Operational Excellence Engineer

• ◆Champions Safety Site-wide, driving improvements and safety-first culture.
• ◆Collaborates with cross functional teams at all levels on continuous improvement projects, aimed directly at improving efficiencies, reducing waste, defect reduction, and low-value activities, improving quality & productivity.
• ◆Actively support team’s ability to solve their short-term and long-term operational issues by developing key process documentation to translate the tacit knowledge into explicit knowledge, elaborate standard operating procedures and guidelines, share best practices.
• ◆Actively support improving organizational capabilities by using 5S, visual management, teamwork, focused improvement, practical problem solving, time studies, process flow mapping, root cause analysis, and kaizen.
• ◆Support the design and implementation of specific projects.
• ◆Support and assist management, and plant supervisors, in implementing cost optimization tools; including, but not limited to Lean, Six Sigma, High Performance Work Teams, etc.
• ◆Support application of process improvement tools to identify measurable standards to improve business capabilities (Safety/Quality/Productivity): specifically, Lean tools and methodology to improve process capability and eliminate defects, as well as tools and principles to eliminate waste and create visual controls.
• ◆Support cost optimization projects, including project identification, prioritization, and selection, tracking project results, monitoring project progress, and reporting on progress.
• ◆Supports design, implementation, and launches of New Product projects.
• ◆Actively create a culture in which continuous Improvement becomes organizational values to create a competitive advantage.
• ◆Support and maintain quality standards and procedures.

Position

• ✓Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Industrial, or Chemical Engineering or equivalent
• ✓3-5 years’ experience and Lean or Six Sigma
• ✓Experience executing continuous improvement / Lean / Six Sigma efforts and methodologies and enabling efficiency, effectiveness, and tangible financial benefit.
• ✓Previous participation in kaizen events preferred.
• ✓Successful project management experience and acumen
• ✓Comfortable with change management
• ✓Excellent oral and written communication skills
• ✓Demonstrated ability and willingness to use AI tools to improve productivity, decision-making, work quality, and to reduce costs. The successful candidate must be able to identify appropriate AI use cases and critically evaluate AI-generated outputs.