What are the responsibilities and job description for the Continuous Improvement Engineer position at Planet Forward?
Continuous Improvement Engineer -- Large Manufacturing Client
Onsite - M-F first shift 8-5pm est
Position Responsibilities
- Promote safety and ensure a safe work environment
- Support and train 5S throughout the plant
- Understand, determine necessary changes, and contribute to the creation of engineering labor standards
- Assist in the continued development, training, coaching, and implementing of the front-line management system
- Monitor, track, and improve manufacturing efficiency
- Assess and develop processes that deliver required results in the areas of safety, quality, delivery, and cost.
- Contribute ideas to budget development and determine ways to support plant leadership in controlling and reducing labor costs
- Formulate short- and long-term operating objectives in cost reduction, quality improvement, and new product integration.
- Develop and maintain a partnership with supporting areas including scheduling, materials, engineering, and maintenance.
- Establish machine and labor capacity analysis on critical processes.
- Ensure compliance with all regulatory bodies and prepare for audits.
- Develop a playbook for labor assignments within all production areas that assists line leaders in making staffing adjusts to counter changing customer demand
- Develop high performance work teams thru teaching of problem solving, Kaizen, and other lean principles
- Drive a continuous improvement culture
- Analyze actual production methods and establish best practices in order to standardize processes within and between plants
- Would have no direct reports - joining a team
Job Requirements/Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering
- Minimum of 5 years' of demonstrated continuous improvement experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Experienced in implementation of lean manufacturing concepts.
- Strong developer of teams.
Salary : $75 - $90
