Operational Excellence Management Engineer

About the position

Interested in a career with both meaning and growth? Whether your abilities are in direct patient care or one of the many other areas of healthcare administration and support, everyone at Parkland works together to fulfill our mission: the health and well-being of individuals and communities entrusted to our care. By joining Parkland, you become part of a diverse healthcare legacy that's served our community for more than 125 years. Put your skills to work with us, seek opportunities to learn and join a talented team where patient care is more than a job. It's our passion. This position focuses on developing, identifying, and analyzing existing general business processes to ensure sustainable, repeatable, and quantifiable improvements.

Responsibilities

• Applies process definition, improvement, and design methodologies to identify, analyze, and improve business processes which will improve quality, reduce costs, increase efficiencies/productivity, and increase customer satisfaction.
• Develops documentation to support analysis and improvement including business requirements, functional specifications, process maps, and gap/problem analysis.
• Plans and implements quality assurance and compliance processes.
• May support development of training and/or change management materials and activities to support new processes and procedures.
• Research best business practices within and outside the organization to establish benchmark data.
• Determines how new information technologies can support re-engineering business processes.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Requires advanced knowledge of job area, typically obtained through advanced education and experience.
• Bachelor's Degree in Industrial/Systems Engineering, Engineering, Business or a related technical field.
• More than 6 years of experience in a relevant field.
• Must be able to demonstrate proficiency with continuous improvement methodologies and tools (LSS, PDCA, QA/QC tools, SPC, RCA, CAPA, statistical testing, MSA, time studies).
• Solid presentation and computer skills (Word, PowerPoint, Visio, Access, Excel, and Project), statistical software (i.e. Minitab).

Nice-to-haves

• Preferred Master's Degree in Industrial/Systems Engineering, Engineering, Business, or related technical field.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Six Sigma Black Belt (SSBB)/Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (LSSBB), or Certified Quality Engineer (CQE).
• Working knowledge of or hands-on experience developing and effectively using simulation to solve complex business process challenges.
• Knowledge of project management processes/methodologies.

Benefits

• Diverse healthcare legacy with over 125 years of service.
• Commitment to employee wellness.
• Tobacco and smoke-free campus.