Process Improvement Engineer
About The Position
General Dynamics Electric Boat is a leading designer, builder, and maintainer of advanced submarines for the US Navy. The Process Improvement Engineering team (D201) focuses on enabling shipbuilders to be safe and successful in constructing and testing these advanced vessels. The team utilizes methodologies such as Lean, Six Sigma, Continuous Improvement, Theory of Constraints, and facilitated problem-solving to drive significant improvements in lead times, quality, and overall performance. The role involves guiding organizations in developing and implementing improvement strategies to achieve tangible results. The successful candidate will work directly with shipbuilders and other departments, gaining insight into submarine production and facilitating teams to address major constraints. The approach will be logical, data-driven, and collaborative, with a focus on applying Lean Six Sigma principles to reduce lead times, improve quality, lower costs, and enhance safety in manufacturing and outfitting areas. A key challenge is the highly non-linear nature of submarine production, characterized by high diversity in work rather than repetitive assembly line processes. This role requires adapting continuous improvement methodologies to address complex system coordination in a high-mix, low-volume environment, moving beyond optimizing linear flow or local improvements. Selected applicants will receive training and certification in Lean Six Sigma, aligned with Electric Boat's unique Continuous Improvement approach.
Requirements
- High School diploma or GED equivalent
- 4+ year degree in science or business, OR 4+ years of Electric Boat experience OR 4+ years of continuous improvement experience
- 1+ years of project management skills with a working knowledge of the principles of analytical problem-solving techniques
- Candidate must successfully complete company provided Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and Black Belt training, pass training course exams, and complete certification requirements to remain in this role
Nice To Haves
- Training in Lean Manufacturing and/or Lean Six Sigma Black/Green Belt
- Experience with Lean, Lean Six Sigma, Kaizen, or Toyota Production Systems is highly desired
- Experience in systems understanding and systems thinking
- Experience in team problem solving and/or change leadership initiatives
- Advanced proficiency with MS Office, specifically Excel (charts, pivot tables, comfortability with large data sets)
- Experience with project budgeting, cost estimating, scheduling, capturing & reporting savings is highly desired
- Knowledgeable in developing Continuous Improvement strategies and vision
- Prior Electric Boat relevant experience is preferred, prior Electric Boat Process Improvement Engineering/Lean Six Sigma Belt experience is desired
Responsibilities
- Assist organizations in identifying, planning, and implementing Process Improvements and Lean Six Sigma Projects and ensure they align with company objectives
- Lead teams on projects to improve safety and quality, reducing cost, and improving schedule performance
- Give presentations to Managers & Directors
- Create Groton Operations Metric packages
- Facilitate and lead meetings with various leadership positions
- Fostering a culture of continuous improvement in the organization
- Work with leadership and employees on applying Lean and Six Sigma approaches to help achieve process excellence
- Provide mentorship to employees when leading change
- Identify and eliminate the barriers that prevent successful attainment of company’s improvement goals
- Demonstrate strong project management skills capable of progressing multiple projects at the same time while controlling project spans and delivering on objectives
- Work under minimal supervision and in a team environment
- Combine assertive initiative while maintain stakeholder support to accomplish challenging tasks
- Work as Change Agents to remove barriers that hinder change
- Earn the trust & respect of everyone from front-line employees, to supervision, to the leadership team, and our military and civilian Navy customers
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
