Manufacturing Excellence Engineer

CACI•Rochester, NY

16h

About The Position

The Manufacturing Excellence Engineer is a senior-level individual contributor who deploys and sustains CACI’s enterprise Manufacturing Excellence framework at an assigned manufacturing facility. The role translates corporate strategy and standard work into hands-on site execution, serving as the site’s primary resource for Lean, Six Sigma, and event-based improvement. It works directly on the production floor with hourly and salaried teams, site leadership, supervisors, engineers, and the enterprise Manufacturing Excellence organization. The engineer leads Kaizen and Rapid Improvement Events, DMAIC projects, and continuous improvement coaching; supports maturity assessments and audits; maintains site metrics; and helps implement smart factory and digital manufacturing pilots in alignment with enterprise direction. The role also supports structured problem-solving and corrective actions for significant quality, capacity, or delivery issues. The position is described as a path toward future Manufacturing Excellence leadership roles.

Requirements

At least 10 years of manufacturing engineering, continuous improvement, or operations experience.
Direct experience in the aerospace and defense industry or a comparably regulated manufacturing environment.
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification.
Demonstrated experience leading DMAIC projects to completion with measurable results.
Hands-on experience planning and facilitating Kaizen or Rapid Improvement Events, including with cross-functional and hourly production teams.
Working knowledge and direct production-floor application of core Lean tools, including 5S, value stream mapping, standard work, visual management, SMED, and error-proofing.
Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent hands-on manufacturing experience.
Comfort working directly on the production floor and facilitating change with production supervisors and hourly teams.

Nice To Haves

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification.
Exposure to AS9100/NADCAP-governed manufacturing environments.
Familiarity with smart factory and digital manufacturing concepts, including MES/MOM, IIoT, and digital work instructions, and interest in supporting technology pilots.
Experience supporting or participating in structured problem-solving, including 8D and root cause/corrective action, for significant quality or delivery issues.

Responsibilities

Deploy the enterprise Manufacturing Excellence framework at the site, following corporate standard work, assessment methodology, and maturity model.
Support site leadership in preparing for and responding to Manufacturing Excellence maturity assessments and audits; keep standard work and visual management current and defensible.
Maintain site-level Manufacturing Excellence metrics and regularly report progress to site leadership and the corporate Manufacturing Excellence team.
Act as the primary liaison between the site and the enterprise Manufacturing Excellence organization, escalating deployment barriers and sharing lessons learned.
Plan, facilitate, and close out Kaizen and Rapid Improvement Events, from chartering through results tracking and sustainment.
Lead Six Sigma DMAIC projects addressing site quality, cost, and delivery gaps, using appropriate statistical tools and rigor.
Apply Lean tools, including value stream mapping, 5S, standard work, visual management, error-proofing, and SMED, to production lines and processes.
Coach site supervisors, engineers, and hourly team members in Lean and Six Sigma fundamentals to build local capability.
Support site pilots of smart factory and digital manufacturing tools as directed by the enterprise technology roadmap.
Partner with site engineering and IT/OT resources to integrate technology deployments into standard work.
Provide floor-level feedback on the usability and adoption of manufacturing technology to inform enterprise rollout decisions.
Provide site-level structured problem-solving support for urgent manufacturing issues under the direction of site leadership and the enterprise team.
Support root-cause investigations and corrective-action closure for significant quality escapes, capacity shortfalls, or delivery risks.