Business Excellence Engineer

BEPC is looking for a Business Excellence Engineer in San Angelo, TX to join our fast-growing team of consultants!

W2 Contract: 12 months with opportunities for extensions based on business needs and performance.

Pay Range: $31-34/hr. plus we offer Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance benefits!

Schedule: 100% Onsite in San Angelo, TX

Job Description:

The Process Excellence Engineer is responsible for implementing business improvement initiatives for manufacturing lines. Defines opportunities, analyzes data, designs manufacturing line flows, and improves business processes. Improvement initiatives are led by enlisting and influencing cross-functional teams that deliver tangible business results through the application of Lean and Six Sigma principles, methodologies, and tools. Utilizing business, leadership and technical skills, the Process Excellence Engineer will execute projects at the manufacturing site.

Essential Functions/Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for development execution plans to deliver process performance improvements related to Quality, Delivery, and Cost of a manufacturing process or line.
• Develop change management and tracks the execution plan to improve flow of products, people and information.
• Leverages process knowledge to identify opportunities/solutions to improve throughput capacity by reducing impact of constraints.
• Is responsible for driving associates’ engagement and for developing Lean and Six Sigma capabilities through coaching and mentoring.
• Sustains business improvement results through the application of Lean, Six Sigma, ME2, Do It Right, and other continuous improvement methodologies.
• Facilitates business case definitions and results presentations as required.
• Comply with all applicable quality management system, environmental, safety and occupational health policies. (for example, ISO 13485, ISO14001 & OSHAS18001).

Education and/or Experience:

• 1-3 years’ overall business experience. Experience in Manufacturing is preferred.
• Experience in Six Sigma, Lean methodologies, and Project Management is preferred.
• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree is preferred in an Engineering or Science discipline.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Certifications/Licenses and Languages:

• Knowledge of the manufacturing process and functions of various machines supporting the operation, and in depth understanding of production and quality control techniques such as Cross-Functional Management (CFM) and Total Quality Management (TQM).
• Understands engineering analysis tools such as statistical process control (which are applied in conjunction with continuous improvement principles).
• Lean and Six Sigma certification as Green Belt or Black Belt is preferred.
• Demonstrates awareness of other engineering specialties and upstream stakeholders, including Quality Engineering and New Product Introduction teams.
• Knowledge of factors against which production effectiveness is measured, including inventory effectiveness (i.e. WIP), product quality (i.e. critical Quality attributes, critical process parameters, proven acceptable ranges, etc.) and other relevant metrics.
• Demonstrates knowledge of equipment effectiveness and manufacturing & maintenance excellence concepts (OEE, SOL, etc.), and health and safety requirements.
• Possesses understanding of employee relations and motivational factors.
• Demonstrates understanding of the need for cost management and its importance for customers and consumers and have basic knowledge of product costs (i.e. COGS), Design to Value concepts, and key levers that impact improvement or degradation in cost performance.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Deliver oral and written communications around process improvement projects. Communication should show clarity of objectives.
• Familiar with FDA, GMP, ISO, and change management.
• Knowledge of financial processes (standard cost development) and business planning is preferred.
• Experience in requesting and translating customer needs is preferred.
• Leads change, connects with others, and shapes the environment.
• Demonstrates assertiveness, collaboration, decision making and problem-solving skills.
• Has a record of tangible improvements.

Physical Demands: This position will require up to 10% travel. The ability to work overtime, off-shift hours and some holidays as needed by business is required.

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