What are the responsibilities and job description for the Continuous Improvement Engineer position at NEWAGE INDUSTRIES INC?
Description
This position is responsible for identifying, managing and leading continuous improvement initiatives with a goal toward improving safety, process efficiencies, reducing cost, and improving product quality by utilizing continuous improvement techniques.
Requirements
Key Job Responsibilities:
- Develop and drive a culture of continuous improvement within NewAge ensuring the engagement and involvement of everyone.
- Identify and assess various problems from established manufacturing standards and best practices; researches and recommends solutions.
- Investigate, evaluate, troubleshoot, and resolve production issues including material use variance, bottlenecks, and inefficiencies.
- Lead improvement projects to increase process capacity and reliability, improve product quality and increase yields.
- Perform regular meetings with the teams to drive performance improvement and increased levels of engagement.
- Contribute to the 5s initiative to ensure that improvements are sustained and entrenched within the business.
- Implement methods and modifications to reduce production costs.
- Train and educate the manufacturing team on new procedures upon implementation and on Lean Six Sigma methodology.
- Ensure changes are implemented and monitor progress and results.
- Participate and facilitate Lean Six Sigma principles and problems solving initiatives to improve quality, uptime, cost and safety.
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Education, Skills and Experience Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Industrial, Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
- Minimum of 3 years with proven experience utilizing Six Sigma and/or Lean Manufacturing initiatives.
- Green Belt Lean Six Sigma Certification or higher with strong understanding of Lean Six Sigma concepts.
- Computer skills and proficiency with Microsoft Office software (e.g., Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook).
- Excellent organization skills. Ability to handle multiple priorities.
- Ability to observe business processes, ask questions and synthesize information from a variety of sources to develop understanding, map current and future business processes.
- Effective communication and collaboration skills.
- Demonstrated ability to set priorities, meet deadlines and deliver commitments on time in a fast-paced environment.
