Lean Technician

Corning•Newton, NC

1d•$32 - $36•Onsite

About The Position

Corning is a global innovator in materials science, and our Optical Communications segment is a leading provider of optical solutions. This role is responsible for driving Lean competencies within the manufacturing plant to improve performance in Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery, Morale, and Innovation. The goal is to reduce manufacturing costs, increase operational efficiencies, and eliminate waste from production processes.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent (GED) is required.
2 to 5 Years of Lean and/or Operational Experience.
Ability to support the Lean Organization’s vision and strategy, in order to promote culture change while acting as an agent of change for lean thinking and methodologies.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal) with ability to present ideas, opinions, and data to gain understanding consensus, and support.
Knowledge of manufacturing methods, systems, and production processes.
Process/results oriented with organizational and attention-to-detail abilities.

Nice To Haves

BS Degree is Preferred.

Responsibilities

Directly responsible for performing work in a safe manner and maintaining a safe work environment. This individual will be responsible for observing safe work practices and being proactive at reporting and fixing any unsafe conditions.
Continuously developing lean skills individually, as a part of the Lean Organization, and within the plant as a whole. This individual will work to become a trained lean facilitator, able to facilitate Kaizen events at the plant directly linked to both the foundational and transformational competencies.
Planning and facilitating 3-4 Kaizen events per year. This could include workshops focused on Value Stream Mapping, Kanban, SMED, 5S etc. with oversight and help from the Lean Organization. This individual will work it the Lean Supervisor and Operation for the follow-up after each event to ensure actions identified are being deployed across the site.
Tracking cost savings per each Kaizen event and working with the appropriate resources to quantify and ultimately realize lean cost savings. This will require partnership with both Engineering and Finance in order to complete.
Supporting the site’s 5S program in conjunction with participation in routine Gemba performance audits with leadership.
Planning and implementing workplace flow/layout improvements in addition to analyzing new equipment installations, existing equipment movements, and equipment modifications in accordance with lean teachings and methodologies.
Being an active member of the ergonomics team in order to assist in assessments and provide lean feedback relative to workstation changes.
Identifying and deploying opportunities at the plant level and across the sister sites in partnership with the Lean Manufacturing Supervisor. Travel expected from this is less than 10% in order to facilitate best practice migration.