use of lean manufacturing tools
Active participation in LPA, QRQC & JOS
Develop and apply quality techniques for troubleshooting to optimize process quality using lean manufacturing methodologies and Six Sigma.
Develop and document simulations to analyze the impact of improvements previously taken, if applicable
May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.